Prof. Dr. Anne Parpan-Blaser

    Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

    • Studied social work, pedagogy and criminal and family law, lic. phil. and Dipl. Social Work, University of Freiburg (1997)
    • PhD thesis on “Innovation in Social Work” (r. phil.) University of Zurich (2011)
    • Swiss Federal Certificate as a trainer in adult education SVEB (2009)
    • CAS Research Management, University of Bern (2017)

    Work experience

    • Lecturer at the FHNW School of Social Work and the University of Applied Sciences of Aargau, later of Northwestern Switzerland (since 2004)
    • Teaching assignment at the Academy for Social Management (ASOM), Vienna (since 2014)
    • Specialist teacher, training in care of the elderly, Association of Bernese Retirement Facilities vba (2002-2004)
    • Social worker for social services of the City of Bern (1997-2002)
    • Employee of the Wohngemeinschaft Landoltstrasse, housing project for people with physical disabilities (1994-1999)
    • Counselling on drug-related issues, Contact Bern (1992-1993)

     Main focus

    • Social innovation, innovation in social work, design of development processes and innovation management
    • Joint management of the modular innovation program ink+ (www.soziale-arbeit-entwickeln.ch)
    • Participation, adressee-tailored communication and easy language
    • Cooperative process design

    Further information

    • Swiss Society for Social Work (SGSA)
    • European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA)
    • Innovation Sociale - Swiss Association for the Promotion of Social Innovation (member of the management team of the Innovation Booster «Co-Designing Human Services»)
    • AvenirSocial Professional Association Social Work Switzerland
    • Reviewer for Swiss Journal of Social Work, International Journal of Disability Management, European Conference for Social Work Research, KLAARA Conference on Easy-to-Read Language
    • Swiss Community of Interest in Self-Defence for Women and Girls (PALLAS)

    Publications and projects