The SPP Switzerland Towards the Future ended in 2004. This website has not been updated anymore.

Final symposium of the Swiss Priority Program "Switzerland Towards the Future" (5 March 2004, Berne)
The Swiss Priority Program "Switzerland Towards the Future" was completed at the end of last year. On this occasion, Avenir Suisse and the board of the SPP have decided to organise a symposium to draw conclusions on eight year's research in social sciences. Participation to the conference is free of charge.

Program and registration

New publication
Martin Luginbühl / Kathrine Schwab / Harald Burger (2004): Geschichten über Fremde. Eine linguistische Narrationsanalyse von Schweizer Fernsehnachrichten von 1957 bis heute. Zürcher Germanistische Studien 59

This book will be published in April 2004.

Poster session

On the national conference day of the SPP “Switzerland: Towards the Future”, which took place on 28 June 2002, 53 research groups presented their projects during a poster session. In November 2003, 16 groups updated their posters.

These posters are saved as pdf files and can be viewed on the screen or printed. If the typeface is too small, we advise you to photocopy them from A4 to A3.

Poster session

On the national conference day of the SPP “Switzerland: Towards the Future”, which took place on 28 June 2002, 53 research groups presented their projects during a poster session. In November 2003, 16 groups updated their posters.

These posters are saved as pdf files and can be viewed on the screen or printed. If the typeface is too small, we advise you to photocopy them from A4 to A3.

Newsletter 7/2003

in French/ in German
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Making social research visible

The social sciences, which often stand in the shadow of other scientific disciplines, want to create a stronger image in Switzerland's public eye in future. Forming the occasion for this move is the conclusion of the first phase of the government-funded Swiss Priority Program (SPP) Switzerland: Towards the Future, that has been ongoing since 1996. Researchers themselves face the challenge of presenting the social relevance of their work to a wider public beyond just experts.<continued>

Vision magazine - Science and Innovation Made in Switzerland, issue No. 1/2001