Research News

04.10.18

Interim Report NFP 70 Project "The Future of Swiss Hydropower"

The Interim Project Report of the NFP 70 Project "The Future of Swiss Hydropower" can be accessed here.  Further information can be found here. 

04.10.18

Data protection - Swiss companies still have a long way to go

In Swiss companies, there is a discrepancy between rights and reality regarding data protection, as a 2018 study conducted by the ZHAW shows. According to the study, SMEs hardly ever provide enough resources, and 70 per cent of the surveyed companies…

02.10.18

Interim report on the NRP 70 joint project «The Future of Swiss Hydropower»

The interim report on the NRP 70 joint project «The Future of Swiss Hydropower» is available here.For further information, please click here. 

12.09.18

Will raising the retirement age lead to health inequalities?

In many Western countries, there is an ongoing public debate about increasing the retirement age and about sustainable pension schemes. ZHAW researcher Isabel Baumann is investigating whether increasing the retirement age also leads to health…

10.09.18

Fresh TEDD News September 2018

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05.09.18

How can we connect with older migrants?

The connections formed by ‘guest workers’ are based on transnational networks. With this generation now at retirement age, a new approach seeks to rethink the term ‘integration’.

04.09.18

New Publication on CR Reporting

In its latest issue, the journal Sustainability Management Forum has published an article by the Center for Corporate Responsibility on sustainability reporting.

23.08.18

Digital linguistics project about implications of machine learning turn approved

The Swiss National Science Foundation will finance the Research Epistemologies in Text-Based Digital Humanities project by Prof. Noah Bubenhofer (Digital Linguistics, ZHAW) in cooperation with Dr. Berenike Herrmann (DHLab, University of Basel). The…

14.08.18

Debit Card Beats Cash

The most popular means of payment in Switzerland is now the debit card (Maestro, PostFinance, or V PAY). It is considered user-friendly, practical, and trustworthy, and therefore preferable to all other payment methods.

26.07.18

Sponsoring dominated by sport and social media

The ZHAW study “Sponsor Visions Schweiz” reveals that sponsorship today predominantly takes place on social media. Sport continues to attract the most sponsorship money, receiving over half of the overall sponsorship budget.

10.07.18

The future of coffee is increasingly research & innovation driven

Switzerland is ideally positioned to drive this transformation.

10.07.18

Network of midwives reduces pressure on hospitals

The non-profit organisation Familystart in Zurich organises contact between women and self-employed midwives who provide postnatal care at home. Over 3000 women take advantage of this service annually. According to a ZHAW study, this substantially…

05.07.18

New ZHAW process revolutionises cold coffee

A St. Gallen-based startup aims to RE-THINK the production, sales and marketing of cold brew using a novel manufacturing process developed at the ZHAW.

20.06.18

Spinal health among the Swiss equine population

In collaboration with the University of Zurich’s Vetsuisse Faculty, physiotherapy researchers investigated the influence of riders’ competence and physical condition on the health of horses.

25.05.18

Event Summary: 24.04.2018 Insights into Tecan headquarters and automated tissue culture.

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24.05.18

Visit our booth at Dechema 3D Cell Culture Conference in Freiburg.

The event will take place on the 5-7th of June.

17.05.18

SML study on the degree of awareness of the OECD Guidelines and their significance in Swiss enterprises

An interdisciplinary team of researchers, commissioned by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and led by the Center for Corporate Responsibility, analysed the degree of…

15.05.18

Midwives increasingly confronted with poverty and social hardship

Midwives practising idependently are increasingly confronted with social and economic hardship in their work. A ZHAW study shows that midwives detect such difficulties very early on and support families accordingly, although these services are…

09.05.18

Meet TEDD Partner - STEMCELL Technologies

Based in Vancouver, BC, STEMCELL Technologies Inc. aims to advance the pursuit of scientific knowledge by supplying high quality, innovative reagents, tools and services that enable life science research.

08.05.18

Event Summary: 16.04.2018 Open TEDD Talk by Prof. Dieter Trau at ZHAW, ICBT

Personal Photometer “Photopette” and “Lab-in-a-Tip” for Rapid On-spot Measurements