Whilst large cities such as Zurich and Winterthur have been implementing smart city initiatives for some time, many small and medium-sized municipalities are still in the early stages. The Swiss Smart City Survey (SSCS) provides guidance: it is a regular survey that tracks the development of smart city activities in… Read More »Project closure: DIZH Swiss Smart City Outreach
Which partner organisations does the DIZH work with, and what impact does it have there? Research has an impact when it is put into practice. The innovation program is designed to transfer research findings on digital transformation to the Canton of Zurich. In 140 approved projects, Zurich’s universities are collaborating… Read More »Data Story: Digital solutions for the canton Zurich
Privacy notices and privacy policies are standard practice today, but they primarily explain how data is processed. What specific risks are users exposed to? In other areas, such as drug safety or consumer protection, explicit risk warnings are taken for granted. Instead of merely disclosing data practices, users should be… Read More »More clarity on risks in data protection
Where do students prefer to study? What matters most to them? How many learning environments are needed in Zurich? The student survey seeks answers to precisely these questions. Several Zurich-based universities and institutions have joined forces to better understand the learning needs of students in the canton. The results will… Read More »Student Survey “Learning Environments Zurich”
Exergames combine physical activity with digital gaming elements and research suggests they have potential for rehabilitation, training and prevention. The Exergames for Health project, carried out by ZHAW and ZHdK in collaboration with Winterthur Cantonal Hospital and the VAMED Rehabilitation Centre Zurich, aimed to share expertise on exergames in a… Read More »Project closure: Exergames for Health
Many people struggle to understand speech in noisy or acoustically complex environments, such as a station concourse, a restaurant or at a concert. Traditional hearing tests reach their limits in such situations: they barely reflect the complexity of real-life listening situations and therefore lack ecological validity. The SpiN3D project uses… Read More »Hearing tests in real-world conditions
What happens when artistic and statistical-scientific cultures of knowledge come together? In this interview, Julia Weber, a research assistant at ZHdK, describes how artistic research picks up where official data reaches its limits: in affective experiences, informal practices and marginalised perspectives. As part of the Public Data Lab, she explores… Read More »Artistic research and statistics in dialogue
ZHdK and PHZH are jointly developing a digital learning app for history lessons in lower secondary schools. “Müliweg eins” invites pupils to discover historical everyday objects from Swiss collections – such as a tobacco pipe or a nutmeg grater – and, in doing so, to explore global connections for themselves.… Read More »Discover global history in a virtual museum
A legionary is granted Roman citizenship after 25 years of service. Curses inscribed on a small lead tablet. A milestone indicates the distance remaining to Augsburg. Such insights into everyday Roman life have been handed down to us in inscriptions that have survived to this day. Anne Kolb, Professor of… Read More »When stones tell stories
Augmented Reality is increasingly finding its way into applications, games and interactive experiences. In practice, however, collaboration between UX designers on the one hand and software developers on the other presents a recurring challenge: the two groups work with different concepts and terminology. The “Community Platform to Promote AR Patterns”… Read More »Project Closure: Community Platform for AR Patterns