29.11.21

"Empathy and love can make a difference against hate speech"

At the ZHAW digital event, everything revolved around hate speech, fake news and their effects on society. Three experts talked about what is being done to combat hate on the internet and which digital technologies can even be used to help.

26.11.21

Naples Forum on Service 2021 Best Paper Award

The Smart Services Team won a Best Paper Award in the category "Service Science" of the 2021 Naples Forum on Service for their paper: “Optimizing Service Value Creation with Smart, Connected…

25.11.21

Psychological stress faced by pupils: teaching staff want support

Teaching and support staff at schools are often confronted with children and young people who are faced with psychological stress. To enable them to deal with such situations appropriately, school employees would like to see more tools, teaching…

18.11.21

Swiss Quality of Life Remains High

Nearly nine out of 10 people in Switzerland rate their quality of life as good, despite the current pandemic situation. At the same time, the population has become less diligent in adhering to preventive measures. These are the findings of the…

17.11.21

Digitalising administration in Zurich: ZHAW digital awards 9 new fellowships to outstanding researchers

The ZHAW digital team is happy that 9 new fellows will be funded via the DIZH fellowship program.

16.11.21

Exchanges at university and innovation hotspots with Swissnex

The ZHAW-Swissnex staff mobility programme provides tailor-made exchange opportunities with important international university and innovation hotspots. This is important for research and the successful internationalisation of the ZHAW.

15.11.21

Winter School “Challenges in Interprofessional Health and Social Services”: New course open to all professions

The International Winter School offers a unique opportunity to meet Swiss and international students to discuss similarities and differences when collaborating interprofessionally within the health and social system. It takes place from 10 January to…

26.10.21

ZHAW magazine “Impact” now with an online edition in English

“Impact” is going global: From now on, you can read more about ZHAW in English. In connection with the International Evening on 8 November, ZHAW is launching an English online edition of the university magazine “Impact”.

21.10.21

More and more companies make use of social media to distribute content

Two-thirds of Swiss companies use marketing communications that rely on target-audience-specific content shared via social media channels. More than half employ content marketing, according to a study by ZHAW.

13.10.21

Most SMEs See no Disadvantage in the Certificate Requirement

Three-quarters of Swiss SMEs have a neutral or positive view towards the COVID certificate requirement. In the catering and hotel industry, however, almost 60 percent consider the impact to be negative. This was reported at the sixth ZHAW Coronavirus…

12.10.21

Angst 2.0: How big and powerful are Google, Facebook and other big tech companies really?

Despite the recent outage from Facebook and WhatsApp, the concentration of power among a few large tech companies appears greater than ever. How strongly do Google and Co. influence our consumer behaviour and lives? Nicole Büttner, Peter Leppelt and…

08.10.21

ZHAW opens Proof of Concept Lab

The new multidisciplinary innovation platform provides expertise and infrastructure for ideation, prototyping and lean start-up innovation. This makes it possible to develop, test and validate new product ideas and business models in an uncomplicated…

07.10.21

New material allows for the more energy-efficient recovery of CO2

Research is being conducted around the world on technologies that can separate CO2 molecules from the atmosphere and exhaust streams. Researchers at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have now developed a new hybrid material with which…

14.09.21

Switzerland Lagging Behind in the Digitalization of Health Care

In an international comparison, the Swiss health care system continues to lag behind in terms of digital transformation. However, the pandemic has accelerated digitalization efforts and the Swiss are open to solutions, according to the new Digital…

08.09.21

The Online Retail Boom Is Continuing

Nine out of 10 online stores in Switzerland and Austria have grown during the pandemic and half have gained a very large number of new customers. Around 40 percent also report a higher order frequency. In addition, most expect additional growth in…

08.09.21

ZHAW graduates receive sustainability awards

Four ZHAW graduates have been awarded for their outstanding theses at the Swiss Green Economy Symposium. With their theses, they have contributed in different ways to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

31.08.21

Tackling food waste with artificial intelligence

KITRO and the ZHAW School of Engineering have come together to wage war on food waste. Using artificial intelligence, they are supporting restaurants and catering establishments in reducing the amount of food that ends up in the bin.

31.08.21

ZHAW digital funds seven additional projects as part of the “Digital Futures Fund”

Seven new projects were selected by ZHAW digital in the third and final award date in 2021 and will receive up to CHF 20’000 in funds.

30.08.21

PHM'21 Best Paper Award for "Transfer Learning Approaches for Wind Turbine Fault Detection using Deep Learning"

The Smart Maintenance Team won the Best Paper Award of the 2021 PHM Europe Conference for the paper: “Transfer Learning Approaches for Wind Turbine Fault Detection using Deep Learning”. We congratulate the authors and our partners from the company…

26.08.21

A New Bachelor’s Program in Law at ZHAW

Starting in the fall of 2022, a new Bachelor’s degree program, the BSc in Applied Law, will be available at ZHAW. For the first time, interested students will be able to complete a basic undergraduate law course at a state university of applied…