The Academy has a long tradition of dialogue with politics.
It makes its network of experts available free of charge to politicians as a source of information and provides information on current issues through expert reports and events.
Through its contact with parliamentarians it adopts the concerns of politics and provides detailed answers to the questions raised.
Current position statements
The Academy formulates position statements on specific issues and questions that concern the sciences as a whole. It indicates clearly where scientifically-based issues are at stake and where it is acting as the representative of the interests of Swiss researchers. Since 2010 all position statements are published in the name of the «swiss-academies».