Ten years ago today, the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) was launched. To mark the anniversary, the DSI is launching the “Decade of Impact” campaign and, over the course of ten weeks, will highlight the impact of interdisciplinary research.
On September 14, 2016, the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) was officially launched in front of 300 guests—with an opening address by then-Federal President Johann Schneider-Ammann. What began as a bottom-up initiative by a small group of professors is now the University of Zurich’s center of excellence for digital transformation: over 1,600 members from a wide range of disciplines, including more than 300 professors.
This is exactly what “Decade of Impact” stands for: Under this title, starting today, the DSI will share a story every week about what interdisciplinary research actually achieves—ten impacts over ten weeks, leading up to the anniversary celebration on November 24. The stories will appear in the News section of the DSI website, on the new anniversary page, and on the DSI’s LinkedIn channel.
The first impact story will go online in a few days. The kickoff video is already available, as are two sections:
- Video: To kick off the series, a new animated video summarizes what makes the DSI unique: from the idea of a few individuals to an interdisciplinary force at the University of Zurich.
- DSI Minds features short profiles of DSI professors: the minds behind the DSI who are researching the impacts of digital transformation across a wide range of disciplines.
- History & Impact takes you through the past ten years—events and impacts, year by year, on a single page.