Rapid Integration through Job-Specific Communication Training As part of the project, a mobile AI-supported app is to be developed that promotes communication skills in the workplace. This aims to foster integration in the workplace and counteract the shortage of skilled workers. Team Dr. Anne Catherine Gieshoff, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik Duygu Dogru,… Read More »SteppingStone
Virtual Arena for Research, Education, and Democratic Innovation Virena is a simulation platform that replicates lifelike social media with customizable AI agents and full experimental control. It enables researchers, educators, and public organizations to test, train, and strategize in safe digital arenas, fostering media literacy, democratic innovation, and scalable public-interest… Read More »VIRENA
The project aims to develop a novel automated digital tool based on communication theory to analyze how different journalistic perspectives are linked in media reporting. The tool will benefit both strategic communication of organizations and journalistic research within media companies. Team Prof. Dr. Alexandre Bovet, UZH Department of Mathematical Modeling… Read More »New Digital Tools for Media Monitoring and Discourse Analysis
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
Measuring Societal Wellbeing under Changing Circumstances Challenges posed by societal disruptions impact cantonal governance. The Public Data Lab (PDL), hosted by Canton Zurich`s Statistics Office, creates indicators and new approaches to measuring change in society, economy and environment. Through transdisciplinary digital and artistic innovation the PDL will increase public trust… Read More »Public Data Lab
https://youtu.be/fd0S7754TU4 The Next Gen AI School is an interactive learning tool for young people aged between 12 and 16. Its aim is to promote skills in dealing with artificial intelligence (AI) and thus digital resilience. Digital resilience describes the ability to act confidently, reflectively and critically in the digital space… Read More »Digital resilience: tool for AI and deepfake skills among young people
The new fög-study was published on September 23, 2025. It shows that AI is already widely used in Swiss journalism. 87% of the media professionals surveyed use AI tools, primarily for support tasks such as transcription or text optimization. However, opinions on the impact on quality are mixed. In addition,… Read More »AI literacy in Swiss journalism – How to strengthen the digital resilience of journalism and audiences
Participatory GIS and Farmer Science to promote diversification, innovation and cooperation in agriculture The project aims to use a citizen science approach to connect innovative farmers and co-create new knowledge about the cultivation of niche crops. It thus promotes the information exchange between research and agricultural practice and contributes to… Read More »AgroPionier
How does a spider perceive its world? The project ‘Being a Spider’ enables a change of perspective through a sensory-enhanced virtual reality experience. As a four-spotted spider, visitors go hunting for insects at night. They detect them with the help of highly sensitive sensory hairs that perceive air currents and… Read More »Being a spider – Virtual Realities as spaces for learning and experience
The project promotes the quality of discourse in the digital space by empowering people methodically and digitally using a browser extension to react constructively to hate speech as online street workers and to de-escalate escalations. The extension assists in recognizing and processing hate speech. More information Publication Bühler, Judith; von… Read More »Social influencer