Kaj Flurina Affolter

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Assistant / Doctoral Candidate

Focus

Child Protection during COVID-19

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Arts UZH / Educational Science (Social Pedagogy and Socialization)
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2020 - 01 / 2023
• Bachelor of Arts / Educational Science (major), Sociology (minor)
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2017 - 07 / 2020

Projects

• Agency of young people in peripheral areas – educational practices between regionality and family / Team member / ongoing
• netzwerkkind – a project to recruit foster parents from the foster child’s relatives or social environment / Team member / ongoing

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Affolter, K. F., Tausendfreund, T. and Eicher, N. F. (2025) 'Child protection during COVID-19 : a systematic meta-synthesis of empirical studies exploring perspectives of young people and caregivers', Child Abuse & Neglect, 167(107558). doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107558.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Affolter, K. F. et al. (2024) 'Child protection during Covid-19 : a systematic literature search and meta-synthesis of empirical studies – exploring perspectives of young people and caregivers', in ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sweden, 18-21 August 2024.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Eicher, N. F. et al. (2026) 'Child protection in challenging contexts : trends in administrative data and experiences of service users during and after Covid-19', in 7th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research (SSECR), Fribourg, Switzerland, 2-3 February 2026.
• Eicher, N. F. et al. (2025) 'Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on child protection services through the lens of administrative data : a systematic review', in ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Affolter, K. F., Tausendfreund, T. and Eicher, N. F. (2025) 'Transitions in and out of crisis : young people's and caregivers' perspectives on child protection during and after COVID-19', in 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.
• Quehenberger, J. et al. (2025) 'Understanding adolescents' responses to psychologically abusive parenting : a mixed-methods study with implications for prevention and practice', in 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.
• Eicher, N. F. et al. (2025) 'A multi-sectoral review of child protection : trends and transitions in administrative data from pre- to post-pandemic', in 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.

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