Prof. Dr. Isabel Baumann

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Professur für Public Health mit Schwerpunkt auf Arbeit und Gesundheit, Mitglied der Personalvertretung des Departements Gesundheit

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Gesundheit und Arbeit; Arbeitsmarkt-, Sozial- und Gesundheitspolitik; Pensionierung; Hitzeereignisse und Gesundheit; Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention; Soziale Ungleichheit

Lehrtätigkeit

• Lehrtätigkeit im Modul "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention 2", BSc Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention, GP.308
• Modulleitung "Gesundheitssysteme und Digital Health", BSc in Biomedizinischer Labordiagnostik

Berufserfahrung

Wissenschaftliche Assistentin und Doktorandin
Universität Lausanne, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

• Doktorat / Sozialwissenschaften
  Universität Lausanne
  10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015
• Lizenziat / Sozialwissenschaften
  Universität Fribourg
  10 / 2003 - 02 / 2009

Weiterbildung

• Good Clinical Practice
  USZ
  03 / 2025
• CAS Hochschuldidaktik
  ZHAW
  07 / 2020

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

• Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGEV), Université de Genève
• LIVES Centre - Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research
• Swiss Platform Ageing Society
• Public Health Schweiz

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8813-9722

Projekte

• Gesundheitsrisiken aufgrund von Hitzewellen / Co-Projektleiter:in / laufend
• Literaturreview zu Risiko- und Schutzfaktoren für die psychische Gesundheit / Krankheit von Heranwachsenden / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
• Gesamtauswertung Altersmonitoring von Pro Senectute Schweiz / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
• Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early? / Co-Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
• Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit im Kontext einer Verlängerung des Arbeitslebens / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
• Die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen einer späteren Pensionierung / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
• Digitale Elternratgeber / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
• Risikofaktoren einer Invalidisierung bei jungen Erwachsenen / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

• Gerosa, T., Fortunato, R., Cellina, F., Ragettli, M., Marzorati, D., Baldassari, A., Levati, S., Karabegovic, A., & Baumann, I. (2025). An app-based intervention to protect home care workers from heat-related health risks : protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580251405766
• Baumann, I., Gut, V., Gabriel, R., Fredriksson, D., & Fritzell, J. (2025). Multidimensional health patterns and labor market participation among older workers : evidence from a European six-year follow-up study. Plos One, 20(10), e0333659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333659
• Cabib, I., Azar, A., Baumann, I., Biehl, A., Corna, L., Mautz, E., & Yopo-Díaz, M. (2025). Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries : a quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile. Health Policy, 152(105216). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105216
• Gut, V., Feer, S., & Baumann, I. (2024). A resource-oriented perspective on the aging workforce – exploring job resource profiles and their associations with various health indicators. BMC Public Health, 24(2559). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20098-4
• Oesch, D., Köster, F., Studer, M., & Baumann, I. (2023). Employment and well-being after plant closure : survey evidence from Switzerland on the mid and long run. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 45(4), 964–986. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231209825
• Henning, G., Baumann, I., & Huxhold, O. (2023). Historical and cross-country differences in life satisfaction across retirement in Germany and Switzerland from 2000 to 2019. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 78(8), 1365–1374. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad066
• Baumann, I., Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., Fritzell, J., Lennartsson, C., Darin-Mattsson, A., Kåreholt, I., Andel, R., Dratva, J., & Agahi, N. (2022). Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age? Ageing & Society, 42(2), 306–330. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847
• Burkhalter, D., Wagner, A., Feer, S., Wieber, F., Ihle, A., & Baumann, I. (2022). Financial reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age : risk factors and associations with health in late life. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710505
• Baumann, I., Cabib, I., Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., & Agahi, N. (2022). Part-time work and health in late careers : evidence from a longitudinal and cross-national study. SSM - Population Health, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101091
• Baumann, I., Froidevaux, A., & Cabib, I. (2022). Health among workers retiring after the state pension age : a longitudinal and comparative study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(984). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03690-4
• Baumann, I., Wieber, F., Volken, T., Rüesch, P., & Glässel, A. (2022). Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477
• Feer, S., Lipps, O., Dratva, J., & Baumann, I. (2022). Health and labor force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis. European Journal of Ageing, 19(4), 1395–1406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00716-z
• Baumann, I., & Madero-Cabib, I. (2021). Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare regimes. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 33(2), 138–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2019.1685358
• Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., Baumann, I., Agahi, N., & Lennartsson, C. (2021). How to measure retirement age? : a comparison of survey and register data. Journal of Population Ageing, 14(2), 143–161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09254-6
• Madero-Cabib, I., Corna, L., & Baumann, I. (2020). Aging in different welfare contexts : a comparative perspective on later-life employment and health. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(7), 1515–1526. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz037
• Baumann, I., Jaks, R., Robin, D., Juvalta, S., & Dratva, J. (2020). Parents’ health information seeking behaviour : does the child’s health status play a role? BMC Family Practice, 21(266). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01342-3
• Juvalta, S., Kerry-Krause, M. J., Jaks, R., Baumann, I., & Dratva, J. (2020). Electronic health literacy in Swiss-German parents : cross-sectional study of eHealth literacy scale unidimensionality. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(3), e14492. https://doi.org/10.2196/14492
• Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., Baumann, I., Agahi, N., Fritzell, J., & Lennartsson, C. (2019). Prolongation of working life and its effect on mortality and health in older adults : propensity score matching. Social Science & Medicine, 226, 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.026
• Jaks, R., Baumann, I., Juvalta, S., & Dratva, J. (2019). Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 19(225). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6524-8
• Karayannis, N. V., Baumann, I., Sturgeon, J. A., Melloh, M., & Mackey, S. C. (2019). The impact of social isolation on pain interference : a longitudinal study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(1), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay017
• Baumann, I., Altwicker-Hámori, S., Juvalta, S., Baer, N., Frick, U., & Rüesch, P. (2018). Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 44(2), 259–280. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0012

Bücher, peer-reviewed

Baumann, I. (2016). The plight of older workers : labor market experience after plant closure in the Swiss manufacturing sector. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39754-2

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

• Froidevaux, A., Baumann, I., Maggiori, C., Wieber, F., & Rossier, J. (2017). Retirement planning : how to deal with different adjustment trajectories? In B.-J. Ertelt & M. Scharpf (Eds.), Berufliche Beratung Älterer [career guidance for older people] (pp. 25–53). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b11357
• Baumann, I., Lipps, O., Oesch, D., & Vandenplas, C. (2016). How to survey displaced workers in switzerland : ways of addressing sources of bias. In M. Oris, C. Roberts, D. Joye, & M. Ernst Stähli (Eds.), Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course (pp. 159–176). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

• Fortunato, R., Bruno, S., Ragettli, M., Gerosa, T., Cellina, F., Karabegovic, A., Levati, S., Baldassari, A., Grebski, L., & Baumann, I. (2025, September 11). Heat protection strategies at the workplace : evidence from a Swiss survey on home care workers. Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025.
• Fortunato, R., Ragettli, M., Gerosa, T., Levati, S., Baldassari, A., & Baumann, I. (2025, September 10). Home care workers’ perceived heat strain at work. Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34831
• Fortunato, R., Ragettli, M., Gerosa, T., Levati, S., Baldassari, A., & Baumann, I. (2025, August 28). Home care workers’ perceived heat strain at work. Beat the Heat Conference, Allschwil, Switzerland, 28 August 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34830
• Feer, S., Lipps, O., Dratva, J., & Baumann, I. (2021). Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis [Conference poster]. European Journal of Public Health, 31(Supplement_3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.314
• Baumann, I., Madero-Cabib, I., Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., & Agahi, N. (2021, January 15). Does gradual retirement have health benefits? : evidence from a comparative study. 2nd Conference of the Swiss Society of Health Economics, Online, 15 January 2021.
• Feer, S., Lipps, O., Dratva, J., & Baumann, I. (2019). Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a multilevel for growth analysis. IAGG-ER, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.
• Baumann, I., Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., Fritzell, J., Lennartsson, C., Mattsson, A. D., Kåreholt, I., Andel, R., Dratva, J., & Agahi, N. (2018). Retirement age and cognitive functioning in old age : the role of occupational and leisure activities. Nordic Gerontology Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2-4 May 2018.
• Dratva, J., Baumann, I., Jaks, R., Robin, D., & Juvalta, S. (2018). “Dear Internet, what should I do when…?” : parents’ digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland [Conference poster]. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl 4), 489. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky218.233
• Juvalta, S., Jaks, R., Robin, D., Baumann, I., & Dratva, J. (2018). Digital health literacy of Swiss-German parents : results from DIGE, a study on parental utilization of digital child health information. 11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.
• Baumann, I., Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., Fritzell, J., Lennartsson, C., Mattson, A. D., Kareholt, I., Andel, R., Dratva, J., & Agahi, N. (2018). The role of cognitively stimulating activities in explaining the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age. Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.
• Baumann, I., Altwicker-Hámori, S., Juvalta, S., Baer, N., Frick, U., & Rüesch, P. (2016). Labor market integration of adolescents with mental disorders. LacOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Method,S Lausanne, 8-10 June 2016.

Weitere Publikationen

• Dey, M., Feer, S., Abegg, L., Baumann, I., & Dratva, J. (2025). Schutz- und Risikofaktoren für die psychische Gesundheit von Heranwachsenden : eine Literaturübersicht zur internationalen und Schweizer Forschung. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34648
• Baumann, I. (2025). Gesundheit der arbeitenden Bevölkerung über 65 : eine vergleichende Perspektive.
• Baumann, I., Feer, S., Benz-Steffen, E., & Roth, U. (2024). Recherche participative sur la transition de la vie professionnelle à la retraite. In P. Maeder, M. Chimienti, V. Cretton, C. Maggiori, I. Probst, & S. Rullac (eds.), Innovation et intervention sociales (pp. 110–111). Seismo. https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.20764
• Feer, S., Nicoletti, C., & Baumann, I. (2024). Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention bei älteren Arbeitnehmenden : Modul für die Führungsweiterbildung der SVA. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.60877/q4v2-vt83
• Baumann, I., & Feer, S. (2023). Wenn die Gesundheit nicht mitspielt. Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung, 2023(1), 8–9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27150
• Baumann, I., & Feer, S. (2023). Quand la santé se dégrade. Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung, 2023(1), 8–9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30710
• Baumann, I., Wagner, A., Feer, S., Ihle, A., & Kliegel, M. (2023, March 29). Does raising retirement age affect retirees’ health? : evidence from a Swiss reform. Epidemiology Symposium “Causality to Get Population Health Sciences Right”, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 29 March 2023.
• Hofmann, R., & Baumann, I. (2022). Ist die Flexibilisierung des Rentenalters das Allheilmittel? Impact, 56, 48–49. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24747
• Baumann, I., Burkhalter, D., Wagner, A., Feer, S., Wieber, F., & Ihle, A. (2022, May 2). Financial reasons for retiring after the statutory retirement age and health: evidence from Switzerland. Epi Unit Meeting, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2. May 2022.
• Baumann, I. (2020). Hürden bei der Stellensuche im Alter von über 50 Jahren. Die kirchliche Fachstelle bei Arbeitslosigkeit : Jahresbericht 2019, 12–17. https://www.dfa.ch/contentpics/File/Jahresberichte%20DFA/DFA_Jahresbericht_2019_web.pdf
• Suter, J., & Baumann, I. (2020). BGM mit Fokus auf Mitarbeitende 50+ : die Weiterbeschäftigung bringt Vorteile für alle. personalSCHWEIZ, 24–25.
• Baumann, I., & Madero-Cabib, I. (2020). Gesunde Rentner im Arbeitsmarkt von Chile bis Dänemark. Schweizer Personalvorsorge, 2020(5), 91–95. https://vps.epas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/vps/shop/spv/SPV_0520.pdf
• Baumann, I., & Steiger-Sackmann, S. (2019). Eine Verlängerung des Arbeitslebens muss attraktiv gestaltet werden. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12. https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/eine-verlaengerung-des-arbeitslebens-muss-attraktiv-gestaltet-werden-ld.1521279
• Baumann, I., Garcia, V., & Metz, F. (2018). Heat, greed and human need : climate change, capitalism and sustainable wellbeing. Gough, Ian. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing (2017), 264 p., ISBN 978-1-785-36512-6. Swiss Political Science Review, 25(1), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12336
• Baumann, I. (2018). Barrieren für die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation älterer Arbeitnehmender. Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée, 3(4), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000063
• Wieber, F., Baumann, I., Glässel, A., Volken, T., & Rüesch, P. (2017). Evaluation „Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention“ [Evaluation Via pilotproject on fall prevention]. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/gfia/faktenblaetter/Faktenblatt_024_GFCH_2017-10_-_Sturzpraevention_bei_Personen_mit_erhoehtem_Sturzrisiko.pdf

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

• Baumann, I. (2024, September 25). Gesundheitliche Aspekte im Zusammenhang mit der steigenden Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung älterer Arbeitnehmender. Schwerpunkt Angewandte Gerontologie: Arbeiten jenseits der 65: Motive, Anreize und Hürden, online, 25. September 2024. https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/hochschule/hsb/recherchehilfe-kurse/angewandte-gerontologie/Veranstaltungen/20240925-praesentation-baumann.pdf
• Gut, V., Baumann, I., Gabriel, R., Fridriksson, D., & Fritzell, J. (2023). The role of multidimensional health patterns over time in older workers’ labor force participation [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement_2), ii532. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1335
• Baumann, I. (2021, November 16). Older workers’ health in the context of the prolongation of working life : a comparative perspective. Colloquium “Current Sociological Research”, Universität Zürich, Online, 16. November 2021.
• Baumann, I. (2021, April 19). Studying flexible retirement and health : challenges and insights from an international perspective. Finnish Centre for Pensions Research Webinar : Extending Working Lives and Healthy Ageing – What Role for Flexible Retirement?, 19 April 2021. https://www.etk.fi/en/topical-issues/extending-working-lives-and-healthy-ageing-what-role-for-flexible-retirement/
• Froidevaux, A., Baumann, I., & Madero-Cabib, I. (2020). Let’s not forget the macro-level factors! : how older workers’ interlocked employment and health trajectories are shaped by welfare regimes and the social norm for working longer. 1st Careers Division of the Academy of Management Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14-15 February 2020.
• Baumann, I., & Madero-Cabib, I. (2019). Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare state contexts. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER), Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.
• Juvalta, S., Jaks, R., Robin, D., Baumann, I., & Dratva, J. (2019). Health information seeking behaviour of Swiss German parents. Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics SSP, Bellinzona, 6 - 7 June 2019.
• Juvalta, S., Kerry-Krause, M. J., Baumann, I., Jaks, R., Robin, D., & Dratva, J. (2019, August 28). Application of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a sample of Swiss parents. Swiss Public Health Conference 2019 : Child and Adolescent Public Health, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.
• Baumann, I., Glässel, A., Volken, T., Rüesch, P., Dratva, J., & Wieber, F. (2017). Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention [Conference presentation]. European Journal of Public Health, 27(suppl_3), 410. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.024

Forschungsdaten

Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia, 2019. Replication data for: Parental digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland. Harvard Dataverse. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JI9GIJ

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