Events

Upcoming events

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Workshop: Engaging in Policymaking as a Researcher

Tuesday 25th November 2025, 08.30-17.00; UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Bern

Vice-Rectorate International and Academic Careers

Organised by PD Dr. Caroline Schlaufer (EPL / KPM) and the Franxini Project, Reatch

See here for further information and to register

MCID Annual Event 2025

21st November, 2025.

Details to follow

Past MCID events

Podium discussion: how political can science be?

3rd December 2024

"Wie politisch darf Wissenschaft sein?"

Tuesday 3rd December, 18.00-20.00,Kuppelraum, UniBE Hauptgebäude

Organised by Reatch and PD Dr. Caroline Schlaufer (MCID Ethics and Policy Lab and KPM Center for Public Management). For more information, see here.

MCID Annual Event 2024

4th July 2024

The MCID Annual Event 2024 took place on 4th July 2024. The event featured 10 oral presentations and 25 poster presentations on a wide range of topics linked to infectious disease research, many but not all of which were linked to MCID-funded research. The event ended with a panel discussion on the topic of the science-policy interface post-pandemic. The full program including presentation abstracts and panel participants can be viewed here.

Information event on Influenza H5N1 in dairy cows:

"Vogelgrippe (H5N1) in Kühen in den USA: was bedeutet das für die Schweiz?"

28th May 2024

This information event (held in German) was organised by the MCID and the Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases in response to detection of Influenza H5N1 in dairy cows in the USA. The event provided information from experts on the current situation and a platform for discussion and was attended by more than 240 people. See here for a recording of the webinar.

Symposium on the revision of the Swiss Epidemics Act

16th January 2024

This information event on the revision of the Swiss Epidemics Act was open to all and aimed at scientists, representatives from administration and politics, as well as people from civil society interested in the topic. See here for more information and copies of presentations: in English, auf Deutsch (event held in German).

Franxini boot camp on politics, open to MCID and OCCR Members

7th and 8th June 2023. See here for more details.

Ethics and Policy Lab workshop: Reflecting on ethical dimensions of your research and obtaining ethics approval

7th March 2023, 13.30-17.00.

See here for more details.

MCID @ the University of Bern Nacht der Forschung ("Achtung, Ansteckend")

Saturday 10th September, 16.00-00.00

This was a public in-person event. See here for more details.

MCID monkeypox event

Wednesday 29th June 2022, 18.00-19.00

This was a public event held using Twitter spaces. Click here for a full sound recording of the event as welll as more information.

MCID Opening Event

June 9th and 10th 2022

Click here for a full program and more information about the event to mark the official opening of the MCID.

MCID Omicron Event

December 8th, 2021

The MCID-Omicron event, "The SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron: a snapshot of where we are", took place on 8th December 2021. Please see here for more details and for a full recording of the event.