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Prof. Dr. Matthias Drilling

Prof. Dr. Matthias Drilling

Prof. Dr. Matthias Drilling

ZHAW School of Social Work
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8037 Zürich

+41 (0) 58 934 85 73
matthias.drilling@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Focus

Experience

  • Professor
    Department Social Work, Institute Diversity and Social Participation
    03 / 2025 - today
  • Visiting Professor
    University of Calgary CA, School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape
    09 / 2024 - 02 / 2025
  • Head of Institute
    University of Applied Sciences FHNW, School of Social Work FHNW
    06 / 2011 - 08 / 2024
  • Lecturer (parttime)
    University of Basel, Institut of Geography
    2008 - 2017
  • Professor
    University of Applied Sciences FHNW, School of Social Work FHNW
    1999 - 2011
  • Research Assistant
    University of Basel, Institut of Psychology
    1997 - 1999
  • Managing Director
    Human Rights Organization Switzerland-Philippines
    1996 - 1999
  • Research Assistant
    University of Basel, Institut of Philosophy
    1995 - 1997
  • Research Fellow
    University of Basel, Institut of Geography
    1993 - 1995

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • Consultant (licenced)
    Sustainable German Building Council
    2022 - 2023
  • MAS Leadership and Change Management / Institute of Applied Psychology
    Zurich University of Applied Sccence
    2013 - 2016
  • Spatial Planner MAS ETH / Spatial Planning
    ETH Zurich
    2007 - 2009
  • PhD / Social Geography
    University Freiburg
    2001 - 2004
  • M.A. / Social Geography
    University Freiburg
    1987 - 1993

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7500-3551

Awards

Social media

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Books and monographs, peer-reviewed

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Other publications

Temesvary, Z., Roduit, S. & Drilling, M. (2025) Health vulnerabilities of undocumented central and eastern European migrants in Switzerland. Journal of Migration and Health (11), 100327.