Participatory GIS and Farmer Science to promote diversification, innovation and cooperation in agriculture The project aims to use a citizen science approach to connect innovative farmers and generate new knowledge about the cultivation of niche crops together with them. Core team Dr. Roman Grüter, ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility… Read More »AgroPionier
The Being a spider project enables a unique change of perspective through a sensory-enhanced virtual reality experience. Users are immersed in the world of the spider and can thus experience its world in the museum. Core team Prof. Niklaus Heeb, ZHdK Departement Design Isabel Willemse, ZHAW Angewandte Psychologie Practice partner Museum… Read More »Being a spider – Virtual Realities as spaces for learning and experience
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. Core team Judith Bühler, ZHAW School… Read More »Social influencer
The “Swiss Smart City Outreach (SSCO)” project aims to promote the implementation of smart city initiatives, primarily in the canton of Zurich, by providing information, knowledge transfer (DIZH projects) and networking, thereby contributing to the development of smart, sustainable cities and municipalities in Switzerland. Further links on the topic: Plattform… Read More »DIZH Swiss Smart City Outreach
The project communicates digital transformation topics in an entertaining way. The focus is on a comedy show, advertised via various websites, social media and a live event. The show and the accompanying communication are tested for their impact and resonance. Image created by OpenAI’s DALL-E Team Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Gnach, ZHAW School… Read More »SciComm meets Comedy
The Data Donation Day will familiarize the general public of the Canton of Zurich with the possibility to donate their digital trace data for academic research. The preparation of the outreach activity (live events, media coverage, and a website) will stimulate networking and collaboration among researchers from the four DIZH… Read More »Data Donation Day
The project will develop a platform that focuses on Augmented Reality (AR) Patterns and aims to improve collaboration between UX designers and software developers. The goal is to create and operate a public catalogue of AR Patterns that covers both technical and UX aspects. The resulting community platform promotes the… Read More »Community Platform to Promote AR Patterns
The goal of this project is to develop a marketable concept of the vision of an evidence-based consulting boutique with FlowTeams and to test it with first clients in the market. FlowTeams has been proven to support teams of knowledge workers in finding a more sustainable balance between focus and… Read More »FlowTeams
ClarifAI employs Large Language Models aims at fighting propaganda and disinformation in digital news. It identifies propaganda techniques, fact-checks content, and provides explanations. This empowers users to think critically and discern media biases, enhancing democratic integrity. Team: Dr. Liudmila Zavolokina, UZH Digital Society Initiative Prof. Dr. Alexandre Bovet, UZH Institute… Read More »ClarifAI: Making the Unseen Seen with an AI-assisted Propaganda Detection and Fact-Checking
Historical collection objects have a lot to tell about the global interconnections of our present. Often, however, they lack a contemporary translation. The project is developing a digital mediation platform that enables students to question the objects themselves and place them in new contexts. Core team: Prof. Dr. Sophia Prinz,… Read More »Histories for the Global Present. Digital Co-Creation in School and Museum