Tag: Statistics
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Statistical evidence and subjective trust building: on the dialogue between different knowledge systems in the DIZH Public Data Lab
Marcel Bleuler und Luzia Rink (ZHdK) präsentieren an den Schweizer Statistiktagen 2026 in Rorschach ein Poster zum DIZH Public Data Lab: «Statistische Evidenz und subjektive Vertrauensbildung: Zum Dialog zwischen unterschiedlichen Wissenssystemen im DIZH Public Data Lab». Im Rahmen des PDL findet ein kontinuierlicher Austausch zwischen Projektverantwortlichen des Amts für Statistik und Daten des Kantons Zürich,…
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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…
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Interview with Julia Weber
At the Public Data Lab, artistic, statistical, and scientific knowledge cultures come together. In this interview, Julia Weber talks about what artistic research can contribute – and how it makes visible the perspectives that are often missing from official data.
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Low employment rates, long working days in the cleaning sector
At the Public Data Lab, artistic, statistical, and scientific knowledge cultures come together. In this interview, Julia Weber talks about what artistic research can contribute – and how it makes visible the perspectives that are often missing from official data.
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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.
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"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?”.
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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!
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“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.
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“Indicators help us to understand complex phenomena”
The resident population, the gross domestic product (GDP) and the number of available hospital beds during the coronavirus pandemic are all three indicators. But what are indicators?Answers from Andrea Schnell and Matthias Mazenauer from the Cantonal Statistical Office Zurich.
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Two open PhD positions
The first two PhD positions in connection with the Public Data Lab are now posted on the UZH job portal. We look forward to receiving your application!
