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Reorientation: Hello future

It rarely comes voluntarily. Sometimes it sounds promising, sometimes it masks a cost-cutting programme, and most of the time it is somewhat uncomfortable: reorientation.

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    • Changing Perspectives

    “I’m working on a recipe for a solid hand cream”

    São Paulo/Wädenswil: Ariane Ladeira is spending six months at the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management and is working on sustainable care for stressed hands for her Master’s thesis in (...)

    • Aufgezeichnet von Sara Blaser
    • Recorded by Sara Blaser
    06.10.2022
    • Interview
    • Main Topic

    Overcoming crises: solidarity helps others and ourselves

    Does de-escalation always result in peace? Are we setting the right priorities in terms of ecology and economics? What can we do to tackle individual crises? Three ZHAW experts discuss ecological, (...)

    • Interview Patricia Faller
    30.06.2022
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    • Main Topic

    After the war comes the reform

    Even if Ukraine manages to emerge as an independent state from this war, the country will still be faced with major challenges. Not only will it have to make a start on rebuilding, it will also need (...)

    • Ümit Yoker
    30.06.2022
    • Main Topic

    Risk assessment: like taking a look in the crystal ball 

    Can pandemics and wars be predicted? No, says ZHAW data scientist Pasquale Cirillo. He knows the mistakes made by those who can’t get by without forecasts and the traps that they fall into. And he (...)

    • Ümit Yoker
    30.06.2022
    • Main Topic

    Putting a stop to lies, hatred and misleading information through artificial intelligence

    The Centre for Artificial Intelligence at ZHAW is conducting research into tools for automatically detecting problematic content on the internet. These tools are aimed at helping platforms decide (...)

    • Thomas Müller
    30.06.2022
    • Main Topic

    Food – between territorial production and the bioreactor

    Agricultural prices are skyrocketing. The UN is warning of the threat of a hunger crisis due to the war in Ukraine. That would be the third hunger crisis in 15 years. The food system requires urgent (...)

    • Tilo Hühn
    30.06.2022
    • Alumni

    Mediator between two worlds

    She gets role models moving and keeps IT running. Since graduating in Business Information Technology, Kim Fuchs has been working as a service delivery manager at Migros. Through her Bachelor’s (...)

    • Elena Ibello
    30.06.2022
  • «Die ZHAW will künftig noch stärker auf spezifische Bedürfnisse und Lebensrealitäten der Studierenden und Weiterbildungsteilnehmenden eingehen»: Reto Steiner, Leiter des neuen Ressorts Bildung und Leiter der School auf Management and Law.
    • Panorama

    New Education Unit: “For a culture of lifelong learning”

    New professional requirements, changes on the job market and increasing digitalisation – ZHAW has developed its new lifelong learning strategy to ensure the continuous development of its students in (...)

    • Interview Thomas Schläpfer
    30.06.2022
    • Interview
    • Main Topic

    “Old age should be regarded as a valuable resource”

    Ageing is both multifaceted and multi-layered, says Katharina Fierz, project manager of the Applied Gerontology focus area at ZHAW. In this interview, she talks about the greatest challenges and (...)

    • Interview Patricia Faller
    31.03.2022
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    • Main Topic

    When our bodies age

    Why do our bodies age and how can we slow down the processes involved? These are questions occupying both researchers and the anti-ageing industry. The aim is to live out the last years of our life (...)

    • Irene Bättig
    31.03.2022
  • Holoreach-Projektleiter Daniel Baumgartner greift nach virtuellen Äpfeln und Bananen. Auf dem sich bewegenden Stuhl muss er dabei ständig die Balance halten, was seine Rumpfstabilität trainiert.
    • Main Topic

    A new post-stroke therapy: virtual apple picking

    Game-oriented methods can make post-stroke therapy both motivating and measurable. ZHAW researchers have developed a new form of therapy that uses augmented reality and a dynamic chair.

    • David Bäuerle
    31.03.2022
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    • Opinion
    • Main Topic

    Is a flexible retirement age the answer to everything?

    Alongside raising the retirement age for women and increasing the rate of VAT, introducing a flexible retirement age is one of the key components of the “AHV 21 reform” approved by parliament. Not (...)

    31.03.2022
    • People

    He’s both a midwife and a lawyer

    From Tenerife, via England and Austria, to Winterthur: Jonathan Dominguez Hernandez has spent time in many different places all over Europe. And his professional career has been no less varied. Since (...)

    • Carole Scheidegger
    31.03.2022
    • Study

    Future Kids: combining studies with social commitment

    Doing good and receiving ECTS points in return: the Future Kids mentoring programme gives ZHAW students the opportunity to pass on their experience and knowledge in a playful manner. The programme’s (...)

    • Fabienne Trümpi
    31.03.2022
    • Alumni

    “We wanted to make the vaccine available as soon as possible”

    Globally sought-after substance: biotechnologist Joel Varonier works for Lonza in the production of a vaccine against the coronavirus. It’s hard work, a heavy responsibility and a privilege all at the (...)

    • Elena Ibello
    04.12.2021
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