Bringing high-skill refugees and jobs together through diverse hackathon teams

The Hackfinder is a new tool under development at the BFH (DSL / Social Work) as part of a new Innosuisse project. The tool was recently released, and we will share more info (and the source code) by the next DINAcon, as the project gets going in 2025. Here is an alpha preview, with comments and participants welcome:

In this project high-skilled refugees are referred to hackathons, multi-day participatory events where participants work in teams on real-world problems. These events are an opportunity to showcase one’s skills and expand professional networks, hopefully leading to better employment. In this project we test whether, as research would suggest, hackathon participation can really improve employment and income.

See also a recent Hack:Org:X presentation - and ask Oleg about "Hack the Hackathon", a research conference running in parallel to DINAcon.