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About Reinhard Riedl

Prof. Dr Reinhard Riedl is a lecturer at the Institute of Digital Technology Management at BFH Wirtschaft. He is involved in many organisations and is a member of the steering committee of TA-Swiss. He is also a board member of eJustice.ch, Praevenire - Verein zur Optimierung der solidarischen Gesundheitsversorgung (Austria) and All-acad.com, among others.

Entries by Reinhard Riedl

Lessons from Covid-19 – How theatre reaches its audience digitally (2)

30. October 2020/in Lessons from the Covid19 crisis, Professional Contribution EN, Transdisciplinary EN/by Reinhard Riedl

The digitisation of theatre first failed over 20 years ago. Now it’s time to break new digital ground, in all the arts. We have the economic necessity and technical opportunity. Now is the time for transformation. On the day Part 1 appeared, Bern’s theatres were closed, along with clubs, bars and museums. Between the first […]

Lessons from Covid-19 – the digital arts (1)

23. October 2020/in Lessons from the Covid19 crisis, Professional Contribution EN/by Reinhard Riedl

Covid-19 has hit the performing arts particularly hard. While there have been many notable digital initiatives that point a way forward, on balance the situation is very serious. Art needs encounter. As egocentric as its actors often are, as much as works of art can and should have an impact beyond the lifetime of their […]

Lessons from Covid-19 – Digital Universities (1)

9. October 2020/in Lessons from the Covid19 crisis, Professional Contribution EN/by Reinhard Riedl

The lockdown has changed higher education – probably permanently. Much will have to be redesigned in the coming years, but for now the challenges and opportunities dominate the autumn semester 2020. Teaching and learning were affected differently by Covid-19 than research and services. For the former, there was a compulsion to change in the short […]

Transformation of companies in the Covid 19 crisis (3) – Concrete recommendations

18. September 2020/in Lessons from the Covid19 crisis, Professional Contribution EN, Transdisciplinary EN/by Reinhard Riedl

The health crisis has accelerated the digital transformation. We are facing a major transformation of the economy. It is now important for companies to make the strategic decisions that are right for them. They have to part with many things – first and foremost with their fair-weather speeches to their own employees The crisis has […]

The Discretisation of Politics (Part 2)

15. September 2020/in Column EN, Transdisciplinary EN/by Reinhard Riedl

Does the binary representation of digital data with zeros and ones lead to less compromise and more black-or-white politics? In Part1, I described how the digitalisation of counter-intuitive and promotes the blurred, diffuse, non-resolvable mixed. In Part 2, I discuss options for how digital tools can be used in and change politics. Perhaps the most […]

Digital sport in the Covid 19 crisis (3) – Visionary action is needed now!

11. September 2020/in Lessons from the Covid19 crisis, Professional Contribution EN, Transdisciplinary EN/by Reinhard Riedl

Financial support for clubs and safety concepts for spectators are necessary, but not sufficient to help sport through the crisis. It also needs more digitalisation – right now, here and now! The health crisis will be with us for a long time and will pose challenges for sport. Good security concepts and state financial aid […]