Project ‛Umdenken, Umschalten, Umgestalten (Um3)’ to start in June

Our research project proposal Umdenken, Umschalten, Umgestalten (Um3) Die digitale Transformation des Gemeindelebens (Rethink, redirect, reshape: The digital transformation of community life) has just been granted funding by the Interdisciplinary Clusters (ITC) ‛Spatial Development and Social Cohesion’ (Raum und Gesellschaft) of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. This university-wide funding organ encourages and promotes cross-departmental and interdisciplinary collaboration and is one of two ITCs; the other focuses on the ‛Digital Transformation of the Working World’ (Digitale Transformation der Arbeitswelt).

The project aims to evaluate the current ‘working from home’ situation as it was and still is being experienced by working people due to CoViD19 pandemic. The focus is on the work life of civil servants within the Municipality of Emmen. We are trying to find out if they encounter, how they experience, and how they cope with issues of the home office that concern physical/spatial conditions; digital/technological matters; social relationships and self-management. The results will be used to identify and inspire future concepts of the ‘home-office’ along with future products and services that aid and support people when working from their homes and away from their traditional offices.

This research is led by Dr. Aysun Aytac and Prof. Dr. Sabine Junginger in collaboration with Prof. Sibylla Amstutz and Katharina Kleczka from Research Group Interior Architecture, Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture.