A Voice-Based, Multi-Perspective Debate Companion for Swiss Votes For Swiss votes, a voice-based, multi-perspective debate companion is developed. Grounded in practice partners’ data it lets citizens compare political positions, ask clarifying questions, and receive explanations in simplified texts. The aim is to improve access, neutrality, and trust in democratic information.… Read More »Accessible Digital Democracy
Exploratory Participatory Platform Design for Promoting Debates on Votes and Referendums and Democratic Participation of Young Adults / First-Time Voters EPFA investigates how young adults use political news about votes and referendums, and which digital journalistic formats promote their democratic participation. Using a voting monitor, a digital diary study, and… Read More »EPFA
AI-supported deliberative debate training for upper-secondary democratic education CivicDialogue co-develops an AI-supported learning environment with schools for civic education at upper-secondary level. Using current Swiss referendum topics, students practise justifying positions, examining counterarguments and disagreeing respectfully. Through critical co-design, technology and school practices are jointly developed, tested and embedded in… Read More »CivicDialogue
Hybrid Participation for Sustainable and Liveable Communities Sustainable development of cities and municipalities is no longer conceivable without the active participation of the public. In the Canton of Zurich, formal participation procedures such as public consultations and voting materials, are already largely supported by digital tools. By contrast, informal participation… Read More »HyP-Lab
Inclusive Digital Citizen Science: a technology-driven applied linguistics project within a disability studies framework The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires signatories to ensure the full participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society. Digital citizen science, as an emerging participatory methodology… Read More »DigInCiteS
Reducing administrative burdens in social services through a generative translation tool for simplified language This project addresses the non-take-up of social benefits caused by language and administrative barriers. It proposes the use of a generative AI tool that translates complex social administration documents into plain language. The project aims to… Read More »Simplify!
Overcoming language barriers in public institutions Digilinguo is a platform that promotes sustainable practices in the use of digital translation and language tools, thus allowing for language barriers to be overcome in public institutions. Three channels will be created to help it in achieving this objective: 1) a test track… Read More »Digilinguo
Zurich urban reachability & accessibility enhancement through digital technology More information and participation Do you use a wheelchair, walker, stroller, or sometimes navigate in the city with mobility challenges? Then, your experience matters! Take part in the ZuReach project and help shape Zurich as an accessible city for all. What… Read More »ZuReach
