The Val d'Hérens 1950/2050 project, a collaboration between UNIL's Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (CIRM) and the Service Culture et Médiation scientifique (SCMS), investigates the challenges and impacts of global changes on life in the mountains. Not only it invites residents, visitors, and researchers to co-create knowledge about the valley's past, present, and future, but also encourages citizens to question the territory's evolution amidst climate change, ecological transition, and social transformations.

At IMD Business School, Prof. Goutam Challagalla explores how companies incorporate sustainability into their strategies, questioning whether they adopt defensive or offensive lenses. This research aims to uncover the implications of these approaches on organisational capabilities, guiding firms on whether to take a passive or proactive stance. 

At the EPFL River Ecosystems Laboratory, Prof. Tom Ian Battin and team venture into the unexplored territory of glacier microbiomes across the Swiss Alps, the Pamir region, and Greenland. Through pioneering Omics methods and phylogeny, they aim to decode the secrets of microorganisms thriving in glacier-fed streams, providing insights into how climate change might impact the biofilm microbiome and biogeochemistry in these extreme environments.