All projects from the School of Management and Law
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Beyond Coalitions: Small States in Climate Negotiations (BeCoSS Climate)
Small states are often taken to be rule-takers rather than rule-makers in international affairs. Yet, small states can punch above their weight, notably when working through coalitions. While coalitions are key to understanding multilateral negotiations such as those on climate change, they mask important ...
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Cost and Benefits of Physiotherapy
The project explores the rising utilization of physiotherapy services under basic health insurance, pinpointing the factors driving this increase. It will scrutinize the demographics and treatment timelines of patients resorting to physiotherapy. The objective is to discern where the expansion of physiotherapy ...
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Design Thinking Projects 2024
The design thinking projects are carried out as part of the elective modules "Design Thinking" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing and "Customer Centric Innovation" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The projects aim ...
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DICLIS - Surveying the ZHAW Diversity Climate for students at the ZHAW
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Effect and Perception of Green Patterns in the Energy Sector
The aim of this EKT Energiestiftung innovation project is to investigate the effect and perception of "Green Patterns" in the energy sector. Similar to "Dark Patterns", which often lead to undesirable behavior in digital user interfaces (e.g., accepting all cookies), these "Green Patterns" are intended to encourage ...
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Fiscal data pipeline for local government research in Indonesia
As part of the Public Finance and Development Planning (DEVPFIN), the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM) at the University of Indonesia is conducting research on the financial situation of local governments in Indonesia. The data used for this purpose shall be enhanced with additional financial data ...
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Measurement of fixed assets in the public sector
Expert opinion on the analysis of the measurement practice of properties as fixed assets in the Canton of Zurich.
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Product Market Fit Boost - Peace of Mind for Your Innovation Idea
A Product Market Fit (PMF) Boost for entrepreneurial ideas of ZHAW-related people (e.g., students, employees, start-ups) that provides innovators with peace of mind.
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SwissSTES - Swiss Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Action Plan and Implementation
Substituting fossil fuels with renewable energies will not be feasible without a massive expansion of seasonal energy storage. Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) can make a significant contribution here. To date, the importance of STES for improving security of supply has been overlooked, although it has a great ...
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SWIRCULAR
The project aims at establishing a Swiss Circular Construction Digital Ecosystem to facilitate the paradigm shift towards a circular construction industry. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we will develop economic, legal, and technological innovations to aid adoption of circular practices in the Architecture, ...
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Inno Booster Blockchain FTWinnerdApp
FTWinner dApp aims to create an app that decentralizes the global investment scouting process, making venture capital more diverse, inclusive, and profitable. The app is based on blockchain technology and governed by a decentralized autonomous organization.
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Redefining Cross-Cultural Leadership
The digital transformation of business globally, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has disrupted traditional organisational processes. At the same time, the advent of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and natural language processing have the potential to revolutionise the workplace and ...
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Study Professional Profile of Fundraisers in 2040
In order to have more reliable insights into employment conditions, salary ranges, and wage levels in fundraising, and thus significantly improve the information status of fundraising salaries, Swissfundraising decided in 2013 to conduct a salary survey among its members in collaboration with ZHAW. The salary survey ...
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SWEET COSI – Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society
CoSi is a research project funded by the "SWEET" program of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (call 1-2022) and carried out by the University of Basel. The project deals with the interactions between society and the energy system. To this end, various areas of social research (economics, social sciences and ...
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Using customer insights analysis for business growth in the plant-based meat and fish alternatives sector
Wild Foods GmbH is a Swiss start-up that uses an innovative manufacturing process to produce high-quality fish and meat alternatives from plants. The range currently includes a vegan salmon alternative made from carrots and vegan dried meat made from beetroot. Organic vegetables and vegetables declared as B-goods ...
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SWEET-reFuel.ch
To comply with the timeline of Swiss net-zero targets, an accelerated market development of sustainable fuels and platform chemicals (SFPC) is necessary. While first-generation technology is available to initiate a ramp-up the production of those substances, this is not the case for policies, laws, regulations, and ...
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Development of a dashboard for the political planning and controlling of the Canton of St. Gallen
To support political decision-making, the Office of Political Planning, Controlling and Management Support of the Canton of St. Gallen has developed its own indicator system. This indicator system was evaluated by the ZHAW Institute of Public Management. In order to provide the cantonal government with information ...
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Health data Switzerland
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Inno Booster Blockchain DMRV Biogas
Our research project focuses on implementing a Digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (DMRV) solution in India to support financing for a large-scale biodigester initiative. With around 100,000 biodigesters planned for construction next year, a trustful DMRV system is crucial for transparent and ...
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Innovation Monitor
The Swiss Environment & Energy Innovation Monitor was set up as part of the energy funding program (SCCER) with the support of Innosuisse and the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). It is a website and database which provides information on active startups and innovative projects and companies in the environment and ...
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Integration of sustainability assessment in SME financing
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Quality indicators of polydisciplinary medical expert reports from the perspective of social security studies / law and empirical legal studies
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Swiss Payment Monitor 2023/24
The goal of the Swiss Payment Monitor is to comprehensively illuminate the Swiss payment landscape from different perspectives. By combining different research methods, the study offers an integrated view of the payments market and enables new developments to be recorded and relevant drivers to be identified over ...
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Risk Management and Analysis Tool for Lease-to-Purchase Homeownership
In this project, a forecasting software tool for fair lease-to-purchase transactions is designed. It analyzes the value development of specific real estate properties in various regions. The tool simulates rent price calculations and conducts statistical evaluations, enabling both standardized and property-specific ...
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AI & Society in Fehraltorf