Anna Gonon

PhD

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 anna.gonon@unifr.ch
 +41 26 300 7815
 https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5761-5995

Postdoc
Department of Social Work, Social Policy and Global Development

+41 26 300 7815

Biography

My research focuses on social policy, poverty, low-wage work, and care work. I use qualitative methods (grounded theory, ethnography) and interdisciplinary theoretical approaches, including the Economics and Sociology of Conventions and the Capability Approach. In my current research, I am interested in paid care work (childcare, personal assistance) and the relationship between “good” care and “good” working conditions.

 

Education

2022    Ph.D. in Sociology, University of St. Gallen

2014    MA in Sociology, University of Konstanz

2010    BA in Sociology and Philosophy, University of Zurich

 

Employment

Since 2026: Doctoral assistant at the Department of Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, University of Fribourg

2014-2026: Researcher at the School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

2013-2014: Student assistant at the Social Science Archive, University of Konstanz

 

Research and publications