CityLab – +zone research

City Lab | Digitalisierung + Demokratie

Mehr Fragen zu stellen und mehr in Frage zu stellen statt vorgefertigten Antworten und Trends und Lösungen unkritisiert zu folgen - dafür steht unser CityLab im Rahmen des Urban Thinkers Campus 2019 mit KeyNote und Moderation von Thomas Staehelin

Everything's sababa?
Book presentation “Israel-related anti-Semitism, the Middle East conflict and education” at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies
Ryszard Sobierajski elected new vice-chair of the European XFEL Council
At the recent meeting of the European XFEL Council, Dr hab. Ryszard Henryk Sobierajski was elected as new vice-chair of the European XFEL’s highest governing body. He will follow by the end of the year Prof. Dr James (Jim) Henderson Naismith.
Universal and flexible use: A new type of wooden ceiling slab competes with traditional concrete slabs
As part of the EIC Pathfinder-funded research project “Universal Timber Slab”, scientists from the University of Stuttgart are developing digital planning and production methods for novel wooden ceiling slabs. These ceilings are intended to expand the use of timber construction in cities, compete with reinforced concrete slabs, and enhance sustainability in the construction sector.
Kiel Institute winter forecast: German economy likely to stagnate in 2025
The German economy does not gain momentum. There are currently no signs of a noticeable economic upturn. This is the conclusion of the Kiel Institute's winter forecast, according to which gross domestic product will only stagnate in 2025 (0.0 percent). In fall, the forecast was still at +0.5 percent. The main reasons for the downward […]
Graz Language Database Improves Automatic Speech Recognition of Austrian German
With the “Graz corpus of read and spontaneous speech”, researchers at TU Graz have developed new methods for speech recognition of Austrian German using speech data from 38 people.