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Mental health problems among young people are on the rise—yet their experiences with discrimination and positive treatment (including support) are rarely systematically documented. A participatory questionnaire aims to close this gap and, for the first time, provide a nuanced, up-to-date picture.

Science Fiction Prototyping for Human-AI Interaction – A Transdisciplinary Workshop with Japanese and Swiss Researchers

E-cargo bikes have evolved from a niche product into an established component of urban transport within just a few years. This development increases the urgency of systematically investigating safety-related issues. The second part of the project addresses the prevention of specific types of…

EmPower is a resource-oriented smartphone app for health promotion based on Positive Psychology. It strengthens resilience through mini-interventions, self-monitoring, and chatbot support.

This empirical research project on road safety follows an innovative participatory approach to examine how schoolchildren perceive hazardous situations on their way to school and in the school environment.

Technical modernization and conceptual flexibilization of the evidence-based BalanceUP app for individuals with headaches.

The research project evaluates the effectiveness of Phonesmart, a media education course offered by the Swisscom Campus for lower secondary school students (ISCED level 2). The scientific evaluation examines the impact of these media courses on students’ attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy regarding…

The “Behavior Change Network Switzerland” project addresses the challenge of motivating people to adopt more sustainable behaviors – for example in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, or mobility. Such changes are essential for achieving societal goals such as the Sustainable Development…

Teaching is a highly stressful profession. This project aims to develop a scalable smartphone app using Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAI) to enhance teachers’ well-being by activating resources. It will assess both effectiveness and implementation, with a user-centered and evidence-based…

Postpartum depression affects 10–20% of mothers. Inselhof's day clinic, opened in September 2025, treats around 30 mothers together with their babies each year. Psychotherapy, nursing and social pedagogy place the mother–infant relationship at the heart of care. ZHAW is conducting accompanying…

NexTArc: Next Generation Open Innovations in Trustworthy Embedded AI Architectures for Smart Cities, Mobility and Logistics

The project explores the impact of art and design in the context of sustainability. Its starting point is artistic assumptions, positions, and intentions ("claim"), whose actual effects ("evidence") are to be qualitatively and quantitatively assessed, evaluated, and made visible.