Five years ago today, on April 1, 2020, DIZH began operations. The Management Board has been meeting regularly since 2019, including on April 1, 2020 for the operational launch of DIZH and now, exactly five years later, once again. A fitting occasion to draw a positive interim balance. DIZH has… Read More »Five years of DIZH
Every day there are developments that influence our lives: new forms of work, rising rents, the energy crisis, the climate catastrophe and much more. But how can these changes be recorded and understood in order to make informed decisions for the future? The Public Data Lab is a joint project… Read More »Public Data Lab: Find out more now
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
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
How do AI-generated images influence political communication? And why does the far right make particularly frequent use of artificially created visual worlds? Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor at UZH and ZHdK, discusses the ideological and aesthetic affinity between right-wing politics and generative AI in two recent podcast episodes. Tending to… Read More »Listening Recommendation: AI Visual Language and Political Aesthetics
IMMERSE integrates mixed reality into education and university teaching. IMMERSE is being funded as part of the 2nd Structure Call and is being implemented by a core team from the Center for Dental Medicine and the Balgrist University Hospital of the University of Zurich, the ZHAW and the PHZH. More… Read More »Job vacancy: Projectmanagement & Communications Specialist
For the seventh time, the “ZHAW digital” initiative is supporting researchers working on projects related to digital transformation. This year, the scholarship is awarded to five junior and five senior fellows with doctoral students. The fellows come from four different ZHAW departments. ZHAW digital has been promoting innovation, research, and… Read More »ZHAW digital: Start of Fellowships 2025
Barbara Getto, Professor of Media Education, Center for Education and Digital Transformation PHZH, together with other experts, answered questions on media consumption and cell phone use among children, the behavior of parents and the role of schools in the SRF Live Chat on 26.02.25. Topics included strategies for preventing cyberbullying,… Read More »SRF Live Chat: Media consumption and cell phone use among children
In collaboration with international partners, the Immersive Arts Space of the ZHdK offers a residency for artists and researchers who deal with the connection between body, technology and public space. More information and application BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS brings together a “glocal” (global and local) network of cultural and scientific partners in Switzerland,… Read More »Open call: Residency at the Immersive Arts Space
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