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
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
Network
ORCID digital identifier
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
- Eicher, N. F. et al. (2026) 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection systems through the lens of administrative data : a systematic review', International Journal on Child Maltreatment. doi: 10.1007/s42448-026-00271-5.
- 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
- Affolter, K. F. and Tausendfreund, T. (2026) 'Navigating uncertainties : professional perspectives and service user experiences in child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic', in Decisions, Assessment, Risk and Evidence in Social Work (DARE), Zurich, Switzerland, 25-26 June 2026.
- Affolter, K. and Tausendfreund, T. (2026) 'Lernen aus Ausnahmesituationen : Elternperspektiven auf Hilfen für ihre Kinder während und nach Covid 19', in Wie wirkt Beistandschaft? Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus der Wirkungsforschung in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, Zürich, Schweiz, 24. Juni 2026.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.