How can biodiversity loss and water scarcity be measured and attributed to the companies that cause these impacts? The Spatial Sustainable Finance research project explores this question with an innovative, data-driven approach. Multidimensional biodiversity and water information using satellite data from different geographical regions is collected and enables the measurement… Read More »BioVaR – Enabling Accountability
In his guest article in the FAZ on March 16, “Where US authorities delete archive images of minorities”, Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor of Digital Cultures and Arts at UZH and ZHdK, sheds light on the practice of American authorities to remove historical archive images of minorities. He argues that… Read More »Counter-archives as an answer: Dealing with historical image material
The LINA project is presented in the “Mitteilungen” magazine of the ZHAW Graduate Engineering & Architecture (E&A) department. LINA is a structure funded by the innovation program for the safe testing of autonomous systems. The aim is to test AI-supported drones and other autonomous technologies under real conditions, both indoors… Read More »LINA: A test infrastructure for autonomous systems and unmanned drones
Crafting Playbook is an innovative web application that supports people in actively reflecting on and shaping their day-to-day work. The focus is on crafting plays, short, practical exercises that help people to recognize their own strengths, take advantage of opportunities in their day-to-day work and gradually implement changes. Crafting Playbook:… Read More »Crafting Playbook. Consciously shaping everyday work
What political content was shown on TikTok before the 2025 German federal election? Which parties and actors were particularly active? And how do political posts influence opinion formation? These questions are at the core of a research project conducted by the Weizenbaum Institute Berlin and the Data Donation Lab (University… Read More »Your Feed, Your Choice: Research Project on the 2025 German Federal Election
How can schools actively and creatively shape the digital transformation? The board game ImaginEd gives school teams the opportunity to design their own vision of a digital school and derive concrete development steps. Through play, they explore challenges, develop innovative ideas, and collaboratively find solutions. In a recent blog post,… Read More »Playfully Shaping the Digital Transformation in Schools
What does artificial intelligence (AI) mean for journalism, media use and media literacy? This time, comedian Frank Richter goes on the trail of fake news. He interviews passers-by in Oerlikon, a robot in love and researcher Dr. Silke Fürst from the University of Zurich. Silke Fürst provides insights into an… Read More »Fake or not? AI in journalism
In his article DSI Insights on Inside IT, Kilian Sprenkamp sheds light on the potential of large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 for the public sector, particularly in the areas of refugee aid and propaganda detection. Using concrete applications, he shows how AI-supported chatbots and analysis tools are already… Read More »How AI Technology Supports Refugees and Detects Propaganda
Switzerland is debating the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Federal Councillor Albert Rösti attended the AI summit in Paris and advocated for another meeting to be held in Switzerland. An example of AI application in Switzerland was featured yesterday on SRF’s Tagesschau: At the University Hospital Zurich, an AI model… Read More »AI Project in the Spotlight of Tagesschau
The MindfulPacer project combines smartwatch and smartphone technology to help people with Long Covid to monitor their symptoms. MindfulPacer Device support and app development The MindfulPacer-team around André Meyer plans to release apps for iPhone with Apple Watch and Android with WearOS-compatible watches (e.g. Pixel Watch, Samsung Watch). Later, devices… Read More »MindfulPacer: Activity pacing for long Covid patients
