Project state closed Project start March 2022 Funding duration 19 months Universitites involved ZHdK Funding amount DIZH CHF 67'000 RESEARCH VIDEO provides a streamlined interface for annotating video, making the interplay between video and text simple and intuitive. RESEARCH VIDEO was developed for artistic and performative research and beyond. In… Read More »Research Video in Modcast format
Development of a serious game for support with writing difficulties Project state closed Project start February 2022 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved ZHAW, ZHdK, PHZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 39'000 https://youtu.be/PJVoi11LMw4?si=XELW3HFIoTPHTwur With a prevalence of 10-30%, writing difficulties are one of the most common learning disorders among… Read More »Playfully train writing motor skills
Project state closed Project start December 2022 Funding duration 14 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 66'000 BIOVAR: ASSESSING AND DIGITIZING RISK EXPOSURE RESULTING FROM BIODIVERSITY LOSS The ongoing SNSF-Innosuisse project www.spatial-sustainable-finance.ch is collecting and integrating multidimensional data to measure the dynamics of biodiversity in different… Read More »Biodiversity Value At Risk
Fostering Productive Work in Hybrid Workplaces through an Ambient Display Project state closed Project start March 2022 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved UZH Practice partner Funding amount DIZH CHF 76'000 New paper demonstrates how hybrid teams can better balance focused work and team interactions through shared scheduling. Read the… Read More »FlowLight
Digital support for caregivers Project state closed Project start September 2021 Funding duration 28 months Universities involved ZHAW, ZHdK Practice partners We+Tech, Pro Aidants Funding amount DIZH CHF 223'000 There is an enormous amount of knowledge available for relatives of people with dementia. So much, in fact, that it’s easy… Read More »You+Care
Action Competence through Immersive Learning Experiences Project state closed Project start July 2021 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved ZHAW, PHZH Practice partners BKW Building Solutions, Bandara, Helvetas, EIT.swiss Funding amount DIZH CHF 102'000 For many training companies, it is difficult to provide vocational trainees with sufficient situations in which… Read More »Virtual reality as a learning venue for basic vocational training
A collaborative environment to embrace deep uncertainties in decision making on climate risks Project state closed Project start November 2021 Funding duration 27 months Universities involved UZH, ZHAW Practice partner City of Zurich, City of Winterthur, Swiss Re Funding amount DIZH CHF 239'000 DSS_Embrace aimed to enhance the capacity of… Read More »DSS_Embrace
Project state closed Project start October 2021 Funding duration 24 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Schweizerische Textilfachschule (STF); Image Wear AG; Swisstextiles; further associated partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 180'000 https://youtu.be/AXXiWaj6KqY The fashion industry is characterised by the mass production of homogeneous and standardised fashion items. Fast fashion attempts… Read More »Transformation of the textile industry from push to pull production through digitalization
Researchers from the USA and Europe met at the ZHAW in early December for an exchange on the digitization of writing. The meeting was hosted by DIZH Fellow Christian Rapp from the Center for Innovative Didactics at the School of Management and Law. The SNSF-funded meeting was prompted by a book project on digital writing technologies, the results of which were exchanged and discussed.
Read More »DIZH Apéro for the international workshop “Writing Technology”Bestselling author Noreena Hertz writes in her new book that digitalization can lead to more loneliness. But digital tools can also make it possible to communicate more with each other. In an interview, Lilian Suter from the ZHAW Psychology Institute explains how we can use these tools to strengthen meaningful relationships.
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