How to Align Digitalization with Sustainability?

The relationship between digital technologies and sustainable development has been guiding the research and teaching of the ISR group since it was founded in 2010 by Prof. Lorenz Hilty. We study both the opportunities and the risks of digitalization for sustainable development.

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Farewell Lecture “Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit” (held in German)

On June 18, 2024, Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hilty - Professor of Informatics and Sustainability Research at the IfI and UZH’s delegate for sustainability - gave his farewell lecture.

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How does innovation reach farmers?

A group of three Master students developed a tool to simulate innovation diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa using an agent-based approach.

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Guidance for tomorrow’s technology

The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) published their «Technology Outlook» - an interdisciplinary view on tomorrow's technology. Dr. Ning Wang contributed.

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Three projects of the ISR group are currently underway at the Zurich Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development:

An international panel of experts working to convince policymakers that digitilization needs to be refocused to support sustainable development.

The first ICT for Sustainability conference initiated and organized by the ISR Group in Zurich 2013 developed into the main international conference series in this field.

ICT4S conference series

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How to Align Digitalization with Sustainability?

News

Farewell Lecture “Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit” (held in German)

How does innovation reach farmers?

Guidance for tomorrow’s technology

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