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ISEK - Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies Popular Culture Studies

Olivia Frigo-Charles

Olivia Frigo-Charles, MA

  • PhD candidate

Research interests

  • Community Studies
  • Deindustrialisation/post-industrialism in Wales
  • Gender Studies/Intersectionality
  • Participation/Citizen Science

Profile

Education

  • 2022 - today: PhD student at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
    Dissertation project: "Left behind? Formations of crisis and community in deindustrialised South Wales"
  • 2019-2021: Master of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Zurich (Major Empirical Cultural Studies; Minor Gender Studies)
  • 09.2020-12.2020: Mobility semester during the Master's program at the University of Cambridge (MPhil in Social Anthropology with a focus on "Gender, Kinship and Care")
  • 2016-2019: Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Zurich (Major Popular Cultures; Minor Educational Sciences)
  • 2011-2015: Matura, Cantonal School Frauenfeld

Work experience

  • 08.2023-07.2025: Employment as part of the UZH Candoc Grant for doctoral students, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
  • 09.2021-today: Research Associate, Institute of Diversity and Social Integration, ZHAW Social Work (until 08.2023: Research Assistant)
  • 09.2019-08.2020: Intern Events and Communication, Karl der Grosse, City of Zurich
  • 2016-2019: Various part-time jobs alongside studies

Teaching

See German page for full list

Member in networks

  • Empirical Cultural Studies Switzerland
  • Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS)
  • Connect4Resilience (international network to strengthen social work in disaster risk reduction)