Board of Trustees

Cristina Elia Ott, PhD

Cristina Elia Ott, PhDread more

 

 

 

Executive Master of Science in Communications Management

Head of Communications at the Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano

Lecturer

Björn Müller, Dr. rer. soc.

Björn Müller, Dr. rer. soc.read more

 

 

Transformational psychologist with a PhD in Organizational Studies and Cultural Theory.

Co-founder and board member of Stride unSchool, as well as Meso – Alliance for Systemic Innovation.

As a consultant, speaker, author, lecturer and researcher, Björn Müller works in the fields of green social innovation, social transformation and transformative learning.

Farida Khali, MA

Farida Khali, MAread more

 

 

Scholar of art and literature

Deputy Head of the Communication Service of the University of Fribourg Editorial Director and responsible for events in the fields of culture, science and society

President of the Science et Cité network in French-speaking Switzerland

«Science et Cité : parce que tout·e scientifique est un·e citoyen·ne et parce qu'aujourd'hui les citoyen·nes – quand la recherche est hyperspécialisée – sont les seul·e·s garant·e·s de l’interdisciplinarité.»  

Danielle Chaperon, Vizepräsidentin

Sarah Bütikofer, Dr. phil.

Sarah Bütikofer, Dr. phil.read more

 

Political scientist

Editor of DeFacto, the online platform for knowledge transfer in Swiss political science

Project partner at Sotomo

Lecturer at various universities in Switzerland

Christian Simm, PhD

Christian Simmread more

Multidisciplinary scientist and connector with a passion for "engineering serendipity"

Founder & CEO of swissnex San Francisco and the resulting international network

Member of the board of the A Ciel Ouvert Foundation

Member of the advisory boards of the Haus der elektronischen Künste (HEK) in Basel, CH++ and [y]our 2040

Jury member for Pro Helvetia and ArtLabs

Nicola Forster, MLaw

Nicola Forster, MLawread more

Lawyer (lic.iur/MLaw UZH) and civil society entrepreneur

Co-founder of the think tank foraus (Foreign Policy Forum) and the Staatslabor

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society Switzerland and board member of the Association of Young Foundation Experts

Former President of the Swiss Non-profit Society SGG and the Green Liberals Canton of Zurich 

Consultant for foundations, companies and NGOs on strategy and vision

Mirko Bischofberger, Dr. ès sc. EPFL

Mirko Bischofberger, Dr. ès sc. EPFLread more

 

 

Natural scientist and communication expert.

Founder of Science Studios, a laboratory for science storytelling and communication.

Lecturer in science communication at EPFL, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Former presidents

Charles Kleiber
Christine Beerli
Thomas Zeltner

To Top