Research Interests
- Cultural Studies on Age and Aging
- Dwelling Culture
- Gender Studies, body, fashion, sport
- Vegetarianism and meat
- Qualitative Methods
Education
- From 2011: PhD project: Cultural negotiations of age(s) using the example of community housing. Sketch of a cultural gerontology
- From 2011: Further training in University didactics (Teaching Skills Certificate from the Centre for Higher Education, UZH)
- 2003–2010: Volkskunde (Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology), Economic and Social History and Modern German Literature Studies at the University of Zurich; Master’s thesis: Together you are not alone. The residential community or the elderly in transition
- 2002–2003: Studies in Media and Communication Science at the University of Zurich
- 2002: Pädagogisch-Sozialkundliches Gymnasium, Kantonsschule Wettingen, Baccalaureate
Work Experience (Selection)
- From 2008: Teaching and Research Assistant and E-Learning Co-ordinator at the Department of Popular Culture Studies/Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the University of Zurich
- 2008: Teaching Agency, German, Work and Further Education Centre Brugg, Office of Economics, Brugg
- 2002–2008: Freelancer at the Aargauer Zeitung, Ressort Brugg
- 2006–2008: Tutor (layout and editing of internal publications and audit corrections) at the Department of Popular Culture Studies at the University of Zurich
- 2006–2007: Transcription work, AV-Produktionen Heinz Nigg, Zürich
Memberships
- From 2016: Coordinator of the platform “Gutes Alter”
- From 2014: Board Member of the Zürich Section of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, from 2017 Vice-President
- From 2012: Member of the Research Committee “Kulturwissenschaftliche Technikforschung [Culture and Technology Research]”
- 2014–2015: Member of the Denknetz [Think Network] working group “Langzeitpflege [Long-term care]”.
- 2012–2015: Non-professorial academic staff representative on the Committee for Gender Equality
- 2011–2012: Non-professioral academic staff representative at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- From 2009: Member of the Editorial Board of the Bulletin for the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde
- 2009–2012: Board member of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kulturwissenschaften [Swiss Society for Cultural Studies] (SGKW)
- Member of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde (SGV)
- Member of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie [Swiss Gerontology Society] (SGG)
Publications and teaching experience
See CV in German