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
Further information
Memberships, review & commission activities
- Swiss Society for Social Work (SGSA)
- European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA)
- Innovation Sociale - Swiss Association for the Promotion of Social Innovation (member of the management team of the Innovation Booster «Co-Designing Human Services»)
- AvenirSocial Professional Association Social Work Switzerland
- Reviewer for Swiss Journal of Social Work, International Journal of Disability Management, European Conference for Social Work Research, KLAARA Conference on Easy-to-Read Language
- Swiss Community of Interest in Self-Defence for Women and Girls (PALLAS)