The BRIDGE Lab: Bridging the «Wisdom Gap» (BRIDGE)
research areas
timeframe
2022 - 2024
contact
ning.wang@uzh.ch
In The BRIDGE Lab, DSI researchers aim to create a collaborative platform as a structural vessel to promote research and innovation across sectors and cultures, by connecting science with business, cultures, and the society more broadly.
Background
Today, we live in a world of interconnected global issues of great complexity, which interlocks existing problems and supercharges power dynamics. The gap between the increasingly interconnected complexity of our problems and our inability to make sense of them is the «wisdom gap». The BRIDGE Lab offers an exploratory space to bridge this gap by addressing the challenge of «value sensitive innovation» through its strategically defined service portfolio. Project partners include key societal actors at different institutional levels, such as the Swiss federal and cantonal authorities. As one of the UZH DSI Labs, the project is funded by the Digitalisation Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH).
SERVICE PORTFOLIO
Research Pillar: Evidence-Based Scientific Inquires
Thematic focus
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- Societal Acceptance of Disruptive Technology (e.g. AI, robotics, autonomous systems)
Methodological approach
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- Stakeholder-Driven Translational Research (e.g. living labs, citizen science)
Involved projects
Education Pillar: Open & Participatory Learning
Thematic Focus
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- Social Innovation for Vulnerable Populations (e.g. refugees, indigenous communities)
Methodological Approach
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- Project Based Learning (e.g. fablabs, hackathons)
- Certificate of Open Studies (e.g. digitally connected learning hubs)
Involved Projects
Consultancy Pillar: Action-Oriented Strategy Setting
Thematic Focus
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- Value Sensitive Innovation (e.g. deliberate transformation towards sustainability)
Methodological Approach
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- Policy Recommendations (e.g. acceptance accelerator)
- Governance Frameworks (e.g. perception matrix)
- Implementation Tools (e.g. ethics assessment)
Involved Projects
Partnership Pillar: Cross-Sectoral & Inter-Cultural Collaboration
Thematic Focus
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- Science Diplomacy
- Internationalisation@Home
Methodological Approach
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- Engagement & Outreach
- Dialogues & Trialogues
Involved Projects
