Supported Innovaton Hub Projects
To effectively bring insights and new ideas from the sciences into political debates, researchers need specific competencies, networks, and visibility. This is precisely what the Franxini Innovation Hub funding program offers.
The supported projects are selected from the annual Reatch Ideas Competition. Within the framework of the Ideas Competition, the Franxini project seeks innovative ideas for the future. Over the past years, we have supported various projects.
2024
Democracy Diagnosis in Switzerland
How can we collectively identify and effectively address challenges of the Swiss democratic system in order to ensure its capacity to face the challenges of the 21st century?
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This project aims to develop an innovative process for democratic diagnosis that involves voters, the wider society and relevant stakeholders in a constructive dialogue to identify the important leverage point and key questions. The first step in the coming months will be to look at the relationship between science and politics in the Swiss democratic system.
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Robotic Permaculture
What role can the current developments in robotics and AI have in supporting new land use strategies for food production and forestry in Switzerland?
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This project strives to scale permacultures with the help of robotics and AI. Thus producing affordable and nutritious food in a sustainable fashion. The goal is to autonomously turn a previous monoculture into a resilient system of diverse plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. To do this two AIs need to be trained: A generative one to devise the permaculture and an iterative one for operational control while building and maintaining it.
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