Care Work

We do research with care workers to better understand the consequences of the current reconfiguration of care for migration patterns, labour markets, gender relations and the definition of care as a marketable good.

Transformations of care home labour in the context of contemporary political and technological developments, 2025-2029 (PhD project funded by the DSI)

Nursing the organisation, not the resident? A critical perspective on the labour process in Swiss nursing homes, 2021-2026 (PhD project)

Decent care work? Transnational Home Care Arrangements, 2017-2021 (Trinational DACH project)

Care markets. The role of care agencies in the commodification of elderly care, 2013-2017 (SNSF project)