Become a member of the Dezentrum association

The Dezentrum association is a place where people can network, exchange ideas and put them into practice. Our aim is to create a digital future that puts society at the centre and benefits everyone.

Association events

Events and workshops on the subject of digitalisation and shaping the future are held on a regular basis.

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Membership

The association is 100 percent owner of Dezentrum GmbH. These are two distinct entities: The association can be understood as a community, while the GmbH is an official legal entity with employed staff who are compensated. As a member of the association, you are legally a co-owner of Dezentrum and actively shape the digital future. You can also actively participate in the association's events. Do you have special expertise that you'd like to share with other members? Then let's organize a joint workshop, and you'll receive your next annual membership fee for free. As a member, you'll also stay informed through newsletters, Signal chat, and our website.

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Projects

Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze

Vereins Event

Der Summer Breeze findet am 4. Juli für alle Dezentrum-Vereinsmitglieder und Pizza-Freund:innen auf der Stadionbrache in Zürich statt. Teig, Sugo und *Käse/Mozzarella* werden von uns bereitgestellt. Wenn du magst, kannst du ein Topping nach eigenem Geschmack mitbringen. Wir geben einen Einblick in die bevorstehenden Veranstaltungen und Events im September/Oktober und nehmen deine Inputs auf. Gerne kannst du auch neue Ideen für den Verein allgemein einbringen.

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Edgelands Institute

Edgelands Institute

Audio Walk through Geneva

Are you afraid of the internet? An audio guide leads you through a walk in Geneva. Five stops highlight how fundamentally digital technologies are changing our lives. The impact no longer ends when we close the laptop.

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with Republik und WAV

with Republik und WAV

Do not feed the Google

A journalistic research on Google and Google's role in Switzerland. In collaboration with the online news magazine Republik and the research collective WAV

Case Study
Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy

Strengthening digital opinion-forming with simulations

Digital literacy is a simulation for digital literacy. Dezentrum believes that promoting digital literacy among citizens is the key to addressing challenges such as disinformation, hate speech and filter bubbles. The project is a cooperation of the digital initiative APROPOS, the foundation Risiko-Dialog and the Canton of Zurich.

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Digitalsalat Podcast

Digitalsalat Podcast

Digitalsalat Podcast

Digitalization can and will change all of our lives profoundly. The only question that remains is how. In our podcast "Digitalsalat" we try to answer this question and come up with not only probable but also desirable answers. On an ongoing basis, we get exciting guests in front of the microphone and dive with them into a wide variety of topics at the intersection of technology and society. The podcast is a collaboration between Dezentrum and Mercator Foundation Switzerland.

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DigitalLabor

DigitalLabor

A shared vision of digital Switzerland 2030

Digitalization has been here for a long time. You can neither vote it out nor ignore it. But what does a digitalization that puts society at the centre look like? With the DigitalLabor, we travelled across Switzerland with the question: (How) do you want to digitize Switzerland?

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Who we are

Dezentrum association brings together people with different backgrounds and expertise. People who want to actively initiate and demand change and who also consider the purpose of the association and the activities of Dezentrum to be worthy of support.

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What our members say

Hampi Rubli

Personnel Development Manager & Transformation Manager

"I am very interested in the topics and I think it is important and right that you create a platform for it."

Mélanie Breitinger

Senior Consultant, Project Manager & Podcaster

"I think it's a great idea to open up the association and make it accessible, I'm looking forward to everything we'll bring to life together!"

Loïc Wohlfarth

Jugendarbeiter, E-Tutor, Facilitator

Die Angebote für Vereinsmitglieder machen mega Spass und öffnen tolle thematische und soziale Zugänge! In meiner nun sechs-monatigen Mitgliedschaft konnte ich bereits zwei mehrstündige Weiterbildungen besuchen. Danke

Rea Eggli

Co-Founder & Partner at wemakeit.ch

"A large part of the reality of our lives takes place in the digital realm. It is now time that we shape this space the way we wish it to be."

Become part of the association

New digital technologies are already influencing much of our daily lives. Since this transformation affects the entire society, as many people as possible should be involved in shaping it. That's why the Dezentrum association regularly offers various workshop formats where people come together to work on new concepts for social coexistence. Be part of this movement and actively shape the future! You can easily pay for your membership via Stripe or with Zurich's local currency, Leu.

Organisations in the Association