Nils Kümin receives award for his work on digital inclusion

Nils Kümin has received the UBS Sustainability Award 2024 from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration(HWZ), the HWZ announced in a press release. The prize is awarded annually by the major bank and the university in recognition of outstanding bachelor theses at the HWZ. Kümin's bachelor's thesis was dedicated to the question of the need for and implementation of accessible digital products and services in Swiss companies.

In his bachelor's thesis, the prizewinner dealt in particular with EU Directive 2019/882 on accessibility requirements for products and services. From 2025, it will also be binding for Swiss companies of a certain size that are active in the EU. "The work thus addresses a highly topical issue whose significance extends beyond our national borders," writes the HWZ.

Kümin approached the issue by conducting interviews with people with disabilities and company representatives. This revealed an existing gap between the need for digital inclusion and its implementation by entrepreneurs. In the second part of his work, Kümin provides companies with recommendations for action, both for determining specific needs and for fulfilling legal requirements. ce/hs