Olivia Frigo-Charles

Olivia Frigo-Charles
ZHAW
School of Social Work
Institute of Diversity and Social Integration
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8005 Zürich
Personal profile
Position at the ZHAW
Research Assistant, Institute of Diversity and Social Integration, ZHAW Social Work
www.zhaw.ch/de/sozialearbeit/institute-zentren/ivgt/
Expertise and research interests
Gender relations in private and public spheres; masculinities and femininities from a cultural studies perspective, intersectionality, ethnographic methods, (youth) participation, deindustrialisation, postindustrialism, community studies
Educational background
2022 - today: PhD candidate, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
Dissertation project: "Left behind? Formations of crisis and community in deindustrialised South Wales"
2019-2021: Master of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Zurich (Major Empirical Cultural Studies; Minor Gender Studies).
09.2020-12.2020: term abroad during the master's program at the University of Cambridge (MPhil in Social Anthropology with a focus on "Gender, Kinship and Care")
2016-2019: Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Zurich (Major Empirical Cultural Studies; Minor Educational Studies)
Professional milestones
09.2021-present: Research assistant, Institute of Diversity and Social Integration, ZHAW Social Work
09.2021-12.2021: Teaching Assistant: tutorage for the Bachelor module "Everyday Cultures: Histories, Theories, Fields" (Prof. Dr. Moritz Ege), Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
02.2021-06.2021: Teaching Assistant: tutorage for the Bachelor module "Popular Literatures and Media: History, Theories, Fields" (Prof. Dr. Christine Lötscher), Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
02.2021-06.2021: Conception and realisiation of a student colloquium entitled "Compatibility of family and work from a cultural studies perspective", Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich
09.2019-08.2020: Intern Events and Communication, Karl der Grosse, City of Zurich
2016-2020: Various part-time jobs
08.2015-11.2015: Internship at a children's home in Sicily, Italy
Membership of networks
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, Sektion Zürich
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Geschlechterforschung SGGF
- ORCID (Portraitseite)
Projects
- Pandemic-resilient Space for Sustainable Cities - Urban Places for the Pandemic Resilience of Young People. / Team member / Project ongoing
- Accompanying evaluation of the Disability Rights Action Plan / Team member / Project ongoing
- Niederschwellige Partizipation von Kindern und Jugendlichen / Team member / Project ongoing
- Institutional prevention of sexual violence in socio-educational institutions / Team member / Project ongoing
- Gewaltprävention bei (potenziellen) Tatpersonen / Team member / Project completed
- Politische Partizipationsformen und Motivation von Jugendlichen sich zu engagieren / Team member / Project completed
- Gewaltprävention bei besonders vulnerablen Betroffenengruppen häuslicher Gewalt (GbvG) / Team member / Project completed
- Partizipatives Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt: Stärkung der Partizipation von Jugendlichen / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Frigo-Charles, Olivia,
2023.
1. Auflage.
Zürich:
Universität Zürich, Institut für Sozialanthropologie und Empirische Kulturwissenschaft – Populäre Kulturen.
Werkstücke ; 13.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27682
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Kaschlik, Anke; Brandenberg, Elias; Frigo-Charles, Olivia; Nägeli, Tobias; Mey, Eva; Hollenbach, Pia,
2023.
In:
SNSF Corona Research Conference, Thun, Switzerland, 21-23 March 2023.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27770
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Nef, Susanne; Baier, Dirk; Adili, Kushtrim; Frigo-Charles, Olivia; Sager, Daniela; Wardak, Sabera,
2022.
Zürich:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27129
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Nef, Susanne; Frigo-Charles, Olivia; Pizzera, Michele; Streckeisen, Peter; Gisiger, Jasmin; Gertel, Ethan; Suppa, Anna,
2022.
Politische Partizipationsformen und Motivation von Jugendlichen sich zu engagieren.
Beiträge zur Sozialen Sicherheit
; 15/22.
Bern:
Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26268