Charlotte Axelsson

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Zentrumsleiterin

Zentrum Digital Learning

PH Zurich
Lagerstrasse 2
8090 Zurich

+41 43 305 50 70

charlotte.axelsson@phzh.ch

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Charlotte Axelsson heads the Digital Learning Centre at the PH Zurich. With her interdisciplinary background in communication design and education, she pursues a visionary perspective: for her, digital learning is much more than the use of modern tools – it is a lively, agile process that activates creativity and curiosity. In her research at the University of Zurich, she focuses on aesthetic issues and design principles in learning technology with the aim of developing technology-supported, human-centred educational concepts that enrich the learning experience.

Focus on research, teaching, services

Promoting innovation and research: Through her doctoral studies in educational technology at the University of Zurich (since 2023), she has gained in-depth insights into modern educational technologies.

Expertise in leadership: By participating in the mentoring programme “Women for Leadership Positions” (2020–2021), she has specifically developed her leadership skills.

Expert in digital transformation: Further training courses such as “Leading Teams in a Digital Age” (2020) and “Digital Strategies” (2019) at Hyper Island in Stockholm have made her an expert in digital transformation. She leads teams through transformation processes in a structured way and establishes future-oriented strategies that meet the challenges of digital change.

Creating interdisciplinary synergies: With a master’s degree in art education (ZHdK, 2013) and a diploma in communication design (FH Mainz, 2008), she combines pedagogical and design approaches to create creative educational concepts.

Publications

Projects

Teaching (training)

Teaching Tomorrow: AI and the Transformation of Learning (Summer School) (BE.I741)

Teaching (continuing education)

CAS Education Futurist 2026/2027 (ZHE CAS EF 26.1)
Future Scenarios (ZHE CAS EF M1)
Future Technology (ZHE CAS EF M2)

Further information

Education and Social Sciences

  • Lernen mit Style. 9. September 2026

    BeLEARN-Konferenz Translation.

    BeLEARN

    • Gen AI and Future Learning: Turning Uncertainty into Agency. 9. Juni 2026

      EUonAIR Symposium on the Ethics of Generative AI in Education and Research.

      SUPSI, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

      • Mit der Zukunftsgespür-Brille durch das Bildungswesen. 28. Januar 2026

        Weiterbildungsanlass zum 25-jährigen Firmenjubiläum.

        Zeix

        • «Blick in Zukünfte» über Zweifel, Mut und Zärtlichkeit. 17. November 2025

          BeCOIL-Abschlussfeier.

          HWR Berlin

          • Digital Learning as a Dynamic Process. Fostering Creativity and Curiosity. 21. Januar 2025

            Symposium: Navigating Generative AI in Education.

            Collegium Helveticum

            • KI verändert unsere Gesellschaft: Wirkung auf Bildung, Kunst und Kultur. 5. Dezember 2024

              Vortrag.

              Kunsthaus Bregenz

              • Digitales Navigieren – ein experimentelles Lernlabor. 6. November 2024

                DLH-Vernetzungsevent.

                Zürich

                • Erfahrungen aus einem regionalen Netzwerk zur Kompetenzentwicklung für die Hochschullehre. 24. Oktober 2024

                  Agilität und KI In Hochschulen, Jahrestagungen GMW und CampusSource.

                  ETH AI Center Zürich

                  • Ethik und gesellschaftliche Implikationen von KI in dem Assessment von Leistungen. 22. Oktober 2024

                    Barcamp: Assessment im Wandel.

                    PH Zürich

                    • Roboter und Zukunft: Technik, Ethik, Bildung. 17. Oktober 2024

                      Herbsttagung Tracing Lifepaths.

                      Musikpädagogik, ZHdK

                      • Tender Digitality. 2. Oktober 2024

                        Universidad Católica, Santiago de Chile

                        • If AI? 17. Juli 2024

                          Symposium on use and development of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts and Education.

                          Politécnico de Leiria

                        • Kreativität trifft Zukunft: E-Learning Ansätze der nächsten Generation. 6. Juni 2024

                          LEARNTEC.

                          Karlsruhe

                          • KI und Kunst. 7. Mai 2024

                            Digital Education Institute Impulsreihe. Online.

                            • Wie kann regenerative KI für Lernen eingesetzt werden? 1. März 2024

                              Langer Tag des Lernens.

                              Intrinsic, Zürich

                              • Tender Digitality – Stylistic means of design-oriented Practice to promote a digital competence for teachers. 27. Oktober 2023

                                Symposium. Other Realities.

                                InKüLe, UdK, Berlin

                                2024 Gold for Tender Digitality, German Design Award in the category Excellent Communications Design – Books and Calendars

                                2023 Digital Shapers, digitalswitzerland award, category “eTeacher”

                                2022 Digital Shapers, digitalswitzerland award, category “Connectors”