Anyone navigating digital tasks throughout the day knows the challenge: feeling busy but struggling to make progress on the most important tasks. In our blog post, we explore how the lightweight task tool AIRbar can help maintain focus by fostering awareness, clear intentions, and regular reflection in everyday work. AIRbar… Read More »Tool for Focused Work
How do AI-generated images reshape our understanding of reality, history and identity? DIZH bridge professor Roland Meyer explores how generative AI not only creates new visual worlds but also reinforces political narratives, from hypermasculine portrayals to nostalgic fantasies of an idealized past. Right-wing actors are increasingly using these tools for… Read More »AI, clichés and right-wing visual narratives
How can organizations effectively protect their employees from cyberattacks? The new CAS Cyber Risk Awareness at ZHAW addresses exactly this question. The program focuses on the human factor as a key element in information security. It combines practical experience with scientific insights and is aimed at professionals who want to… Read More »Looking Back: CAS Cyber Risk Awareness
Three calls are currently open in the DIZH Innovation program. These calls address members of the participating universities who are engaged in various aspects of digital transformation – ranging from early-stage entrepreneurial ideas to interdisciplinary research projects and initiatives with societal impact. The Founder Call is aimed at students and staff developing… Read More »Current DIZH Calls
How are AI companions changing the way we live together? This question is at the center of a currently advertised study on technology impact assessment. More and more people, especially young people, are using chatbots not only as digital assistants, but also as emotional companions. The planned study examines the… Read More »Call for proposals for a technology assessment study
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich invites applications for a PhD position in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) as part of its interdisciplinary project “Empowering AI to Explore the Space of Reasons (Project AIR)”. Start: by arrangement, ideally on October 1, 2025Application deadline: August… Read More »PhD Position: Empowering AI to Explore the Space of Reasons 80 %
On February 12 and 13, 2026, the 4th Swiss Implementation Science Conference of the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care will take place at the University of Zurich. The focus is on the topic: True IMPACT – Providing Innovation for Patients and the Public. The conference will highlight the… Read More »Call for Abstracts: 4. Swiss Implementation Science Conference
DIZH was also represented at the 3rd Zurich SME Innovation Day on July 3, 2025. Under the motto “Fit for the future together: Achieving a big impact with small levers”, the focus was on current challenges and practical solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, including digitalization and sustainability. Third Zurich… Read More »Review: 3rd Zurich SME Innovation Day 2025
On July 2, 2025, this year’s plenary assembly of DIZH took place.Despite the summer heat, around 50 participants gathered at Rämistrasse to reflect together on the connection between digitalization and sustainability. In her welcome address, Andrea Schweizer, the new president of PHZH, spoke about the halfway point of DIZH: Over… Read More »Plenary assembly 2025
Increasing visibility for digital innovation: With its 2. Outreach Call, the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) supports projects that enhance the visibility of DIZH-related activities within and beyond the partner universities and promote exchange between research, society, and practice. Funding conditions: Project duration: up to 18… Read More »Call for proposals: 2. Outreach Call