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UnRealBody: Inoculating Young People Against Harm from Unrealistic AI-Based Body Images

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

Digital resilience: tool for AI and deepfake skills among young people

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

Cyber Safari – Zurich learning path to digital resilience

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

Educational Policy Transparency Interface

The project aims to develop an automated monitoring tool that makes comparative trend analyses of public debates in the education sector accessible to stakeholders and thus enables more differentiated debates. The aim is to contribute to greater transparency in education policy discourse, developments and decisions. Core team Prof. Dr. Barbara… Read More »Educational Policy Transparency Interface

Technological support for scientific work, writing and thinking in the age of AI: conceptualization, technology integration and didactics

The project aims to promote digital literacy in an academic context with the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI). It supports students and teaching staff in developing skills in the use of digital tools and AI technologies for academic work and writing. Core team Dr. Christian Rapp, ZHAW School of Management and… Read More »Technological support for scientific work, writing and thinking in the age of AI: conceptualization, technology integration and didactics

Being a spider – Virtual Realities as spaces for learning and experience

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

Social influencer

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

Data Donation Day

Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 10 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 49'000 From downloading to upcycling – this is based on the clever idea of science to create added value for society with existing user data. By donating data to research,… Read More »Data Donation Day