Severe melting of glaciers despite heavy snowfall at high altitudes
After the extreme circumstances encountered in 2022 and 2023, no relief is in sight for Swiss glaciers. Despite exceptionally large volumes of snow during the winter, a combination of ...
Digital platforms offer short-term jobs and the promise of independent and self-determined work. But what many digital day labourers need most is regular employment. Karin Schwiter and her team ...
Mit dem Anlass «Next in Geography», bei dem der geographische Nachwuchs im Mittelpunkt steht, hat die diesjährige Vortragsreihe der Geographie Alumni UZH begonnen. Einerseits wurden herausragende ...
Launch of the Geography Creative Lab: Innovative student work at UZH in the spotlight
The new UZH Geography Creative Lab website is a collaborative ‘lab’ space created to showcase creative and engaged research produced in various formats by students at our department. Our aim is to ...
Modelling in the lab is one thing, practical work in the field is another. In a block course, students learn how to properly produce hazard maps and conduct risk analyses – and come into direct ...
Economic processes from a critical standpoint: Video podcasts by students on an economic geography course
How are the videos from Instagram about cute animals connected with an illegal global trade of exotic animals? What is care-work and why is it important to understand our current economic system? ...
People in wheelchairs or with pushchairs are often led to insurmountable obstacles by navigation apps. The city and the University of Zurich want to make the city more accessible.
Open access publishing means that publications must be immediately available in a machine-readable format, free of charge, with no embargo, and under an open licence. This blog post tells you how ...
"Biodiversity and genetic diversity are vital for us humans"
In many studies, Bernhard Schmid has shown that biodiversity is of great importance for the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems. The latest has just been published in Nature ...
Farming coffee can be both ecological and profitable at the same time, according to the research of Earth system scientist Maria J. Santos. The key is to combine the crops with trees.
Jura-Gewässerkorrektion: Boden-Aufschüttungen bremsen die Zersetzung des Moorbodens
Die Juragewässerkorrektion hat das Seeland zum Gemüsegarten gemacht. Sie hat allerdings auch zur massiven Absackung des Bodens geführt. Ob Aufschüttungen den Abbau des Moorbodens reduzieren ...
Global warming has led to the disappearance of thousands of glaciers worldwide – with high impact on human communities in terms of cultural meaning, natural beauty, water availability, economic ...
Als Glaziologin erforscht Kathrin Naegeli die Schweizer Gletscher. Mit der von ihr gegründeten Organisation «Girls* on Ice» versucht sie, Schülerinnen die Welt der Berge näherzubringen. Im ...
Hearing the “cry” of raptors through human narratives
During my research stay at GIUZ, I explored how birds of prey are represented in historical written texts. The motivation for my work was a desire to understand how these raptors are represented ...
Wohnen mit "Ablaufdatum" – inmitten der Wohnkrise ist das für viele normal. In der Stadt und Region Zürich werden viele Häuser leergekündigt, um neue, teurere Wohnungen zu bauen – und nur ...
ZuriACT, a joint project of UZH and the City of Zurich for barrier-free and inclusive mobility, has systematically collected and enriched accessibility features in collaboration with the public. ...
Ecosystems are more stable and productive when they contain more species. This has been demonstrated impressively by researchers from the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity. The successful ...
High altitude dilemmas: Is GIUZ ready to reduce its air travel and move towards a more sustainable academia?
A master's thesis investigated the willingness of the staff of the Department of Geography to implement measures to reduce air miles and the impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The result: There ...
Hochpräzise Daten, beste Betreuung: eine Masterarbeit im swisstopoEDU Programm
Wie bewegen sich Blockgletscher über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Jahrzehnten? Dieser Frage ging eine Masterarbeit nach, die im Rahmen des swisstopo-EDU Programmes nicht nur mit Daten, sondern auch ...
Leigh Johnson is a Verena Meyer Visiting Professor at GIUZ in the academic year of 2023/2024. She talks about her research and teaching, why she chose GIUZ for her sabbatical and what she will ...
21.10.2024, 15:00: Rainfall–runoff characteristics, peak lag time and event water contribution in high-relief meso-scale mountain catchments where observations are scarce
