Activities at FHNW
Scientific Staff Member, Chair for Child Development and Processes of Socialization, Institute for Pre-Primary and Early Primary Education, School of Education – University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland
Main Research Areas
- Play and Games in Culture and Education
- Identity, Interaction and Interpassivity in Play and Learning Processes
- Socialization Theory, Role Theory
- Experiential learning
- Life Stories and Narrative Transformation
- Generational Dynamics in Families and Culture
- 2004-2009 Research and Teaching at the University of Konstanz
- 2009 Member of Cluster of Excellence 16 "Cultural Foundations of Integration"
- 2009 Fellow of the Konstanz Master Class "Trauma and Narration"
- 2010 Parental Leave
- 2011 Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
- From 2011 Scientific Staff Member at the University of Teacher Education Northwestern Switzerland
- 2022 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Sociology, Bielefeld University
- Dissertation: The ritual significance of play. An investigation into pre-primary and early primary school in German-speaking Switzerland (2022, Bielefeld University)