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Prof. Dr. Edgar Baumgartner,

Job title/activity of the person
Head of Institute, Institute for the Study and Development of Social Work as a Profession, FHNW School of Social Work

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Contact

Phone
+41 62 957 20 25
E-Mail
edgar.baumgartner@fhnw.ch

Address

Riggenbachstrasse 16
4600 Olten

Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

  • Dipl. Social Work
  • Master of Social Work from the University of Fribourg
  • PhD at the University of Fribourg
  • Since 2010: Head of the Institute for the Study and Development of Social Work as a Profession at the FHNW School of Social Work

Main focus

  • Methods of impact research
  • Methods of quantitative social research and evaluation research
  • Evaluation of interventions and programmes
  • Occupational social work
  • Social policy and disability
  • Research on social work profession

Further information

Curriculum vitae

CV Edgar Baumgartner

Memberships, review & commission activities
  • Member of the Swiss Society for Social Work (SGSA)
  • Member of the Swiss Society for Evaluation (SEVAL)
  • Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

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