Research Projects Social Work
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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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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