03.10.25

Two of our own as part of top 100+ Women in AI+Data in Switzerland

Women are a driving force in AI & Data - designing strategies, developing methodologies, translating them into practice, leading teams, and shaping the discourse.

26.09.25

Life Cycle Management Under the Sicilian Sun

From September 7th–10th, 2025, Palermo hosted the 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM) – the world’s leading forum for life cycle experts. The event brought together 1000 of researchers, businesses, and policymakers from…

16.09.25

From Turbine to Grid: Comprehensive Life Cycle Inventories of Wind Electricity in 2025

Wind energy plays an important role in the worldwide energy transition. In this context, an accurate account of the CO2-emissions and other environmental impacts caused by wind electricity is essential for a sound comparison with other sources of…

03.09.25

More Power for Digital Health

Switzerland is lagging internationally in the digitalization of the healthcare sector but is making progress. Experts see this as a strategic opportunity – and the population is also open to digitalization.

21.08.25

Swiss Payment Monitor – Growth in mobile payments slows

Mobile payments are continuing to strengthen their leading position among all payment methods in Switzerland, but growth in terms of the number of transactions is slower than before, according to the latest Swiss Payment Monitor published by the…

19.08.25

Apply now: 3rd Structure Call

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) supports cross-university innovation structures with funding of up to CHF 1.2 million.

18.08.25

The world, planets, and stars align at ZHAW in August

A team of the ZHAW is contributing with their research to the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), an international organisation that is building the future world’s largest and most advanced radio telescope. At the end of August, the Swiss SKA…

12.08.25

Five new DFF projects for digital transformation

The “ZHAW digital” initiative supports research projects that address a wide range of topics and aspects of digital transformation. The projects in this funding round deal with issues such as privacy protection, digital participation and sustainable…

12.08.25

CAI contributes to Swiss Open LLM release

ZHAW's Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) has been involved in the development of Switzerland's first large language model, a 70-billion-parameter system, as part of the SwissAI Initiative. The model is scheduled for release in late Summer…

22.07.25

4-year SNF-Innosuisse funded Bridge Discovery grant for Robotic 3D Printing

The highly competitive grant has been awarded to Prof. Dr. Alisa Rupenyan at ZHAW CAI, Dr. Efe Balta at inspire AG, and Prof. Dr. John Lygeros at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich. They will collaborate to establish innovative technology…

14.07.25

ZHAW researcher awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant for research on perovskite solar cells

ZHAW researcher Wolfgang Tress is investigating novel electro-optic materials based on perovskite. In doing so, he is laying important groundwork for the development of highly efficient and stable solar cells using this material in the future.…

09.07.25

Case Study by ZHAW SML Faculty Published in Stanford Social Innovation Review

Faculty from the ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML) have published a new case study in the renowned Stanford Social Innovation Review – a leading international journal on responsible leadership and societal transformation.

08.07.25

A simple, award-winning idea to tame data-hungry models

Researchers at ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) won the best full paper award at the SDS 2025 for a simple, yet powerful idea that makes training medical segmentation models significantly cheaper.

07.07.25

Advancing Science-Policy Dialogue: CAI helps launch Network for Technology and Geopolitics

From October 2025, CAI will be one of the members of the COST action "Science in Diplomacy Network". This network will empower researchers, policymakers and industry leaders for better policies for global challenges

04.07.25

ZHAW Researching the Mobility of Tomorrow: Launch of the European MOVEO Project

How can Europe’s transport systems become smarter, more connected, and more sustainable? The EU-funded project MOVEO brings together partners from nine countries — including two institutes from ZHAW: the Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design…

26.06.25

Smart Spaces: Three new projects

Digital technologies provide new opportunities to make living, working and educational spaces more sustainable, efficient and connected. The newly approved projects demonstrate concrete approaches to how these potentials can be harnessed.

11.06.25

DIZH funding for interdisciplinary projects

Through this project call, the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) is promoting cross-university projects that address digital transformation.

26.05.25

The Desire to Move Home Frequently Loses Out to Reality

A sizable number of Swiss residents would like to move house but remain in their current homes owing to a lack of suitable properties and incentives. In the Housing Study Series, the latest study “Rethinking Residential Mobility” sheds light on why…

20.05.25

Grasshopper songs for more biodiversity: 16 new DIZH projects

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) funds 16 new projects. Four of those projects are led by ZHAW, and ZHAW researchers are involved in nine additional projects. They cover a wide range of topics – from…

08.05.25

Professionalization of Content Marketing and Controversies Surrounding AI

Two-thirds of all Swiss companies actively use content marketing and are seeing a professionalization of this field. At the same time, larger companies are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their content processes. However,…