Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

• Since June 2021 research associate in the project "Ageing without family support", Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development, School of Social Work FHNW
• Doctoral studies (ongoing) and research associate (2014-2020) at the Institute for China Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
• Study abroad at the Institute of Higher Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai (2010-2011)
• Bachelor's degree (2007-2011) and Master's degree (2011-2013) in Sinology at the University of Vienna

Main focus

• Care and inequality in old age
• Urbanisation and resettlement
• Social and educational policy
• Narrative and "meaning making”
• Individualisation, social stratification and identity formation