Kaj Flurina Affolter
Kaj Flurina Affolter
ZHAW
School of Social Work
Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8037 Zürich
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., & 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). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107558
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Affolter, K. F., Tausendfreund, T., Eicher, N. F., & Lätsch, D. (2024, August 18). Child protection during Covid-19 : a systematic literature search and meta-synthesis of empirical studies – exploring perspectives of young people and caregivers. ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sweden, 18-21 August 2024.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Eicher, N. F., Affolter, K. F., Stoll, D., Lätsch, D., & Tausendfreund, T. (2025, October 7). Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on child protection services through the lens of administrative data : a systematic review. ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
- Affolter, K. F., Tausendfreund, T., & Eicher, N. F. (2025, September 12). Transitions in and out of crisis : young people’s and caregivers’ perspectives on child protection during and after COVID-19. 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., Wallimann, M. S., Affolter, K., Brink, I., & Gabriel, T. (2025, September 12). Understanding adolescents’ responses to psychologically abusive parenting : a mixed-methods study with implications for prevention and practice. 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., Affolter, K. F., Stoll, D., Lätsch, D., & Tausendfreund, T. (2025, September 11). A multi-sectoral review of child protection : trends and transitions in administrative data from pre- to post-pandemic. 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.