PhD candidates

2022 cohort (4th year)

• Jeremias Amstutz
  jeremias.amstutz@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Emmanuelle Reuter (UniNE) & Prof. Peter Zängl (FHNW)
  Working title: Exploring the Employees Rights of Participation in Self-Managing Social Work Organizations in Switzerland
• Daniele Bigoni
  daniele.bigoni@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Philip Balsiger (UniNE) & Prof. Daniel Gredig (FHNW)
  Working title: Heteronormativität und sexuelle Gewalt im Justizvollzug und die Rolle der Sozialen Arbeit.
• Lorry Bruttin
  lorry.bruttin@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Jérémie Forney (UniNE) & Prof. Caroline Henchoz (HETSL)
  Working title: Le passage à la retraite dans le contexte de l’agriculture de montagne en Valais : un observatoire des vulnérabilités pour le travail social
• Romain Descloux
  romain.descloux@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Laure Kloetzer (UniNE) & Prof. Stéphane Rullac (HETS-L)
  Working title: Répondre au sentiment de stigmatisation des jeunes en mesure d’insertion socio-professionnelle
• Melanie Germann
  melanie.germann@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Cinzia dal Zotto (UniNE) & Prof. Peter Zängl (FHNW)
  Working title: Gewinnung und Bindung der neuen Generation von Arbeitnehmenden:
  Der Fall der Sozialarbeit
• Marta Marques Castanheira
  marta.marques@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Milena Chimienti (HETS-GE)
  Working title: Immigrer pendant l’adolescence: trop tard pour une scolarisation réussie ?
• Raquel Ricciardi
  raquel.ricciardi@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Ellen Hertz (UniNE) & Prof. Nicolas Pons Vignon (SUPSI)
  Working title: Balancing Acts: Social Work Skills and Corporate Social Responsibility in India – A Study of Swiss Companies’ Perspectives
• Albulenë Ukshini Sefa
  albulene.ukshini@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Marc-Antoine Berthod (HETS-L)
  Working title: Quand les morts accompagnent les vivants dans des parcours migratoires marqués par la guerre

2023 cohort (3rd year)

• Nicole Eicher
  nicole.eicher@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Andreas Jud (ZHAW)
  Working title: Child Protection Systems in Times of Crisis: Impact of COVID-19 on child protection services in Zurich
• Damaris Fischer
  damaris.fischer@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Emmanuelle Reuter (UniNE) & Prof. Tobias Fritschi (BFH)
  Working title: Walking a Tightrope: Balancing Competing Institutional Logics in Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) at the Individual Level
• Simon Roth
  simon.roth@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Christos Dimitrakakis (UniNE) & Prof. Daniel Gredig (FHNW)
  Working title: Analysis of the potential of AI technologies in social work: Adaptation and application of a methodological approach
• Rulla Sutter
  rulla.sutter@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Oliver Hümbelin (BFH)
  Working title: The Three Roles of Social Welfare NGOs in Poverty Reduction: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Caritas in Switzerland

2024 cohort (2nd year)

• Aline Felix
  aline.felix@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Hugues Jeannerat (UniNE) & Prof. Stéphane Rullac (HETS-L)
  Working title: L’opérationnalisation de l’expertise usagère dans l’innovation sociale en travail social: Une ethnographie multisituée des pratiques en Suisse romande
• Philippe Leu
  philippe.leu@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Adrian Bangerter (UniNE) & Prof. Gaëlle Aeby (HETS-VS)
  Working title: Organizational Reactions to Boundary Violations Towards Caregivers in Swiss Residential Care Settings for Children and Youth
• Denis Moore
  denis.moore@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Marion Fresia (UniNE) & Prof. Milena Chimienti (HETS-GE)
  Working title: upcoming
• Karine Rossel
  karine.rossel@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Sabrina Burgat (UniNE) & Prof. Kim Stroumza (HETS-GE)
  Working title: L’intervention sociale aux prises avec le droit des familles: Appuis et limites du droit pour les assistantes sociales de JeunesParents, une étude de cas en Suisse romande
• Tobias Schalk
  tobias.schalk@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Lucia Lanfranconi (BFH)
  Working title: Gender Equality in Swiss Social Assistance: Discretion as Key Mechanism between Norms and Practice
• Selina Steinmann
  selina.steinmann@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Michaela Slotwinski (UniNE) & Prof. Joël Gautschi (ZHAW)
  Working title: Agree to Disagree? Noise in Child Protection Decisions-Making: The Role of Attitudes, Cognitive Styles, Decision-Making Styles and Cognitive Biases
• Matthias Widmer
  matthias.widmer@unine.ch
  Supervisors: Prof. Michaela Slotwinski (UniNE) & Prof. Daniel Oberholzer (FHNW)
  Working title: upcoming

2025 cohort (1st year)

• Roberto Cassanello
  roberto.cassanello@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Adrian Bangerter (UniNE) & Prof. Manuel Bachmann (BFH Bern)
  Working title : upcoming
• Najwa Hafid
  najwa.hafid@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Gianni D’Amato (UniNE) & Prof. Lisa Borrelli (HETS-VS)
  Working title : upcoming
• Camille Naef
  camille.naef@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Antti Rajala (UniNE) et Prof. Swetha Rao Dhananka (HETS-FR)
  Working title : upcoming
• Eric Ryhiner
  eric.ryhiner@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Sandra Hotz (UniNE) et Prof. Christian Reutlinger (FHNW)
  Working title : upcoming
• Minnie Silfverberg
  minnie.silfverberg@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Nuria Sanchez-Mira (UniNE) & Prof. Olivier Steiner (FHNW)
  Working title : upcoming
• Thomas Wagner
  thomas.wagner@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Michaela Slotwinski (UniNE) & Prof. Joël Gautschi (ZHAW)
  Working title : upcoming
• Pascal Wyssling
  pascal.wyssling@unine.ch
  Supervisors : Prof. Gianni D’Amato (UniNE) & Prof. Gregor Husi (HSLU)
  Working title : upcoming