Study on “Quantified Self” Published: Links to Book and Summary

By Kurt Stockinger (ZHAW)

The final results of an interdisciplinary study funded by „TA Swiss“ on „Quantified Self“ with participation of the Datalab have been published. The study was performed by three ZHAW departments (School of Health Professions, School of Management and Law, School of Engineering) in cooperation with the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Berlin. The focus of the Datalab was on legal and Big Data aspects of quantified self.

The results are available in various forms:

• A book (for people who love reading)
  • https://vdf.ch/index.php?route=product/product/download&eoa_id=9119&product_id=2089
• A 24-page summary in four languages (for people who don’t want to read some 250 pages)
  • German: https://www.ta-swiss.ch/?redirect=getfile.php&cmd[getfile][uid]=3402
  • French: https://www.ta-swiss.ch/?redirect=getfile.php&cmd[getfile][uid]=3403
  • Italian: https://www.ta-swiss.ch/?redirect=getfile.php&cmd[getfile][uid]=3404
  • English: https://www.ta-swiss.ch/?redirect=getfile.php&cmd[getfile][uid]=3401
• A podcast from SRF 1 (Echo der Zeit)
  • https://www.srf.ch/play/radio/echo-der-zeit/audio/potenziale-und-risiken-digitaler-selbstvermessung?id=0d7f2fc9-1f86-4233-8ddd-f04c93b73e24
• A NZZ article
  • https://zeitungsarchiv.nzz.ch/neue-zuercher-zeitung-vom-06-04-2018-seite-22.html?hint=3269165 (subscription needed)

Enjoy reading and maybe you get encouraged to “quantify yourself” a bit better 😉