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