UZH’s Data Donation Lab supports data journalism cooperation project In the run-up to the 2025 federal elections in Germany, left-wing influencers have gained reach on TikTok. An analysis of exclusive user data, conducted by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in collaboration with Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, the Weizenbaum Institute and the University… Read More »Political content on tiktok
What political content was shown on TikTok before the 2025 German federal election? Which parties and actors were particularly active? And how do political posts influence opinion formation? These questions are at the core of a research project conducted by the Weizenbaum Institute Berlin and the Data Donation Lab (University… Read More »Your Feed, Your Choice: Research Project on the 2025 German Federal Election
Impressions of the Data Donation Days. Photos: Sibille Etling and Andreas Schwaiger From downloading to upcycling – the clever idea behind this is to add existing user data to a new knowledge cycle by donating it to research. At the Data Donation Days 2024, UZH’s Data Donation Lab raised awareness… Read More »Data Donation Days – Do more with your date
Which podcast did you listen to yesterday? What was the last thing you googled? Which post did you like the day before yesterday? As users, we quickly lose track of our online activities, while Google, Meta and other platforms record exactly what we do. To get a better understanding of… Read More »Why donate data? A look at our digital footprints
The first Data Donation Days will take place on September 21 and 28, 2024. The aim of this campaign is to make people aware that their user data does not just have to go to platforms such as Google, YouTube or Instagram. Instead, it can be donated to socially important… Read More »Data donation to research
Data Donation Day 2024 The Data Donation Lab will organize a Data Donation Day in September 2024 in Switzerland. The goal of the Data Donation Day is to increase people’s awareness of the possibility to donate their personal digital data to research and provide them the opportunity to participate in… Read More »Data donation for research purposes
As part of the 1st Outreach Call in the DIZH innovation program, 10 projects are being funded that not only increase the visibility of digital innovations, but also promote an engaged and critical discourse on their impact. The aim of the outreach call is to make the impact of digital… Read More »10 DIZH projects for more visibility and networking