Tag: Open Data

  • 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…

  • «Was wird möglich, wenn ihr eure Daten öffentlich macht?»

    What becomes possible when you make your data public?

    “Open data is an abstract topic that is still too rarely given priority,” says Anna Sigrist, co-director of Opendata.ch. In this interview, she explains how the PDL is helping her tackle this challenge.

  • «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?”.

  • Unser Beirat ist vollständig

    Our Advisory Board is appointed

    Nikki Böhler, Petra Keller, Nicola Forster, Daniel Morgenthaler and Ralph Straumann will be supporting us over the next five years. They bring a wealth of experience from various fields relevant to the DIZH Public Data Lab.

  • «Wir möchten über Kunst und Design Vertrauen in datenbasierte Entscheidungsprozesse erzeugen»

    “Through art and design, we aim to build trust in data-driven decision-making”

    Marcel Bleuler represented the Public Data Lab in the panel discussion at the DIZH Plenary Assembly.

  • Tief in ein Thema eintauchen

    To delve deeply into a subject

    On 1 June 2025, Louis Moser joined the DIZH Public Data Lab (PDL). As part of his PhD, he will develop an index of multiple deprivation for the Canton of Zurich.

  • «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.

  • Data Stewards Intensive Course

    Data Re-Use and Collaboration for Public Value Data stewards are essential for accelerating the re-use of data for the public interest. This course aims to empower individuals or teams within data-holding and data-using organizations to proactively initiate, facilitate and coordinate data collaboratives. Five-day intensive course from May 12 to 16, 2025 In-person participation in Zurich…

  • Es geht los!

    Let's goooo!

    At the DIZH Public Data Lab, a structure of the DIZH, we are developing and reflecting on indicators that can be used to record and measure social change. Find out more what we are up to.