Dr. Anton Bolfing

Dr. Anton Bolfing studied psychology, neurophysiology and philosophy at the University of Zurich. With a focus on general psychology, perceptual psychology, cognitive psychology, visual cognition.

Further development as an accessibility specialist since 2010. Head of Accessible Learning Materials at ETH Zurich since 2021 and lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology since 2025.

Publications since 2010:

• Antener, G., Parpan-Blaser A., Steiner, O., Ackermann, S., Bannwart, J., Bolfing, A. & Kaiser, F. (2025). Ergebnisbericht Kurzfassung. Digitale Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderung in der beruflichen Bildung. Olten: Hochschule f¨¹r Soziale Arbeit FHNW.
• Bolfing, A. & Antener, G. (2024). The A11y Big Five: Communicating Accessibility In An Efficient And Action-relevant Way. Workshop (90'). 19th International Conference, ICCHP 2024 Linz, Austria, July 8¨C12, 2024
• Bolfing, A., Gerber, A. & Koszuta, A. (2023). Digitale Zug?nglichkeit mit den Big Five unterst¨¹tzen ¨C Erfahrungen aus einem strategischen Entwicklungsprojekt an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz. In: fnma Magazin 04/2023 - Inklusive Gestaltung von Hochschulen ¨C Innovation und Barrierefreiheit in der Lehre. pp. 15-17
• Bolfing Anton (2023). Digitale Zug?nglichkeit in der Bildung ¨C eine Einordnung. Blog-Beitrag in HEST.PULSE (01/2023) 11. April 2023
• Bolfing, A., Kortemeyer, G. & Storjohan, R. (2022). Inclusive teaching at ETH. What is meant by this and what are the implications for learning and working at ETH?. In: ETH Learning and Teaching Journal, Vol 3, No 1, 2022. pp. 80-90
• Antener, G., Bolfing, A., Digitale Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in der beruflichen Bildung (Pr?sentation / Workshop). Netzwerk Lernen mit Behinderung in der Sek II, Bern, Schweiz, 6. April 2022.
• Bolfing Anton (2018). ICT-Accessibility and e-Inclusion in Switzerland ¨C Opportunities and how to get there. In: Proceedings if the 1st Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication, 2017. pp. 32-38.
• Bolfing Anton (2017). Selbstbestimmung und Inklusion mithilfe moderner Informationstechnologien (IKT). In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift f¨¹r Heilp?dagogik (M?rz 2017 | Nr. 3) pp. 14-21.
• Bolfing Anton et al. Swiss Accessibility Study 2016 (?Schweizer Accessibility Studie 2016?)
• Uebelbacher, A. & Bolfing, A. (2014). Interaktive und dynamische Websites barrierefrei umsetzen ¨C Tipps aus der Praxis. BAKOM Infomailing 37, Ausgabe 18.09.2014.
• Klein, E., Bolfing, A., & Riesch, M. (2014). Checking Web Accessibility with the Content Accessibility Checker (CAC). In: Miesenberger, Klaus/Fels, Deborah/Archambault, Dominique/Penaz, Petr/Zagler, Wolfgang (Hg.). Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014, Proceedings, Part I. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing. pp. 109-112.
• Antener G., Bolfing A., Calabrese S., (2014). Easy to Surf - What Makes Websites Accessible to People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities. In: Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014, pp. 157-160.
• Rodriguez Vazquez, S., Bouillon, P., & Bolfing, A. (2014). Applying Accessibility-Oriented Controlled Language (CL) Rules to Improve Appropriateness of Text Alternatives for Images: an Exploratory Study. In Proceedings of the 9th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2014)
• Silvia Rodriguez V¨¢zquez, Anton Bolfing: Multilingual website assessment for accessibility: a survey on current practices; in: Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2013); Oct 21-23, 2013
• Anton Bolfing, Reto Lehmann, Eduard Klein, Markus Riesch: Improving social interaction by help of the CAC tool (Content Accessibility Checker); in: Proceedings of the AAL Forum 2013, Norrk?ping/Sweden (to be published); Sep 25, 2013
• Anton Bolfing, Florian Frauchiger, Eduard Klein, Markus Riesch: A Wikipedia Skin for Senior Citizens; in: Proceedings of the AAL Forum 2012, Eindhoven; Sep 2012
• Anton Bolfing, Eduard Klein, Markus Riesch: Accessibility Issues at Wikipedia; presented at ?Wikimania 2012¡° in Washington; Jul 2012
• Anton Bolfing, Markus Riesch et al. Swiss Accessibility Study 2011 (?Schweizer Accessibility Studie 2011?)?
• Anton Bolfing, Eduard Klein, Markus Riesch: ¡°Accessibility Issues @ Wikipedia¡±; in: Proceedings of the AAL Forum 2011, Lecce/Italy (ISBN: 978-90-819709-0-7); Sep 2011; Pages 485-487