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Raise awareness of the environmental consequences of the use of connected screens
Professional Contribution EN, Transdisciplinary EN/
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New media uses have a big impact on the consumption of energy resources. Two-thirds of the world's electricity is generated by burning fossil…

Using instead of owning – how sharing pays off for the environment
Professional Contribution EN, Transdisciplinary ENIn Western consumer society, the importance of sharing has steadily declined since the second half of the 20th century. With the start of mass…

Switching Digital in Teaching: A Short Experience Report from a 1-Day Online Teaching Event
Event report EN, Transdisciplinary ENSwitching teaching to digital can be quite easy and still provide an excellent learning opportunity for the students: To let our students in…

Digitization and the Environment: Opportunities, Risks and the Need for Action
Digital Government EN, Professional Contribution ENThanks to the radically changed living and working conditions in times of COVID-19 (Corona virus disease 2019), many people have become acutely…

April-May: Special Issue “Shaping a Sustainable Digital World”
Digital Government EN, Professional Contribution ENThe digital transformation our society is currently undergoing affects many areas of public and private life. Technological progress has great…

CodeVsCovid19 hackathon: An app for herd protection
Big und Open Data EN, Event report ENThe virtual CodeVsCOVID19 hackathon took place last week. Nicolai Wenger was among the 3000 participants. He is a researcher at the Institute…

Covid19 Hackathon: Programming new applications from data
Big und Open Data EN, Event report ENSince the beginning of March, the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich and its specialist and coordination unit OGD (Open Government Data)…

Password-free login procedures as a key player in digital transformation
E-Government EN, Professional Contribution ENPSD2 and Open Banking open up new possibilities in the digital transformation of banking. A promising approach here is FIDO, which offers strong…

Referendum against the E-ID law
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution ENThere is a need for usable and trustworthy electronic identification. It is a pillar of digital democracy and will also be used for the exercise…