LEAD - LEarning from the pAst: Digitized past pandemics in Switzerland
Implementation of the data & visualization hub
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Kaspar Staub
- Co-project leader : Prof. Dr. Wibke Weber
- Project team : Dr. Joël Floris, Dr. Oliver Grübner, Dr. Maryam Kordi, Dr. Verena Lechner
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Public sector (excl. federal government) (Kanton Zürich / Digitalisierungsinitiative DIZH (Rapid-Action-Call))
- Project partner : Universität Zürich / Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, Universität Zürich / Department of Geography, Universität Zürich / Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Contact person : Wibke Weber
Description
The project LEAD is designed to meet two specific needs: - data hub providing data on past pandemics in Switzerland (1890, 1918, and 1957), publicly accessible to different target groups; - selected data stories about forgotten past pandemic experiences.