UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel

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  Opinion

  What challenges does the energy transition bring, Ms. Delzeit?

  Text: Ruth Delzeit / Renewable energies are intended to replace fossil fuels. Many questions, however, remain unanswered. Some thoughts from experts in economics and in environmental sciences.

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  In pictures

  Field research on top of the world.

  Text: Angelika Jacobs / The Arctic is warming at an above-average rate as a result of climate change. Which plant species are still found there today, and where? In the summer of 2023, a small research team set out on the sailing ship Nanuk to answer this question.

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  Portrait

  Voyager through the history of Africa.

  Text: Christoph Dieffenbacher / Africa's written history contains many a blank page. At the University of Basel, historian Julia Tischler studies the continent's history of colonization and missionary engagement in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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  Research

  Sarah's alive.

  Text: Eva Mell / A little girl falls into a bitterly cold pond. When her father finds her, she has no pulse. Her chances of survival are poor. But at the University Children's Hospital Basel, the improbable is about to take place.

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  Research

  A fun way to the perfect career.

  Text: Béatrice Koch / The digital tool “like2be” helps young adults learn even more about familiar jobs and discover new career options. It also allows them to explore their personal interests – and have fun along the way.

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  Research

  Should Switzerland allow embryo donation?

  Text: Irène Dietschi / In Switzerland, couples left with surplus embryos after IVF are not allowed to donate them to other infertile couples. Lawyer Valentina Christen-Zihlmann investigates whether this ban is still in keeping with the times.

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  Research

  The magic mirror.

  Text: Andreas Lorenz-Meyer / The system of using the same piece of land to generate electricity and produce agricultural products is known as agrivoltaics. A graduate of the University of Basel has founded a start-up that offers a novel type of product in precisely this field.

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  Alumni

  A leap into the unknown.

  Interview: Marion Maurer / Would you give up a permanent position to start your own business? Anina Lutz shares with us her reasons for taking this brave step.

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  Alumni

  Nature lover.

  Text and photos: Marion Maurer / As a child, he built pools for salamanders. Studying biology was a passion. Today, Philippe Ammann works to protect the diversity of flora and fauna at the Swiss non-profit, ProSpecieRara.