Activities at FHNW

Scientific Staff Member, Chair for Child Development and Processes of Socialization, Institute for Pre-Primary and Early Primary Education, School of Education – University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland 

Main Research Areas

• Play and Games in Culture and Education
• Identity, Interaction and Interpassivity in Play and Learning Processes
• Socialization Theory, Role Theory
• Experiential learning
• Life Stories and Narrative Transformation
• Generational Dynamics in Families and Culture

• 2004-2009 Research and Teaching at the University of Konstanz
• 2009 Member of Cluster of Excellence 16 "Cultural Foundations of Integration"
• 2009 Fellow of the Konstanz Master Class "Trauma and Narration"
• 2010 Parental Leave
• 2011 Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
• From 2011 Scientific Staff Member at the University of Teacher Education Northwestern Switzerland
• 2022 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Sociology, Bielefeld University
• Dissertation: The ritual significance of play. An investigation into pre-primary and early primary school in German-speaking Switzerland (2022, Bielefeld University)

Publications

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2100-2448

https://fhnw.academia.edu/MarkWeisshaupt