Alumni News: Data Gold and Digital Health
From November 20 to 26, 2025, the project week “Digital Health—Interdisciplinary Challenges from International Perspectives” took place in Cologne and Heidelberg. Twenty-four former researchers from 22 countries participated.
The robotic seal “Paro” serves as an electronic companion to help combat loneliness and feelings of disorientation in people with dementia. Apps provide information about medical conditions. Digital games train the brain to combat memory loss: These are just a few examples of the many new developments and potential applications of digital technologies in healthcare. “The question is always: What do we want from the technology?” emphasized Dr. Erik Norman Dzwiza-Ohlsen from the Husserl Archive at the University of Cologne during his lecture at the start of the project week “Global Digital Health—Interdisciplinary Challenges from International Perspectives.” It took place from November 20 to 26 in Cologne and...
