Prof. Dr. Esteban Piñeiro

    Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

    • Doctoral studies, University of Basel, Institute of Sociology (Doctorate Dr. phil.)
    • Studied sociology, cultural studies and media studies, University of Basel (licentiate lic. phil.)
    • Studied social work, School of Social Work HSA Bern and HFS beider Basel, Department of Social Work (Dipl. Social Work FH)

    Main focus

    • Government administration and ethnic differences
    • Social planning and governance
    • Social work and the police
    • Migration and integration policy
    • Counterspace practice and new social movements
    • Theory and concepts of social work as a profession
    • Theory and practice of discourse analysis

    Further information

    • Since 2018: Expert for the Swiss National Science Foundation
    • Since 2011: Board of Trustees of the C. & R. Koechlin-Vischer Foundation Basel
    • 2009 - 2013: Member of the Board of the Swiss Association for Social Policy (SSPA)
    • 2003 - 2016: Board of Trustees of the charitable foundation Gemeinnützige Stiftung Wohnhilfe Basel
    • 2001 - 2017: Reviewer and project manager, Singenberg Foundation Basel

    Publications and projects