Topics and Projects
The ZHAW covers a wide range of research topics and specialises in interdisciplinary issues, which are worked on by researchers from our eight Schools in coordinated project teams.
Projects and publications
Discover our projects and publications in the research database
Supplementing the research profile with interdisciplinary competence centres
As an interdisciplinary university, the ZHAW bundles its expertise wherever possible and has installed cross-School collaborations in specific areas. In these competence centres and networks, researchers from various Schools and disciplines work hand in hand to develop solutions at the interface of applied research, digitalisation and innovation.
Digital transformation of research and business
The ZHAW is one of four partner universities looking to strengthen Zurich as a hub for research and business as part of the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH). The four universities network systematically within the DIZH with the objective of driving forward research and innovation in the field of digitalisation in a targeted manner by applying interdisciplinary approaches. As part of the innovation programme and the research cluster, specific collaborations between researchers from the four universities and both local and regional industry partners are supported. Within the university itself, the ZHAW digital initiative coordinates and supports the digital transformation of education and research and assumes the role of the ZHAW’s link to the DIZH.
Since spring 2017, the ZHAW has been “Leading House” for Switzerland’s bilateral research cooperation with South Asia and Iran. In performing this role, it works on behalf of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation to promote cooperation with the most important scientific institutions in the region.
Since 2008, the federal government has also prioritised non-European countries with “significant potential for scientific and technological development” in its international science policy.
Corresponding relationships are currently being expanded and deepened on a targeted basis with five non-European partner regions. Each region has a so-called “Leading House”, which coordinates the partnership.
Further information on the Leading House South Asia and Iran