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    Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH)

    Photo of the dance performance
    Dance performance by Maria Smiglieska & Jaira Peyer Tabita: ยซRobot & Dancerยป at theโ€œ Expanding Immersive Designโ€ conference at ZHdK 2018. Photo: Johannes Dietschi, ZHdK

      The four universities of the Canton of Zurich collaborate on the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Highe Education Institutions (DIZH), to run from 2020 to 2029. University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZ) aim to build networks in the areas of research, innovation and education. The Canton supports this initiative with special funding of CHF 108.3 million, with the entire volume of DIZH amounting to CHF 300 million over ten years.

      In the framework of the DIZH, members of the universities work together on interdisciplinary projects which critically examine aspects of digital transformatiom from a number of different perspectives. At the core of the initiative is a notion of โ€œdigitalizationโ€ which focuses on the human and societal aspects of digital change.

      ZHdK activities within the DIZH initiative

      ZHdK contributes to the DIZH in the interdisciplinary areas of โ€œImmersive Artsโ€ and โ€œCreative Economiesโ€.  Its experts on these subjects are already very well connected internally and regularly collaborate across departments. In the framework of the DIZH, they raise topics with a broader scope, on which they will benefit from the colloboration with experts from the other universities.

      The universitiesโ€™ pledge to collaborate and to coordinate their efforts under the DIZH will also facilitate the promotion of digital skills, which is in the remit of the programme Digital Skills & Spaces at ZHdK.

      Research cluster

      Area of focus: โ€œImmersive Artsโ€

      The Immersive Arts Space brings together digital media technologies and interactive principles, in order to develop new practices in design and the arts. 

      Prof. Christian Iseli

      Immersive Arts Space

      Area of focus: โ€œCreative Economiesโ€

      The field of โ€œCreative Economiesโ€ is concerned with exploring the creation of value(s) and the economies of assessment in the era of digitalization and at the intersection of culture, economics and science. Main areas of focus are cultural policy, criticism, smart cities, creative entrepreneurship and career paths in design and the arts.

      Prof. Dr. Frรฉdรฉric Martel

      Zurich Center for Creative Economies

      Innovation programme

      Project funding

      Under the innovation programme, ZHdK researchers and those from partner universities have the opportunity to submit joint project proposals in design, theory, communication and the arts. 

      Life-long learning

      Programme Digital Skills & Spaces

      The programme Digital Skills & Spaces promotes skills for the digital era, covering areas such as participation, production, team work and personal development.

      Renato Soldenhoff

      "Digital Skills & Spacesโ€ programme

      DIZH contacts at ZHdK

      Prof. Dr. Thomas D. Meier, represents ZHdK on the DIZH Steering Committee

      Dr. Susanne Schumacher, represents ZHdK on the DIZH Management Board