Press releases
20 January 2026 | Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Swiss Competence Centre for Scientific Integrity starts work
Switzerland has had a Competence Centre for Scientific Integrity with effect from 1 January 2026, presided over by Prof. em. Edwin Constable and managed by Viviane Premand, PhD in Law, LL.M. The Competence Centre will serve as a reporting body for higher education institutions and other institutions on matters they have already raised pertaining to procedures, sanctions and measures concerning scientific integrity in Switzerland and will assist these institutions on matters of scientific integrity.
11 November 2024 | Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Switzerland to establish a National Competence Centre for Scientific Integrity
At its meeting on 8 November 2024, the Swiss Conference of Higher Education Institutions passed the Ordinance on Quality Assurance in the Area of Scientific Integrity. This resolved to set up a Competence Centre for Scientific Integrity Switzerland. The Competence Centre will act in an advisory capacity for higher education institutions when it comes to scientific integrity in addition to gathering data on scientific integrity in Switzerland.