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Labour Geography

Our research group is interested in better understanding patterns of socio-spatial inequality in labour, migration and gender.

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  • The Downside of Part-Time Work

    UZH labor geographer Karin Schwiter has been awarded one of the coveted ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Over the next five years, she plans to study the problem of underemployment in Switzerland, the UK and the Netherlands. 

  • Artikel zu Live-in-Betreuung unter Corona

    Karin Schwiter und Anahi Villalba haben in der Zeitschrift «Die Volkswirtschaft» des Schweizer Staatssekretariats für Wirtschaft (SECO) einen Artikel über Live-in-Betreuung  unter Corona publiziert.

  • Geography of suffering – body maps express what words cannot

    There are still no effective treatments for Long Covid. Health geographer Maaret Jokela-Pansini has developed an innovative tool together with patients and shows how social sciences can deepen our understanding of the disease.

Upcoming events

Labour Geography Research Colloquium

Zurich Human Geography Colloquium (ZHGK)