Projects

As of September 2026 VAS Founding Member Arianna Ferrari will be coordinating the EU-funded ALT-PROACT - ALTernative PROteins: Awareness, Co-creation, Transformation. The project is investigating what citizens understand about alternative proteins as well as how they can be better informed about them and involved in public dialogue and education on the matter. This will be achieved through conducting multi-lingual surveys; engaging in a range of workshops, forums, and storyte

Law scholar Prof. Dr. Margot Michel, 3R Coordinator Dr. Paulin Jirkof (both University of Zurich) and Dr. Samuel Camenzind from the Vienna Animals Studies Group (APART-GSK fellow, University of Vienna) have joined forces to establish a new interdisciplinary dialogue format at the University of Zürich. The overall aim of this initiative is to build a lasting dialogue at the University of Zürich – and beyond – in order to advance the implementation of the 3Rs (Replace, Reduce,