Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience
Education
- 1993 - 1998: Studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg im Breisgau, specialising in rehabilitation and assistance for delinquents
- 1998 - 2001: Studied business administration at the Administration and Business Academy in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- 2002 - 2003: Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Free University of Berlin, Department of Educational Sciences, field of work social pedagogy
- 2007: PhD submitted with the title: “First courted - then punished. A criticism of the treatment of consumer indebtedness by social work.” Viva on 13.02.2007
Career milestones
- 1996 - 2009: Social worker at the Wilhelm Oberle Foundation in Staufen, Germany
- 2005 - 2015: Research associate in various organisational units of the School of Social Work of the FHNW, most recently at the Institute for Social Planning and Urban Development.
- Since 2015: Lecturer at the Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development at the School of Social Work, FHNW
- 2016 - 2018: MAS Consulting, Supervision and Coaching in Organisations. ZHAW Institute for Applied Psychology, Zurich
Main focus
- Debt, debt counselling and debt prevention
- Advising, supervision and coaching
- Poverty, life situations and social inequality
- Social planning and social policy
Further information
Memberships, review & commission activities
- ECDN European Consumer Debt Network
- Network “Finanzkompetenz” Switzerland
- Association “Basiswissen Geld” Switzerland
- Federal working group for debt advice, Germany
- Advisory board member of umbrella organisation for debt advice, Switzerland
Reviewer for the journals
- Preventative Medicine Reports
- International Journal of Public Health
- Swiss Journal for Sociology