Dear Members of the MOL

In this newsletter we report on the activities of the mid-level organisation University of Lucerne (MOL), our upcoming events and our approach to the SNSF's decision to cancel the Doc.CH program without replacement. Tomorrow, Thursday, the last MOL meeting of this year will take place – we are looking forward to meet as many of you as possible for the outlook on 2023 and/or for the Christmas aperitif afterwards!

Kind regards,
your MOL-Board

Tess Bardy (GWM), Matteo Frey (TF), Aline Leimann (RF), Alexander Ort (GWM), Antonia Steigerwald (KSF)

My name is Tess. I come from France and have lived in Switzerland for eight years. My research interest finds its roots in applied economics: I currently do my Ph.D. in Health Economics at the Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, working on the Swiss health insurance system, residents’ knowledge, and their challenges.

I recently joined the MOL board, and with my colleagues and you, I am eager to help shape and improve our academic life and environment. I look forward to meeting you should you have any concerns you would like to address or just want to grab a coffee!

On 27 October 2022, the General Assembly of the MOL has elected  their new representatives:

We warmly welcome the new MOL representatives and look forward to working together!

All representatives of the MOL can be found on our website in the section "Über uns"

Review: General Assembly on 27 October 2022

End of October we have welcomed around 30 members on site and via Zoom to the annual General Assembly of the MOL.
Matteo Frey presented the current activities and future projects of the MOL and Lucien Käslin, responsible for the finances, explained the financial report and the budget 2023.
After the elections (see results above), the participants of the meeting had the opportunity for an informal exchange at an apéro riche.

You can find the annual report on our website in the section "Wissenstransfer"

Protest against discontinuation of the SNSF instrument "Doc.CH"

The SNSF has announced that it will cancel the "Doc.CH" instrument without replacement as of 2025. This decision has far-reaching consequences for research operations in the humanities and social sciences. The MOL has joined the numerous other organisations and written a letter of protest to the SNSF and the cantons.

Funding of the working group Women* in Academia

Since mid-2021, the working group Women* in Academia has been meeting regularly for networking and exchange. We are pleased to announce that the working group will receive generous funding from GLK for workshops and retreats for the years 2023-2026.

MOL Meetings

Wrapping-up 2022: four new 'fields of action' and outlook 2023.

On 22 Decembre we meet for the fourth and last MOL meeting of this semester. We will look back on 2022 and share some impressions of the MOL board retreat and the four newly defined ‘fields of action’. Even though nothing entirely new they define our future agenda and the four MOL-meetings in 2023. We are looking forward to complete this year with as many of you as possible. And even if you could not make it to the meeting itself, feel free to join the christmassy apéro afterwards!

-> 22 December 2022 at 4.15pm, room 220 at Inseliquai 10

You can find the current dates on our website "Vernetzung des Akademischen Mittelbaus".

Invitation to the first "Welcome Day"

Rector Bruno Staffelbach and Regina Aebi-Müller, Vice-Rector Human Resources and Professorships, cordially invite all staff members who have started within the corona period (as from March 2020) to the first "Welcome Day", which will take place on 16 January 2023.

To the article in Uni Inside

News on our Website

On our website we are publishing regularly interesting articles and news concerning the mid-level – have a look: News (english website in progress)