Tag: Quality of Life

  • 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…

  • Bessere Lebensqualität in Grünflächen dank Machine Learning 

    Enhancing Quality of Life in Green Spaces through Machine Learning 

    In this interview, Charlotte Sertic talks about her research into green spaces in the canton of Zurich and the role that machine learning can play in this field.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • PDL am Zukunftstag: Wie sieht dein Traumpark aus? (Workshop)

    Wie muss ein Park sein, damit du gerne dort bist? Braucht es einen Fussballrasen, herzige Tiere oder einen kleinen Badesee? Ausgerüstet mit Karte, Stift und Papier begeben wir uns in den Irchelpark und halten Augen, Nase und Ohren offen. In Gruppen halten wir fest, was wir sehen, riechen und hören. Anschliessend bewerten wir die Merkmale…

  • «Wir möchten zusammen Indikatoren entwickeln, die es bislang nicht gibt»

    “Together, we want to develop indicators that do not yet exist”

    There is a wealth of freely available data from public offices and organisations in Switzerland. Unlocking more potential from these data is one goal Ross Purves, Professor at the University of Zurich, pursues with the Public Data Lab.

  • Lebensqualität automatisiert messen und langfristig verbessern

    Automatically Measuring and Improving Well-being Over the Long Term

    Together with a doctoral student and a postdoctoral researcher, Jan Dirk Wegner aims to develop an indicator for green spaces. In the interview, the Professor of Data Science for Sciences explains why this is innovative and how he imagines the end product.