All projects from the School of Social Work
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Extended Education facilitation Key competence cooperative learning (EKCO)
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The problem of noise in child protection
Child abuse and neglect can have serious and lasting negative social, psychological, and physical effects on children. It is important that child protection professionals accurately assess the level of risk to a child and the need for support services. Failure to do so can have serious consequences for the child or ...
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Provision of external expertise for ESN’s 2024 focus area “Protecting Children: Working in Partnership across Children’s Services”.
The European Social Network (ESN) has been actively involved in supporting knowledge exchange on children's well-being since 2008-2009 through working groups and seminars. The importance of continuous needs assessment, family and community-based care, and joint work with education, health, police and justice as key ...
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Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW
In a pilot study in summer 2023, we investigated the use of AI in the preparation of Bachelor's theses at four ZHAW departments. In this project, we want to refine the study, carry it out in as many departments as possible and expand it to include the lecturers' perspective.
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DICLIS - Surveying the ZHAW Diversity Climate for students at the ZHAW
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Fair living and working conditions for sex workers in Zurich
Background In social work research, vulnerability and resilience are not understood exclusively as individual characteristics of a person, but rather the living conditions and structures that lead to particular or increased vulnerability. As far as the living conditions of sex workers are concerned, there is a ...
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Customized training for employees of a public institution
Development and implementation over several years of a customised training programme for employees of a public institution.
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Psychosocial factors in the everyday life of refugee children in collective centers - an explorative analysis
Refugee children and their parents live in a difficult and often stressful health situation. In the study "Psychosocial factors in the everyday lives of refugee children in collective centers", we are interested in what can help children deal with their challenges. The project examines their living situation and ...
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Professional Development of Care Leavers
Research question What factors and conditions promote or hinder care leavers' studies at a higher vocational college or university? What support do care leavers need in order to achieve their educational goals successfully? Background Care leavers are young people in transition to adulthood who have spent part of ...
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Social Virtual Reality: Training toolkit for the assessment of emotional maltreatment of children
A comprehensive training service based on a virtual reality (VR) simulation will be developed to train social work professionals and students in the use of a diagnostic guide including structured interviewing methods to assess emotional maltreatment of children.
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Together1Plan
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Domestic workers and Covid-19
Migrant women working in domestic service have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic by virtue of their social position and legal status. This project aims to study the effects of the pandemic on these women’s lives.Female domestic workers from a migrant background play an essential role in keeping ...
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Pandemic-resilient Space for Sustainable Cities - Urban Places for the Pandemic Resilience of Young People.
The justification for this project is based on a combination of the following aspects: The significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of young people. The enormous importance of urban space for young people and how it has changed and intensified during the pandemic. The relationship between young ...
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Accompanying evaluation of the Disability Rights Action Plan
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DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship
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Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early?
In our project, we focus on the labor force participation of older workers with adverse healthconditions (i.e., chronic conditions, injuries, or illnesses, both in physical and mental terms). Evidence shows that a non-negligible share of workers experiences adverse health conditions at the end of their careers. ...
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Child Protection in times of Covid-19 and beyond
Abstract Increased stressors, wide-ranging constraints in private and public life and uncertainties regarding the future may have increased the risk of child abuse and neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the functioning of the Swiss child protection system was severely challenged. Studies ...
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To Make the Invisible Visible
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CYREN ZH: Cyber Resilience Network For The Canton Of Zurich
How can we better protect ourselves from cyber threats? The answer to this question is as complex as cyber security itself, because the right balance must always be found between technical possibilities and political, social and economic interests. The increasing digitalisation of critical infrastructures in ...
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School social education at the school Rüti
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The Unprivileged Migrant Descendants: The Life-Course and Transition to Adulthood
Swiss-born young people with a migratory background represent 10% of the resident population aged 15–24 in Switzerland. This number will ineluctably grow and their background will be more diversified given the increased mobility related to global inequalities. Yet, disadvantaged starting conditions are a threat to ...
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Quality in Day care centers in Zurich: Further education and support
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Displaced persons from Ukraine in the canton of Zurich: a monitoring study
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Improving the well-being of residents in care homes by making catering services more flexible with the help of technology
It was known from previous projects that catering services in retirement and nursing homes are currently strongly geared towards working hours and the presence of employees. With the increasing individualisation of society, it can be assumed that future residents will demand more flexible catering options. It can ...
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Algorithmic fairness in child protection decision-making
The field of child protection is faced with two major challenges: One is to identify children who need to be protected from child abuse and neglect, the other is to select the most promising intervention once a case of child maltreatment has been identified. In recent years, new approaches to statistical prediction ...