Projects

2024 - present

Podcasts

With the launch of a podcast, our community explores a novel way of introducing DSI's work to a larger community.

2024 - present

Prototyping Digital Device use Data that allow workers to monitor and reflect their use of digital devices

This seedfunding project has produced a ready-to-use, extensible self-monitoring software that captures participants’ digital device use data and self-reports.

2023 - 2023

Assessing the scale of place-based platform labour in Switzerland

Digital platforms are on the rise, yet we know little about their scale in Switzerland

2022 - present

Emotions are welcome – an intervention study to foster the application of emotion skills during teamwork

How can we support individuals to stay productive at work and to actively make use of their emotion abilities to cope with potentially challenging team settings?

2022 - present

UZH Innovathon on Building a Human-Centered Future of Work

During four weeks, students go from diving deep into fascinating digitalization challenges to presenting innovative solutions to an expert jury.

2021 - present

A global survey of the future of work

Digitalization is rapidly changing the nature of work, causing concern for how these changes will impact people. But how do people across the globe think and feel about future of work? Do they anticip

2020 - 2022

Involving the crowd in innovation work

Increasingly practitioners use crowds on digital platforms during the innovation process within firms. This project focuses on the identification and verification of the boundary conditions for succes

2021 - present

Craft4Health

Crafting life for health and wellbeing: Understanding different types of crafting in everyday life and in challenging times.

2019 - 2024

Digital platform work

The project explores the opportunities and challenges resulting from the rise of digital labour platforms in the care sector and beyond. Using feminist labour geography perspectives, we analyse the di

2021 - present

Crafting Playbook

The «Crafting Playbook» will be a digital space where individuals can reflect on their work situation and well-being. The playbook collects a range of elements to enhance self-reflection and crafting