What we do in research Human-Tech Collaboration Lab

We connect science, business and society for research and knowledge transfer.

1. Human-Tech Collaboration and the Future of Work

We investigate how digital technologies, particularly AI-based systems, virtual reality, and modern digital work environments, are changing and shaping the collaboration between people and technology. Our focus is on issues of acceptance, trust, and the attribution of responsibility in the use of technology-supported systems. We analyze how human-tech collaboration influences the evolving nature of work in hybrid, digital, and immersive work and learning contexts, and what impact this has on working relationships, organizational decision-making and development processes, leadership, and professional roles.

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2. Technology and Democratic Culture – Participation, Transparency and Empowerment

How can digital technologies make power, access, identity, and decision-making processes fairer, more transparent, and more participatory? We explore how blockchain infrastructures, digital identities, DAOs, and tokenomics enable new forms of organizational governance and coordination, and open up new opportunities for participation and empowerment of individuals and communities. In doing so, we examine how programmable rules, decentralized decision-making mechanisms, and token-based incentive systems transform legitimacy, accountability, and institutional trust. We understand digital technologies as malleable power architectures that can expand participation but also create new inequalities.

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3. AI-Driven Innovation & Business Transformation

As AI becomes a co-creator, not only do creative and innovation processes change, but so do business models. We work with organizations to develop new forms of creativity and innovation. We explore concepts such as fluid innovation and innovation democracy, leveraging new technologies to shape open, experimental innovation processes while actively involving as many people as possible in the development and application of technological solutions.

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4. Future of Learning, Education, and Training

We investigate how technological developments are changing learning processes in different educational and training contexts – in companies, in vocational training, and in higher education as an organizational type. We analyze how knowledge production, understandings of competence, and didactic practices shift under digital conditions, for example, through AI-supported learning environments, personalized learning paths, or data-based feedback systems. The focus is on how individuals in various life and work contexts develop competencies for using digital technologies and how organizations, especially companies and educational institutions, design learning and qualification structures to sustainably manage technological change.

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  • Entwicklung und Testen von KI-gestützten (Coaching-)Tools im Weiter-/Bildungsbereich
  • hyFiT - hybride Führung internationaler Teams (Innosuisse)
  • Weiter- und Ausbildungsprojekte