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ZHdK Research looks back on a successful year

Research Projects Approved in 2024

Published on14.01.2025

AuthorCathrin Gutwald

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2024 was another successful year for ZHdK researchers: applications for third-party funding of approximately CHF 3.8 million were approved.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is funding five research projects: 

  • Christopher Salter, Department of Performing Arts and Film, “Performing Artificial Intelligence: Governance, Agency,  Action – An Interdisciplinary Inquiry”
  • Rama Gottfried, Departement of Music, “Immersive Models”
  • Rasa Smite, Department of Performing Arts and Film, “Immersion Studies for Climate Experiences”
  • Soenke Gau, Department of Cultural Analysis, “The Past in the Front Yard. The anti-tank obstacle as a relict”
  • Valentina Vuksic, Department of Fine Arts, “Uncomputable Practices”

Other projects approved in 2024

  • Christopher Salter, Department of Performing Arts and Film, “Towards new multi-user dramaturgies in interactive and immersive performance”
  • Christopher Salter, Department of Performing Arts and Film, “Bodies-Machines-Publics:A glocal network for exploring bodies in the age of computer mediated reality”
  • Niklaus Heeb, Department of Design, “Zukunftsbilder Netto Null”
  • Flurin Fischer, Department of Cultural Analysis,
    “Fluid Boundaries: The Interplay of Water, Art, Science, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems“
  • Lukas Franciszkiewicz, Department of Design, “Exploring the feasibility of the oral cavity as a location for a sensor wearable using digital and analogue technologies”
  • Nicole Kind, Department of Design, “Design for a user centric sustainably constructed capsule for time keeping and athlete tracking”
  • Anna Martin-Niedecken, Department of Design, “brainTimeCH: A novel computer-vision-based smartphone app for headache and migraine relief”
  • Anna Martin-Niedecken, Departement Design, “Gameanalyse CSS“
  • Anna Martin-Niedecken, Departement Design, “Digital Health Literacy Challenge“
  • Manuel Hendry, Department of Performing Arts and Film, “Digital Doppelgänger: Psychophysiological exploration of encounters with contrarian AI”
  • Michael Günzburger, Department of Cultural Analysis, “Druckend denken. Ein mobiles Drucklabor für Forschung und Lehre”
  • Nija Böckler, Department of Design, “Epic Steps! Vorbereitung auf den Austritt aus einem Jugendheim. Entwicklung einer spielbasierten Bildungsreihe zur Förderung von Selbstwirksamkeit am Übergang ins Erwachsenenalter.”
  • Katharina Tietze, Department of Design, “Quellen erschliessen – Die Textilklasse der Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich”
  • Anna Martin-Niedecken, Department of Design, “The PPP study – Patient Partnership for prevention”
  • Dzhuliia Kolodko, Department of Design, “Reliq: Revolutionizing Museum Engagement through Tailored Personal Guides”
  • Hannes Rickli, Departement of Fine Arts, “Datenflüssen lauschen. «Wie Kunst und Biologie die Umwelt in den Computer bringen”
  • Daniel Treystman, Departement of Music, “Waviic – Tangible Digital Interactions. A Context-Aware MIDI Controller with Configurable Haptics”

Congratulations to all ZHdK researchers on their successful year and best wishes for 2025!


All information about ZHdK research and its research projects.

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