2 doctoral students for the SNSF project Social Work in Juvenile Criminal Investigation
PhD @Bern University of Applied Sciences posted 2 days agoJob Description
What you do here
- Participate in the project “Punish, Protect, Educate? Perspectives on Case-Based Measure-Finding in Juvenile Criminal Investigations .” The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and will run for four years.
- As part of your project, you are aiming for a doctorate at a Swiss university. We can offer you cooperation and supervision opportunities for this.
- Conduct interviews with social workers, lawyers, young people and parents, prepare them for analysis and evaluate them
- Publish scientific articles, participate in conferences and exchange ideas in an interdisciplinary network
The initial interviews will take place on June 23/24, and the second interviews on July 7/8.
What you ideally bring with you
- Master’s degree in social work, education or social sciences
- Solid knowledge of qualitative social research – especially interviewing – and interest in acquiring specific knowledge of perspective-triangulating interview research
- Interest in professional theoretical questions of social work as well as in the interdisciplinary field of juvenile criminal justice
- Very good knowledge of German and ideally very good knowledge of French (some of the interviews will be conducted in French-speaking Switzerland), knowledge of other foreign languages is desirable
- Strong analytical skills, structured and independent working style
The Department of Social Work
Our passion in the Department of Social Work is the analysis and scientific treatment of social problems. We see ourselves as a driving force for social innovation – for the society of tomorrow.
Doing something meaningful, a captivating environment, and a plan for the future. Commitment to the Bern University of Applied Sciences makes sense.
