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    • Institute for Integration and Participation
    • Institute for Studies in Children and Youth Services
    • Institute for the Study and Development of Social Work as a Profession
    • Institute for Social Work and Health
    • Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development
    • Centre for Social Work Studies

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Prof. Stefan Adam,

Job title/activity of the person
Head of Institute, Institute for Consulting, Coaching and Social Management, FHNW School of Social Work

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Contact

Phone
+41 62 957 20 12 (Direct)
E-Mail
stefan.adam@fhnw.ch

Address

Riggenbachstrasse 16
4600 Olten

Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

  • Since 2018 Head of Institute for Consulting, Coaching and Social Management
  • Since 2006: University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland, School of Social Work
  • 2002-2005: University of Applied Sciences Solothurn, School of Social Work
  • 2012-2017: PhD, School of Business, Atlantic International University, United States
  • 2007-2010: Master of Science in Coaching and Mentoring, School of Business, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
  • 1998-2002: Master of Arts in Education, Open University, United Kingdom
  • 1989-1993: Bachelor studies in social work, intercantonal educational institution for social work
  • 1983-1987: Diploma in Religious Education and Church Educational Work from Munich University of Applied Sciences

 Main focus

  • Digital transformation in social organisations
  • Social management
  • Social business

Further information

Memberships, review & commission activities
  • Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the “Foundation Blue Cross and MUSUB” (Multicultural Addiction Counselling Centre of Basel)
  • Member of the Management Board of one11.ch
  • Member of the global ICSEM Research Network for Social Entrepreneurship, focus on work integration in social enterprises
  • Guest lecturer at the Faculdad Trabajo Social, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Dominican Republic
  • Member of the Swiss-Dominican Chamber of Commerce for Tourism and Industry

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