Tag: Indicators

  • Von den Sinnen zu Indikatoren – was macht Grünflächen so entspannend?

    What Makes Green Spaces So Relaxing?

    Städtische Grünflächen fördern nachweislich unsere geistige und körperliche Gesundheit. Doch wie lassen sich ihre Qualitäten erfassen und die vielfältigen Sinneseindrücke wissenschaftlich untersuchen? In diesem zweistündigen Workshop sammeln wir im Irchelpark in kleinen Gruppen Daten mit wissenschaftlichen und künstlerisch inspirierten Methoden. Anschliessend analysieren und diskutieren wir die Ergebnisse im Labor und gehen der Frage nach, wie…

  • Place Trajectories – Analysing Socio-Demographic Dynamics on Three Spatial Levels

    with Rachel Franklin, Cyril Geistlich & David Kaufmann Please register for the workshop here. Socio-demographic changes happen everywhere, but they are not the same everywhere.In what ways do fertility, ageing, migration, urbanization, and the economy shape demographic transformations on a large scale level? How can machine learning be used to analyse relocation behaviour on a…

  • Approaching (Left-Behind-)Places through Geography and Art

    Approaching (Left-Behind-)Places through Geography and Art

    In what ways can knowledge from the social sciences and contemporary art relate to and complement one another? – This Public Exploration brings together geographer Rachel Franklin and visual artist Verity-Jane Keefe. Both have worked with and about places and communities described as ‚left behind‘.  In discussions about urban and regional development, ‚left-behindness‘ is associated with densification and…

  • Den Menschen Machine Learning über die Kunst näherbringen

    Bringing people closer to machine learning through art

    Lukas Drees is a Post Doc in the EcoVision Lab at UZH. In his research, he focuses on the interface between machine learning and environmental sciences.

  • R.I.P. – oder: Wie Klimadaten emotionalisieren?

    Wissenschaftliche Daten zeigen eindeutig, wie stark der CO2-Ausstoss das Klima verändert. Trotzdem handeln wir nicht konsequent danach. Genau hier setzt die Aktion R.I.P. – Wir beerdigen den Verbrennungsmotor an, die von der künstlerischen Forscherin Laura von Niederhäusern zur Diskussion gestellt wird.

  • So habt ihr geantwortet

    Here’s how you responded

    At our launch event, we handed out postcards featuring four different questions. We’re now sharing a selection of the responses we received.

  • «Dem Kanton Zürich geht es gut, aber…»

    "The Canton of Zurich is doing well, but…"

    Over 100 people joined us to celebrate the launch of the DIZH Public Data Lab (PDL) under the theme “How do we take the pulse of the Canton of Zurich?”.

  • Dissertation in Computer Vision und Machine Learning ausgeschrieben

    Open PhD position in Computer Vision and Machine Learning

    The third PhD position in connection with the DIZH Public Data Lab is now posted on the UZH job portal. We look forward to receiving your application!

  • Von prekärer Arbeit und unsichtbaren Menschen

    On Precarious Work and Invisible People

    From Bonn to Bogotá, Kiel and São Paulo to Zurich – this is the geographical description of Merlin Hebecker's journey. What connects these places is his interest in social inequalities.

  • Unsichtbares sichtbar machen

    Making the Invisible Visible

    The people and their employment situations that Karin Schwiter researches are often not captured by official statistics. In this interview, the Professor of Labour Geography at the University of Zurich explains how such data gaps arise and how they can be made visible.