The Horizon Europe Work Program offers exciting funding opportunities in the area of digital transformation for 2026 and 2027. Examples include the importance of digital and media literacy, the impact of digital technologies on children and young people, and the social risks of new technologies such as AI.

The Board of the University of Zurich has promoted two DSI Professors, Karsten Donnay and Viktor von Wyl.

Applications are now open for the DSI Excellence Program 2026, an interdisciplinary doctoral program for PhD students. Starting in September 2026, the program prepares participants to critically engage with digital transformation across disciplines.

In the second Founder Call, projects that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off are supported from the initial idea to the proof of concept. In particular, we would like to congratulate the two project teams with representatives from the DSI.

DSI Infrastructures & Labs are shareable infrastructures or structural vessels for creating collaborative research environments related to digital transformation. Prof. Dr. Manuel Günther briefly introduces OpenOSR, one of the projects in this series.