In today’s hybrid work environments, achieving a balance between individual focused work and teamwork is very challenging, but crucial. The DIZH-funded project addresses this challenge with FlowTeams, a solution that enhances team awareness by sharing work schedules and availability information. By integrating with communication apps like Teams & Zoom as… Read More »Better Balancing Focused Work and Collaboration in Hybrid Teams
Many thanks to all DIZH members and colleagues for their commitment this year. 2024 has once again demonstrated the importance of cross-university collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange and the connection between science and practice. Together, we were able to create new structures that strengthen research and teaching, promote digital innovations and initiate… Read More »Goodbye 2024
The assessment of injured joints, tissue parts or bones is crucial for successful orthopaedic therapy. At Balgrist University Hospital, three-dimensional CT data is used to create digital patient twins. These virtual models make it possible to visualize biomechanical forces in a simulation and to better assess the success of the… Read More »Patient twin predicts successful interventions
The “Partners in a Trading Zone” project of the Ethnographic Museum of the UZH (VMZ) and the PHZH brings together hand embroiderers and programmers to explore the interface between craftsmanship and digital technology. In workshops, the participants worked on embroidery motifs and developed a common language. Hand embroiderers and programmers… Read More »Cross-stitching and programming
Digital platforms such as Uber or food delivery services have spread the promise of freedom and flexibility, but for many gig workers this vision remains unattainable. Especially those who live entirely from contracts often struggle with precarious conditions and insecurity. Research by geographer Karin Schwiter and her team at UZH… Read More »More Obligations for Uber & Co.
In our latest episode of Schampar digital, we talk to Céline Külling-Knecht about young people’s leisure activities. The JAMES Study 2024 shows how their media use is changing. While new trends such as TikTok and AI tools are becoming increasingly important, the basic needs of young people remain largely constant.… Read More »How young people spend their free time
For a few days now, Spotify has been offering its subscribers a personal review of their music year. Spotify Wrapped is popular, but is also sparking discussions about algorithms, data protection and the reduction of music to consumption. The debate raises fundamental questions: How does Spotify control what we listen… Read More »Spotify Wrapped, streaming and the power of playlists
Lesley Spiegel will hand over the management of DIZH at the end of November 2024. After starting in April 2020, Lesley has built up the DIZH office and driven forward DIZH’s activities in all areas. Committees, processes and funding instruments were established. One important step was the introduction of the… Read More »Change of managing director DIZH
Innovation meets responsibility Five funded projects provide impetus for responsible innovations in education, society, AI, communication and finance. Five projects are being funded in the 2nd structure call of the DIZH Innovation Program. The approaches range from the integration of immersive technologies in education, the innovative measurement of social well-being… Read More »DIZH promotes 5 innovation structures
How can archives become “vaults of truth” in a world in which the past can be regenerated and combined by AI? Patrick “Karpi” Karpiczenko and Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor for Digital Cultures and Arts at the University of Zurich and the ZHdK, explored these exciting questions. Their inspiring conversation… Read More »DIZH bridge professor Roland Meyer as a guest on SRF’s “Kulturplatz” program