2023

Ryan Jenkins originally wanted to go to South America for his professional internship on his Master's degree in Agricultural Sciences. But then he decided to accompany his fellow student Camille Sammali on a project in Guinea, West Africa. There he learnt a lot about agroecology, but even more about communicating with people from a different culture.

Have you ever wondered where your morning coffee comes from? If it's Brazil, chances are it hails from the state of Minas Gerais, where more than a third of the world's exported coffee is cultivated. Researcher Marie Sigrist’s travels in this region inspired her podcast "Catuaí". In our conversation, the social anthropologist explains what motivated her to share her stories from the heart of coffee production.  

As Alain Berset's successor, Beat Jans was elected to the Federal Council by the Federal Assembly on 13 December 2023. Beat Jans is an alumnus of ETH Environmental Sciences. We congratulate him on his election!

Samuel Levy and Lorenz Allemann have won this year's SFIAR Award. Both researchers focussed their award-winning research work on the Amazon region. Congratulations!  

Philippe Mathys has long been interested in research. The 28-year-old student of Agricultural Sciences opted for Agroscope in Tänikon in the Canton of Thurgau for his professional internship and took away important lessons about practice, politics and research.