Transdisciplinary Institute in Social Work (ITTS)
Presentation
The Transdisciplinary Institute of Social Work (ITTS), supported by swissuniversities, opened on February 1st, 2022. The University of Neuchâtel and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) have decided to join forces to create a doctoral programme in social work and to develop the ITTS as a national centre of competence in social work education and research.
Presentation of the ITTS by its director, Prof. Barbara Waldis.
Programme
- PhD in Social Work (in partnership with UAS)
- Open to all HES and UniNE students
Presentation of Marta Marques Castanheira, Research and Teaching Assistant
Team
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Research Associate
PhD Students
Jeremias Amstutz
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
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
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
Supervisors: Prof. Laure Kloetzer (UniNE) & Prof. Stéphane Rullac (HETSL)
Working title: Répondre au sentiment de stigmatisation des jeunes en mesure d'insertion socio-professionnelle.
Nicole Eicher
Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. David Lätsch (ZHAW)
Working title: upcoming
Damaris Fischer
Supervisors: Prof. Emmanuelle Reuter (UniNE) & Prof. Tobias Fritschi (BFH)
Working title: upcoming
Melanie Germann
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
Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Milena Chimienti (HETS-GE)
Working title: Immigrer pendant l'adolescence: trop tard pour une scolarité réussie ?
Raquel Ricciardi
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.
Simon Roth
Supervisors: Prof. Christos Dimitrakakis (UniNE) & Prof. Daniel Gredig (FHNW)
Working title: upcoming
Rulla Sutter
Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Oliver Hümbelin (BFH)
Working title: upcoming
Carolina Toletti
Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Maritza Le Breton (FHNW)
Working title : upcoming
Albulenë Ukshini Sefa
Supervisors: Prof. Barbar Waldis (UniNE) & Prof. Marc-Antoine Berthod (HETSL)
Working title: Quand les morts accompagnent les vivants dans des parcours migratoires marqués par la guerre.
News
We are excited to announce that Michaela Slotwinski has been nominated as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor (50%) in Social Work and will join the ITTS and the University of Neuchâtel in August 2024. Her research focuses on (social) policies around socially and/or economically disadvantaged groups, drawing on observational data and field experiments. She has a strong quantitative orientation and will strengthen ou profile in quantitative social policy research.
Contact
Transdisciplinary Institute of Social Work
Rue A.-L. Breguet 2
2000 Neuchâtel
Upcoming events
Writing bootcamp for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
- 2-4 September, 2024, 9:00-16:00
- University of Neuchâtel
- Registration until 10 June, 2024
Congrès international de la SSTS "Travail social et 'digitalité'"
- 6 et 7 septembre 2024
- FHNW Olten
11ème Festival suisse des méthodes qualitatives "'Quoi de neuf ?'": continuités et renouvellement
- 7 et 8 novembre 2024
- Université de Fribourg
- Délai d'inscription : 8 septembre 2024
HES-SO
- Social Work
- Doctorat (BADOC) In French
Useful links
Scientific Committee
- Prof. Philipp Balsiger, UniNE
- Prof. Adrian Bangerter, UniNE
- Prof. Annamaria Colombo, HES-SO
- Prof. Anne-Sylvie Dupont, UniNE
- Prof. Bruno Kocher, UniNE
- Mme Marta Marques Castanheira, UniNE