
Questioning normality – understanding deviation
Knowledge character
Designer
Perspective
from space
through the microscope
My research
My research focuses on how children grow up within families, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. I am interested in what children think and experience, but also in how parents cope with the challenges of caregiving under specific social conditions. Furthermore, I examine how social norms come about and how society deals with deviance, how social prejudices arise and how these become embedded in an individual’s life story.
My life
Title
Prof. Dr.
Networks
DSN-ZH: Developmental Science Network Zurich
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit
Awards

10/13/2026
A meritocratic society is changing the social significance of childhood.
4/9/2025
The Inclusion Initiative aims to promote equality – yet whilst the Federal Council shares its core objective, it prefers to focus on targeted legislative changes, which primarily concern the housing sector and are the subject of wide-ranging debate in Parliament ...