For the seventh time, the “ZHAW digital” initiative is supporting researchers working on projects related to digital transformation. This year, the scholarship is awarded to five junior and five senior fellows with doctoral students. The fellows come from four different ZHAW departments. ZHAW digital has been promoting innovation, research, and… Read More »ZHAW digital: Start of Fellowships 2025
Barbara Getto, Professor of Media Education, Center for Education and Digital Transformation PHZH, together with other experts, answered questions on media consumption and cell phone use among children, the behavior of parents and the role of schools in the SRF Live Chat on 26.02.25. Topics included strategies for preventing cyberbullying,… Read More »SRF Live Chat: Media consumption and cell phone use among children
In collaboration with international partners, the Immersive Arts Space of the ZHdK offers a residency for artists and researchers who deal with the connection between body, technology and public space. More information and application BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS brings together a “glocal” (global and local) network of cultural and scientific partners in Switzerland,… Read More »Open call: Residency at the Immersive Arts Space
Crafting Playbook is an innovative web application that supports people in actively reflecting on and shaping their day-to-day work. The focus is on crafting plays, short, practical exercises that help people to recognize their own strengths, take advantage of opportunities in their day-to-day work and gradually implement changes. Crafting Playbook:… Read More »Crafting Playbook. Consciously shaping everyday work
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
In the second episode of the DSI Podcast “Genial Digital?”, we explore the impact of digitalization on leadership. Do leaders need to adapt their leadership style—and become more human in the process? If so, how should they go about it? And is it generally a good idea to show emotions… Read More »Should managers show more emotion?
How can schools actively and creatively shape the digital transformation? The board game ImaginEd gives school teams the opportunity to design their own vision of a digital school and derive concrete development steps. Through play, they explore challenges, develop innovative ideas, and collaboratively find solutions. In a recent blog post,… Read More »Playfully Shaping the Digital Transformation in Schools
What does artificial intelligence (AI) mean for journalism, media use and media literacy? This time, comedian Frank Richter goes on the trail of fake news. He interviews passers-by in Oerlikon, a robot in love and researcher Dr. Silke Fürst from the University of Zurich. Silke Fürst provides insights into an… Read More »Fake or not? AI in journalism
In his article DSI Insights on Inside IT, Kilian Sprenkamp sheds light on the potential of large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 for the public sector, particularly in the areas of refugee aid and propaganda detection. Using concrete applications, he shows how AI-supported chatbots and analysis tools are already… Read More »How AI Technology Supports Refugees and Detects Propaganda
Switzerland is debating the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Federal Councillor Albert Rösti attended the AI summit in Paris and advocated for another meeting to be held in Switzerland. An example of AI application in Switzerland was featured yesterday on SRF’s Tagesschau: At the University Hospital Zurich, an AI model… Read More »AI Project in the Spotlight of Tagesschau