Partner Organizations
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) maintains partnerships with the following organizations.
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Citizen Science Zurich is supported by the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the Mercator Foundation Switzerland. It consists of two pillars: the Citizen Science Center and the Participatory Science Academy. Together, Center and Academy support a whole range of Citizen Science forms and practices in all scientific disciplines. This should help to anchor participatory research approaches in the scientific mainstream. |
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The data innovation alliance is a Swiss innovation network for companies and research institutes with a focus on data-driven value creation in business models, services and products. |
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Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions The mission of Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) is to promote cooperation on digitalization issues between higher education institutions in Zurich, thereby strengthening the greater Zurich area as a hub for research and business. The University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH) are part of the DIZH network, which aims to advance research and innovation on digitalization by using interdisciplinary approaches. |
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The goal of the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) is to foster and advance interdisciplinary research, to encourage the collaborative development of multidisciplinary projects and to serve as a forum that promotes dialogue and knowledge transfer between researchers from various disciplines such as computer and communication sciences, sociology, psychology, geography, ethics, and law. |
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School for Transdisciplinary Studies The School for Transdisciplinary Studies (STS) facilitates inter-/transdisciplinary courses offered by various university-wide initiatives and faculties, as well as projects that foster transferable skills for bachelor and master students at UZH. Bachelor students can book the DSI Studium Digitale through STS. |
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The UZH Blockchain Center is Switzerland's largest academic initiative in the field of blockchain and has an active network of cooperations world-wide. The Center comprises 24 professors from the University of Zurich from three faculties and eight departments. |
