Experts Database

since 08/2022 Head of Master Social Work, location Lucerne; Lecturer and project management

since 09/2013 Lecturer UZH, BFH, FHNW, ZHAW, University of Fribourg, University Halle Wittenberg

08/2018-08/2022 Research assistant (post-doc) in the research project "Unaccompanied Minor Refugees in Institutional Placement: Opportunities and Challenges " (SNF-NFP 76), University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science.

2019-2020 Project leader of the Citizen Science project "Social participation opportunities of refugee children and adolescents in Switzerland", University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science (funded by the Participatory Science Academy of the UZH/ETH)

2012-2018 Research assistant, among others in the project "Participation of children and adolescents in Switzerland", University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science

2012-2018 Research assistant in the project "Outreach social work in the context of sex work: an ethnographic study" (dissertation project)

Until 2018 various practical activities in the context of social education/social work: association of single mothers and fathers in Münster (Westphalia); Grupo Ruas e Praças in Recife, Brazil.

(research) projects

2018-2022 "Unaccompanied Minor Refugees in Institutional Placement: Opportunities and Challenges " (SNF-NFP 76), University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science (together with Prof. Dr. Peter Rieker, Ellen Höhne).

2019-2020 Citizen Science Project "Social Participation Opportunities of Refugee Children and Adolescents in Switzerland", University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science (funded by the Participatory Science Academy of UZH/ETH) (together with Fränzi Bus,er Selin Kilic).

2012-2018 "Outreach social work in the context of sex work: challenges for the professional action of social workers*", PhD research project.

2012-2016 Unicef Study "Participation of Children and Adolescents in Switzerland", University of Zurich, Institute of Educational Science (together with Prof. Dr. Peter Rieker, Dr. Anna Schnitzer)

Sabah Mofidi, from Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan), is a PhD graduate in Political Science and a scholar in Kurdish studies. Currently he is working on a project on the change in political identity among Kurdish immigrants in western Europe, holding a postdoctoral scholarship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation and hosted by the University of Amsterdam.

Mohamed Munas is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Management Research of the Nijmegen School of Management, Department of Geography and Planning, Radboud University, the Netherlands. His PhD dissertation titled “Reconnections”: Complexities of diaspora engagement in Sri Lanka focuses on understanding the collective engagement of diaspora in post-war recovery. This multisited research brings the experiences and perspectives of the individuals and organisational representatives together from Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and Australia. Munas's research critically looks at diaspora-led development interactions and their outcomes on post-war societies using postdevelopment lens. Further, this research looks at how diasporic identities are mobilised to form collectives and organisations that are used as vehicles to channel developmental assistance.

Peshawa Mohammed holds a Master's degree in English Language Teaching from Near East University. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Research at the University of Debrecen. He has been teaching EFL and cultural studies for almost 10 years in different institutes and universities. His research interests are refugee education, parental involvement and language teaching. He has published articles in journals and presented in different international conferences.

Lea Molina Caminero is a social geographer (M.A. University of Osnabrück) and completed her thesis on lifestyle-oriented youth mobilities to Lisbon in 2020 at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), University of Lisbon. Her research interests cover privileged mobility and its impact on urban and rural areas. Here she is particularly interested in inequalities in labour and mobility regimes and how these are reflected socio-spatially.

Political Scientist, PhD in International Relations and Political Science. Associate Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Researcher at the University Institute for Migration Studies (IUEM) of Comillas University