Theories of everyday life, methodology and methods
Education
2020: Adjunct Professor Popular Culture Studies at the University of Zurich
2016-2018: Professor ZFH at the Department of Social Work ZHAW
2013 Privatdozentin at the University of Zurich; Habilitation thesis: “The city in the city. Space, time and image representations of urban public spaces” (Venia Legendi: 23 July 2013)
2007–2008 Habilitation grant, University of Zurich (Research Fund for Junior Scholars)
2004 PhD at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich
2002 Research stay at the University of Chicago, Department of Sociology, supervised by Prof. A. Abbott and Prof. D. Levine (Urban Research and Cultural Theories)
1991–1998 Cultural Studies and History at the University of Zurich, with the focus on Social History, City and Living, Youth Culture; Master’s thesis supervised by Prof. Ueli Gyr on the theme of the Techno Scene in Zürich
1981–1987 Studied Architecture at the ETH Zürich, Diploma with a focus on Urban Development.
Work Experience
From 2019: Project Manager and Lecturer at the Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family, Department of Social Work ZHAW
2013-2018: Project Manager at the Office of Research and Development/IVGT, Department of Social Work ZHAW
2010–2015 Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the Chair of Sociology, Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich
2010 Guest Professor at the Institute of Urbanism Grenoble (University Pierre Mendès)
2001–2010 Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Popular Culture Studies, University of Zurich
2007–2008: Research Fellow at the Università di Milano Bicocca (2007), Research Fellow at the EHESS, Centre d’étude des mouvements sociaux [Centre for the Study of Social Movement] in Paris (2008)
2004 Erasmus guest lecturer at the University of Turku on the theme: Cultural studies’ approach to the city and urban research
2004 Erasmus guest lecturer at the University of Hamburg on the theme: Cultural Studies into Time Research
1994–2001 Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Popular Culture Studies at the University of Zurich
1994–1998 Administrator in the Regional Planning Office of the Canton of Zürich
1988–1992 Office for Architecture and Cityscape in the Building Department of the City of Zürich
