Shelter spaces as social and digital infrastructure for learning and working in times of crisis The SHAPE reimagines adaptive collaboration spaces for living, working, and learning in response to military conflict and its long-term impact on organizations and communities. These spaces are defined by the integration of physical shelters (such… Read More »SHAPE (Shelter-based Hubs for Adaptive Partnerships and Engagement)
Digital solutions for a cross-university, networked and future-oriented learning landscape The aim of the project is to strengthen cooperation between Zurich’s universities. The focus is on the vision of a networked ‘Zurich learning environment’. To this end, the starting point of the participating universities, international good practices and the needs… Read More »Learning environment Zurich
The aim of this project is to develop a digital platform that assesses the energy renovation needs of existing buildings and estimates renovation-adjusted property prices. The platform provides a basis for property comparison and informed investment decisions, while enhancing market transparency, supporting purchasing decisions, promoting affordable housing, and encouraging targeted… Read More »Towards Transparent and Energy-Efficient Real Estate Markets: A Smart Model for Renovation-Adjusted Property Valuation and Investment Decisions
Strengthening the AI generation: Promoting digital self-protection for teenagers and young adults Despite data protection concerns, many young people carelessly share personal data online, which is known as the data protection paradox. The project aims to resolve the data protection paradox by activating personal involvement. Teaching materials are being developed… Read More »AI-Strong
Project state closed Project start September 2024 Funding duration 6 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners URPP Dynamics of Healthy Aging Funding amount DIZH CHF 29'500 A growing body of research in psychology and sociology has shown that profound dissatisfaction with body image is an increasingly pressing problem among young… Read More »UnRealBody: Inoculating Young People Against Harm from Unrealistic AI-Based Body Images
“TRUST-RAD” project aims to add trust layers to radiology AI assistant tools, as depicted in the figure below. To improve trustworthiness, the aim is to (i) develop models that allow the radiology AI tool to generate content that is not only precise but also highly relevant, reducing the risk of errors and… Read More »TRUST-RAD: Trustworthy Medical AI Assistant Tools for Radiology
The project develops, tests and publishes an interactive online tool including a learning environment to strengthen digital resilience in young people by promoting their AI and deepfake skills. It integrates elements of source criticism, storytelling and science communication to improve critical thinking skills and media literacy. Image created by OpenAI’s… Read More »Digital resilience: tool for AI and deepfake skills among young people
Cyber Safari promotes the digital resilience of young people through playful learning. Interactive quests at various stations strengthen media skills and combine digital learning with physical activity. Positive effects are expected at both an individual and social level. Team Gregor Waller, ZHAW School of Applied Psychology Dr. Lea Stahel, UZH Department… Read More »Cyber Safari – Zurich learning path to digital resilience
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a disruptive technology that brings with it great opportunities, but also risks for the media and the formation of public opinion. For example, AI could contribute to improving the quality of news, be used to combat disinformation, underline the importance of journalism for citizens, and enable… Read More »AI literacy in Swiss journalism – How to strengthen the digital resilience of journalism and audiences
Project state closed Project start July 2022 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners AOZ, FIZ, Act212, SEM, SFH and SUN Funding amount DIZH CHF 59'000 Websites in German are a big hurdle for refugees. To better support these people from abuse on the labor market and with… Read More »Website Safety-for-refugees with chatbot EMA