Prof. Dr. Peter Sommerfeld

Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

Studied sociology, psychology and educational sciences at the University of Tübingen
PhD in Social Pedagogy, Institute of Education, University of Tübingen with Hans Thiersch and Ludwig Liegle
Senior assistant to the Chair of Social Work, University of Fribourg
Head of R & D, Social Affairs, FH Solothurn, member of the Management Board
Head of the Institute for the Study and Development of Social Work as a Profession, FHNW School of Social Work, member of the Management Board
Professor for Social Work at the Institute for Social Work and Health at the FHNW School of Social Work

Publications and projects

Memberships, review & commission activities

2006 to 2015: Co-founder and Vice President of the Swiss Society for Social Work (SGSA)
2012 to 2018: Co-founder and Board member of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA)
Since 2017: Honorary member of the Swiss Association of Social Work in Health Care (sages)
Review activity for SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation), Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit, British Journal of Social Work, Qualitative Social Work, European Journal of Social Work, Neue Praxis

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