Anne Carolina Ramos

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 anne.ramos@unifr.ch
 +41 26 300 7571
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-9003

 Main research interests:

  • Qualitative research with children
  • Intergenerational relationships
  • Transnational family relations
  • Transnational childhoods 
  • Ageing in contexts of migration
  • Well-being

Biography

  • Senior Researcher on “Childhood and Youth Studies”
  • Student Advisor for the BA programs in Education Sciences and Pedagogy/Psychology
  • Member of the Interdisciplinary MA Program “Family, Children and Youth Studies”
  • Board Member, Secretary, and Treasurer of ISA RC53 “Sociology of Childhood”
  • Leader of WG2 “Integrating the Perspectives of Vulnerable Children and Youth in Welfare and Policy” within COST Action 21143 – Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy)
  • Member of the "Children’s Understanding of Well-Being" (CUWB) Network
  • Member of the IMISCOE Standing Committee “Family, Welfare, Care and the Life Course”
  • Member of COST Action CA22167 “Participatory Approaches with Older Adults” (PAAR-Net)

Research and publications

  • Publication list
    94 publications

    Embracing democracy through participatory approaches: a critical exploration of power (a)symmetry between researchers and older adults
    Marion Scheider-Yilmaz, Ute Karl, Anne Carolina Ramos, European Social Work Research (2025) | Journal article

    Ethical reflexivity in research with (migrant) children: dealing with power asymmetries to build up more participatory approaches
    Anne Carolina Ramos, Catrin Heite, Andrea Riepl, Luisa Weissberg, Nina Bingham, Yara Küng, Alexandra Roggensinger, Julia Steiner, MDPI Publishing (2025) | Journal article

    Ethical reflexivity in research with (migrant) children: dealing with power asymmetries to build up more participatory approaches
    Anne Carolina Ramos, Catrin Heite, Andrea Riepl, Luisa Weissberg, Nina Bingham, Yara Küng, Alexandra Roggensinger, Julia Steiner, MDPI Publishing (2025) | Journal article

    Ethical Reflexivity in Research with (Migrant) Children: Dealing with Power Asymmetries to Build up More Participatory Approaches
    Anne Carolina Ramos, Catrin Heite, Andrea Riepl, Luisa Weissberg, Nina Bingham, Yara Küng, Alexandra Roggensinger, Julia Steiner, Societies (2025) | Journal article

    Narrative constructions of (non‐)return in older migrants
    Ute Karl, Anne Carolina Ramos, International Migration (2025) | Journal article

    Zur Deutung von und Umgang mit Krisen aus der Perspektive von Kindern , in Krisen und Transformationen
    Veronika Magyar-Haas, Fabienne Huber, Stephanie Mekacher, Anne Carolina Ramos, Lea Schneider (2025), ISBN: 9783847432548 | Book chapter

    Children’s well-being in times of war: analysing the importance of family through home, objects and relationships
    Ramos, A.C. and Riepl, A., Families, Relationships and Societies (2025) | Journal article

    Ethical dilemmas in doing research with children: Dealing with asymmetrical power relations , in Qualitative fieldwork with children: The importance of context when facilitating children's voices on well-being across nations
    Anne Carolina Ramos (2025) | Book chapter

    Introduction - Migration in a globalized world: Contributions from different sciences , in Migration in a Globalized World: Contributions from Different Sciences
    Anne Carolina Ramos (2025) | Book chapter

    Being cared for in dependent old age: Perspectives and practices of long-term care among older migrants , in Migration in a globalized world: Contributions from different sciences
    Anne Carolina Ramos (2025) | Book chapter

Teaching and courses

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