Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

Undergraduate education

• Since 2025 PhD Candidate, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Education
• 2019-2021 Master of Arts in Social Work, emphasis on Social Innovation, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
• 2007-2011 Diploma in Inclusion Studies, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

Postgraduate education

• Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Professional Competence in Child and Youth Services, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Case Management in Child and Youth Services, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Supporting Children and Adolescents with Psychological Challenges in Social Care Institutions, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
• E-learning courses on the following topics: Domestic violence, managing self-harming or aggressive behavior in children and adolescents with a refugee background, Trauma-informed Pedagogy, and the prevention of child sexual abuse
  

Work experience

• Since 2021 Research Associate at the Institute for Child and Youth Services, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
• 2013-2019 Social Worker in Residential Care (Kinder- und Jugendheim Oberi, Winterthur)
• 2011-2013 Social Worker in Residential Treatment Care (Stiftung Schürmatt, Zetzwil AG)

Main focus

• Child and Youth Support Services, esp. Residential and Foster Care, Family Support Services
• Transitions out of and within Residential and Foster Care, esp. Return to the Family from Care (Reunification) and Leaving Care into Adulthood
• Child Protection
• Child Welfare Statistics
• Trauma-informed Pedagogy
• Quantitative and qualitative research methods