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Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will contribute to the Design Research Society (DRS) Conference from June 8 to 12, 2026 in Edinburgh, by presenting their work “TechWork: Developing and validating a reflective tool for impact-aware design”, co-authored with Marirena Kladeftira from the Cornell University.

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will present their research “BuildWork: A Serious Game for Impact-Aware Automation in Construction” at the Engineering Project Organization (EPOC) Conference from June 8 to 10, 2026, Lunteren in the Netherlands.

Sihui Wu and Dr. Kim Norgaard Helmersen will present their work “A Recent History of Innovation in Digital Fabrication for AEC” in the poster session at the Future of Construction Symposium from May 20 to 22, 2026 in Zurich, contributing to ongoing discussions in their research field.

On May 16, 2026, Dr. Ruri Takizawa will give a short impulse talk (Kurzimpuls) at St. Peter Church Zurich as part of an initiative promoting dialogue on research. The talk addresses the concept of the glass cliff and its implications for leadership and gender.

Dr. Arlette Danielle Román Almánzar's book chapter, “Rethinking Innovation in Developing Countries: Tailored Strategies for Latin America,” has been published in the volume Successful Technology Clusters in the 21st Century. It examines context-sensitive innovation strategies in emerging economies.

Dr. Arlette Danielle Román Almánzars' article advocating for an “AI Ethicist-in-Residence” in universities was featured in the Technopark Zürich AI Startup Center magazine, contributing to discussions on responsible AI governance.

The article "Comment la satisfaction au travail évolue-t-elle? by Gudela Grote, published on the platform "La Vie économique", has been elected as most read article in 2025 and honored with a Linkedin post on December 14, 2025. Read article here:

Gudela Grote takes part at the pannel discussion "The Future of Work & Equality Moonshot: From Disruption to Design" and talks about cultivating uncertainty-as-enabling mindsets in individual, organisational, and policy decision-making. It takes place on January 22, 2026, from 14:15-15:00h at the World Woman House in Davos.

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Quality Work in a Digital Age, funded by the Australian Research Council, will bring together experts from the social and technical sciences to learn how to create quality work for the future. ETH is with Gudela Grote part of this.

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology (WOP), in collaboration with NCCR Automation and the Debate Club Zürich, hosted a student-led publicdebate on autonomous vehicles at ETH Zurich.

The debate followed a British Parliament–style format and centered on the question: “Should autonomous vehicles be widely adopted?” The event brought together students to critically examine the societal and ethical implications of autonomous vehicles. 

The article "The same, but different: career orientation profiles in France,Germany, Italy and Switzerland" by Julian Pfrombeck and Gudela Grote has been published in the journal Career Development International.

A new study by Ruri Takizawa, Stefanie Marx-Fleck, Alina Gerlach and Gudela Grote shows that if uncertainty is seen as an opportunity, the willingness to vote for right-wing populist parties such as AfD decreases. 

The new paper “The Role of Uncertainty Mindsets in Shaping Diversity Attitudes and Their Downstream Effects on Commitment to Societal Change and Right-Wing Populist Voting” by Ruri Takizawa, Stefanie Marx-Fleck, Alina Gerlach, and Gudela Grote is now available OnlineFirst as an Open Access publication in Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin.

The article "Navigating uncertainty across the lifespan in contemporary work and careers: introduction to the special issue" by Sara Zaniboni, Julian Pfrombeck and Gudela Grote has been published in the Journal  Work, Aging and Retirement.