Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience
- 2016-2022: Doctoral studies “Young adults without vocational training on social assistance” at the University of Geneva, Doctorate: Dr. (Docteur ès Sciences de la Société) in June 2022.
- Research associate, Office of the Swiss Conference on Social Welfare SKOS (2011-2015)
- Studied political science and law at the University of Bern and at the Institut d'Etude Politique in Lyon (2004-2010)
Main focus
- Poverty, unemployment and exclusion
- The integration mandate of social welfare
- Debt and social welfare
- Young adults without social welfare training
- Housing for people experiencing poverty
- Poverty theories: situational approach, capability approach, vulnerability
Further information
Memberships, review & commission activities
- Member IP 205 “Welfare Boundaries” of the national research area LIVES
- Swiss Society of Sociology, Research Committee on Social Problems
- Member of the Social Policy and Social Assistance Commission of the Swiss Conference for Social Assistance SKOS
- Board member of “Surprise”
- Reviews for SNF and Journals, among others “Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit SZSA”