Innovation in the Arts
As a university of the arts, ZHdK operates in an international environment and simultaneously is an important part of Zurich university landscape. Current developments in the funding landscape are facilitating efforts to give a sustainable framework for ZHdK practices related to research, art, design, and education. These are occurring at the international level through the EU, at the national level through, among other things, calls for proposals by Innosuisse, and at the cantonal level as part of the innovation programme of the Digital Initiative of the Zurich Universities' (DIZH). As a result, the topic of innovation is also becoming increasingly important for ZHdK. There are numerous opinions on how to define innovation and how it works. At ZHdK, however, traditional definitions of innovation involving technological advances and associated market success are not sufficient. But what does it mean in specific terms to be โinnovativeโ at ZHdK?
Definitions
How do we activate innovation at ZHdK?
How innovative is your project?
Research Projects
Ongoing DIZH Projects
DIZHโs Innovation program is one of the initiativeโs core components. Our partner universities are running various types of innovative digitalization projects with the private and public sector. This is intended to bring research findings closer in line with practical real-world applications and also allows researchers to consider the needs and experiences of their partners in industry and government. Here the following characteristics of innovation play an important role: being open to taking risks, incorporating a variety of disciplines, creating value and working together.