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      Dr. Yann Bochsler

      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

      • 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

      Publications and projects

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