14.10.22

From occupational therapist to managing director

She manages the two cereneo neurorehabilitation clinic sites on Lake Lucerne, holds the post of CEO at owner company NRG Holding and is pressing ahead with the group’s development of telerehabilitation at its Amsterdam and Berlin locations:…

15.09.22

Delivery Problems and Rising Costs Plague Online Retailers

The lifting of Corona prevention measures led to a decline in online store sales for just a quarter of retailers, according to the latest Swiss Online Retailer Survey published by ZHAW. However, many online retailers are complaining about delivery…

09.09.22

Sustainability awards for dissertations

Every year, the Swiss Green Economy Symposium, in collaboration with the ZHAW, gives an Award for outstanding final theses that contribute in various ways to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s award-winning dissertations…

06.09.22

Get your digitalization project funded: 2. DIZH call for papers

The call promotes projects in which solutions to relevant practical questions and current societal challenges are developed.

03.08.22

Risk assessment: like taking a look in the crystal ball

Can pandemics and wars be predicted? No, says ZHAW data scientist Pasquale Cirillo. He knows the mistakes made by those who can’t get by without forecasts and the traps that they fall into. And he knows what the data nonetheless reveals.

29.07.22

Mediator between two worlds

15.07.22

Food – between territorial production and the bioreactor

12.07.22

DIZH: Innovation through exchange and networking

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions UZH, ZHAW, ZHdK and PHZH intensifies the exchange with practice and the public. To this end, DIZH is funding four innovation structures with a total of 16 million Swiss francs.…

11.07.22

New Education Unit: “For a culture of lifelong learning”

New professional requirements, changes on the job market and increasing digitalisation – ZHAW has developed its new lifelong learning strategy to ensure the continuous development of its students in different life situations. This constitutes the…

06.07.22

Sexualised violence against children and young people: associations want more support for their prevention efforts

Sports and leisure clubs in the canton of Zurich attach great importance to preventing the sexual exploitation of children and young people. As shown by a study carried out by the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, however, there is…

01.07.22

After the war comes the reform

Even if Ukraine manages to emerge as an independent state from this war, the country will still be faced with major challenges. Not only will it have to make a start on rebuilding, it will also need to implement comprehensive reforms. ZHAW Eastern…

23.06.22

The INUAS Conference 2022 “Urban Transformations: Public Spaces” will take place at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur

From 7 to 9 September 2022, the ZHAW will host the third edition of the international INUAS conference series “Urban Transformations: Housing | Resources | Public Spaces”. The conference series focuses on current issues and challenges in the area of…

20.06.22

A videogame aiming to help young Ukrainian refugees integrate and cope with grief in Zurich

From gaming to governance: four projects have been approved in the innovation program of the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH). In close cooperation with practitioners, digital solutions can contribute…

15.06.22

More efficient tuberculosis diagnosis thanks to a simple breath test

Tuberculosis is the world's second deadliest infectious disease after Covid-19. To combat this disease effectively, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for more efficient testing methods. A research team at the ZHAW, in collaboration with…

10.05.22

Diversity, accessibility, bot: These 14 digitisation projects will be funded by ZHAW digital

ZHAW digital has selected 14 new projects in the second awarding this year. They will each be funded with up to 20,000 Swiss francs.

05.05.22

He’s both a midwife and a lawyer

From Tenerife, via England and Austria, to Winterthur: Jonathan Dominguez Hernandez has spent time in many different places all over Europe. And his professional career has been no less varied. Since last summer, he has been working as a lecturer on…

28.04.22

Is a flexible retirement age the answer to everything?

Alongside raising the retirement age for women and increasing the rate of VAT, introducing a flexible retirement age is one of the key components of the “AHV 21 reform” approved by parliament. Not everyone is applauding. Two ZHAW experts give their…

27.04.22

Willingness to Be Vaccinated Dependent on Socioeconomic Factors

Individuals with a higher income and educational background and those living in an urban environment are more likely on average to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At the same time, the quality of life among the Swiss population has remained stable in…

25.04.22

When our bodies age

Why do our bodies age and how can we slow down the processes involved? These are questions occupying both researchers and the anti-ageing industry. The aim is to live out the last years of our life with as few complaints as possible.

19.04.22

Annual report 2021: Pandemic-hit year successfully navigated thanks to flexibility and innovative spirit

The coronavirus pandemic and the accelerating digital transformation shaped events at the ZHAW last year. Important impetus was generated for sustainable development and the establishment of new degree programmes aimed at countering the shortage of…