{"id":678,"date":"2026-09-10T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/?p=678"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:57:12","slug":"podcast-digital-tools-for-refugees-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/podcast-digital-tools-for-refugees-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Digital\u00a0tools for\u00a0refugees in\u00a0times of\u00a0crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What if one of the most urgent needs in a humanitarian crisis&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;food,&nbsp;shelter&nbsp;or a job, but access to reliable information?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As millions of people are forced to flee conflict and uncertainty, navigating unfamiliar legal,&nbsp;administrative&nbsp;and social systems can be overwhelming. In times of crisis, access to trusted information can make all the difference. In Switzerland, researchers are exploring how digital&nbsp;tools&nbsp;and artificial intelligence can help refugees find answers, access&nbsp;support&nbsp;and make informed decisions. But how can technology be designed responsibly for vulnerable populations? And what does it take to build tools that people can truly trust?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the episode of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/humanitarian-series-digital-tools-for-refugees-in-times-of-crisis\/\">HEC Podcast Series\u00a0Research that\u00a0Acts<\/a>, Prof. Zavolokina explores how digital innovation can help meet refugees\u2019 most pressing needs while raising important questions about trust,\u00a0ethics\u00a0and the future of humanitarian technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credit: HEC Outreach<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if one of the most urgent needs in a humanitarian crisis&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;food,&nbsp;shelter&nbsp;or a job, but access to reliable information?&nbsp; As millions of people are forced to flee conflict and uncertainty, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003059,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003059"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}