Who should get a say? The latest issue of Horizons explores democracy as a fragile process that has to be renegotiated on a constant basis. We look at power struggles and participatory decision-making in politics, academia and society at large.
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When humans sleep, our brain goes through the same phases as the brain of a #chameleon. Only we don’t change colour. Inselspital Bern has been involved in a study showing how sleep rhythms can be traced far back in our evolution.👇
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#Estonia is hailing its research output after the country landed in third place in the Essential Science Indicators👉
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💃👀🧘 Studying new #spiritualities sometimes means you have to dance. Horizons followed the socio-anthropologist Manéli Farahmand in her field, at the heart of an #EcstaticDanse group. Where the gaze roams, notebooks wait and research dances.
“#Democracy wasn’t invented in Athens; only the name we give to it”. The political philosopher Francis #Cheneval explains the nature of democracy in our interview. And where its roots lie👉
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#HealthData gathered on a routine basis aren’t always easily accessible to research.
Julia Maurer is a team leader in data governance. She explains in an interview how the Swiss Personalized Health Network is now making data available.
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“Something that used to seem unique is now part of a larger territory. #Graphene has created a new #paradigm”.
How researchers view the future of two-dimensional materials in #electronics👉
“You have to invite people to participate in politics”, says political scientist Daniel Kübler. New methods for #democratic #participation are trending today. We take a look at a selection of them.👉
Using #mycorrhizal fungi as fertiliser sounds like a great idea. But the products currently on the market rarely work, say researchers from the University of Zurich and Agroscope. So they’ve developed a better one themselves. 👇
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Equality in #democracies has its flaws. Examples in #Switzerland include restrictive naturalisation processes, bonuses for the rich and the priority of rural cantons. An overview of the limits of democratic participation.👇
