Transdisciplinary

The successful development of digital solutions almost always requires the cooperation of different disciplines. Designers, software developers and application specialists are necessary.

In addition, ethnographers, economists, lawyers, mathematicians and others are often needed, whereby several expertises are usually required in each discipline. Good solution design requires, for example, knowledge of good practice examples, the ability to co-create with users, user experience and accessibility expertise, a talent for durable design, heuristics for dealing with complexity, writing usable requirements specifications and ethical reflection. At the BFH Centre Digital Society, we do not rely on interfaces between disciplines, but work together freely in a transdisciplinary way. The methods used result from the practical question.

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AI That’s All Ears: The New Learning Coach

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Combating Stress with Immersive Neurofeedback

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DigiBot: A personalized generative AI tool for assessing digital competences through self-assessment

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Two students at Bern University of Applied Sciences created DigiBot, an AI chatbot converting the EU’s standardized digital skills test (DigComp)…
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Hackathons as Career Catalysts: Innovative Pathways to Professional Integration

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Can hackathons bridge the gap between skilled migrants and local job markets? The Hack Integration project uses hackathons to improve integration…
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When AI Enhances the Museum Experience: Innovative Souvenirs in the Digital Age

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An interdisciplinary team from the BFH Departments of Business, Engineering and Computer Science, together with the Bern University of the Arts,…
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The Unexpected Benefits of the BFH Sulabh Learning App

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In May 2024 a team from BFH TI travelled to southern India to roll out a software application they developed to help underprivileged children…
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How smart decisions reduce our ecological footprint

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How can digital technologies be made more sustainable? Jan Bieser, Assistant Professor of Digitalisation and Sustainability at the Institute…
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Learning-to-be-Green: Focus on sustainability and digital transformation

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Can green entrepreneurship be learnt more effectively with the help of chatbots? What do innovative, digital teaching and learning scenarios…
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Using a data-based tool to reflect on classroom climate and well-being in school classes

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The everyday school life of teachers includes data in different forms and with different information content. Teachers use informal observations,…
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Can artificial intelligence help us protect the climate?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform the economy and society and thus contribute to climate protection. However, despite over ten…
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How sustainable innovations create a breakthrough

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Sustainable innovations are in vogue and are conquering many industries. But only a few make it into the mainstream. Nicola Blum, an expert in…
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Resource paradoxes of digital transformation (2) – the digital death of consensus

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Digital technologies enable everyone to participate in shaping politics. With enough commitment, social outsiders can have a significant influence…