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    • Institute for the Study and Development of Social Work as a Profession
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Prof. Dr. Patrick Oehler,

Job title/activity of the person
Head of bachelor’s programme, Centre for Social Work Studies, FHNW School of Social Work

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Contact

Phone
+41 61 228 59 13
E-Mail
patrick.oehler@fhnw.ch

Address

Riggenbachstrasse 16
4600 Olten

Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz

Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

  • Dr. phil. of Sociology, Free University Berlin
  • MA in Community Development (M.C.D.), University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
  • Diploma in Social Pedagogy FH, HFS beider Basel

Main focus

  • Community and spatial approaches to social work
  • Neighbourhood and urban development, social space analysis
  • Social work and sustainable development
  • Professional activity as a creative process
  • Democracy and social work
  • Conference series: Social Work and Urban Development

Further information

Memberships, review & commission activities
  • German & Swiss Society for Social Work, Community Work Section (contact person for Switzerland)
  • Expert Commission Jugendhaus Palais Noir (Youth Centre), Municipality of Reinach BL

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