Dr. Joel Gautschi

Work at ZHAW

Position

Researcher and Lecturer

Education and Continuing education

Expertise and research interests

- Child protection
- Judgement and decision-making
- Trust
- Virtual Reality and social work
- Quantitative research methodologies
- Experimental survey research (with Factorial Survey Approach)

Professional milestones

Lecturer and Researcher, School of Social Work, Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Researcher, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (2012-2021)

Research Assistant, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (2008-2011)

Social Worker, Solothurnische Beratungsstelle für Sehbehinderte, Olten, Switzerland (2004-2011)

Traineeship as Social Worker, Beratungsstelle der Suchthilfe Region Olten (Addictions Counselling Service), Switzerland (2007)

Software Developer (2002-2004)

Educational background

PhD in Social Work, University of Education, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (2014-2021)

Visiting PhD student (funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.Mobility grant), University of Groningen (Netherlands) (2017)

Master of Arts in Social Work, with emphasis on Social Innovation, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (2008-2011)

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (2004-2008)

Membership of networks

• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit (SGSA-SSTS)
• European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA)
• The Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the ESWRA
• Society for Social Work and Research
• European Inter-Disciplinary Social Legal Care Order Decision-Making Network
• Interessengemeinschaft für Qualität im Kindesschutz (IGQK)
• Fachkommission Forschung der SGSA
• International Research Network on Infants and Child Protection Systems
• Digital Futures Lab

Projects

• Social Virtual Reality: Training toolkit for the assessment of emotional maltreatment of children / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• The effectiveness of interventions to prevent child maltreatment / Project leader / Project completed
• Social work in Virtual Reality / Project leader / Project completed
• EuSARF 2021: International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Rüegger, Cornelia; Gautschi, Joel; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Rotzetter, Fabienne,

  2021.

  Bedeutung und Aufbau von Vertrauen in der sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung.

  GISo : Gesellschaft - Individuum - Sozialisation. Zeitschrift für Sozialisationsforschung.

  2(2).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.26043/GISo.2021.2.3

• Taylor, Brian; Killick, Campbell; Bertotti, Teresa; Enosh, Guy; Gautschi, Joel; Hietamäki, Johanna; Sicora, Alessandro; Whittaker, Andrew,

  2017.

  European social work research association SIG to study decisions, assessment, and risk.

  Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work.

  15(1), pp. 82-94.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2017.1394244

• Rüegger, Cornelia; Ormanns, Yann; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rack, Oliver,

  2017.

  Gefährdungsmeldungen bezüglich älterer Menschen im Erwachsenenschutz : wer meldet was und warum (nicht)?.

  Zeitschrift für Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutz.

  72(6), pp. 475-493.

• Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,

  2015.

  Nicht-standardisiertes Wissen und nicht-methodisiertes Können in der sozialen Diagnostik : Einblick in eine empirische Analyse im Feld der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe.

  Neue Praxis.

  45(3), pp. 270-279.

• Schilling, Sigrid; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia; Kurenkova, Olga; Shcherbakov, Gregori,

  2013.

  International cooperation in social work : some reflections on a Swiss-Russian cooperation project.

  Social Work & Society.

  11(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23446

• Gautschi, Joel,

  2021.

  Urteile und Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit in Kindeswohlabklärungen : Einflussfaktoren auf Fallbeurteilungen in einer multifaktoriellen, experimentellen Vignettenstudie.

  Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23075

• Schnurr, Stefan; Gautschi, Joel,

  2023.

  Child protection and children’s services in Switzerland

  .

  In:

  Duerr Berrick, Jill; Gilbert, Neil; Skivenes, Marit, eds.,

  The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems.

  New York:

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 356-380.

• Gautschi, Joel; Ghanem, Christian,

  2023.

  Methods for studying professional judgement in social work

  .

  In:

  Taylor, Brian J.; Fluke, John D.; Graham, J. Christopher; Keddell, Emily; Shlonsky, Aron; Whittaker, Andrew, eds.,

  The Sage handbook of decision making, assessment and risk in social work.

  London:

  Sage.

  pp. 133-142.

• Ghanem, Christian; Gautschi, Joel,

  2023.

  Theories of professional judgement

  .

  In:

  Taylor, Brian J.; Fluke, John D.; Graham, J. Christopher; Keddell, Emily; Shlonsky, Aron; Whittaker, Andrew, eds.,

  The Sage handbook of decision making, assessment and risk in social work.

  London:

  Sage.

  pp. 119-129.

• Rüegger, Cornelia; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel,

  2019.

  Zur Nutzung verschiedener Wissensformen in der Praxis Sozialer Arbeit : Erkenntnisse aus einer empirischen Analyse

  .

  In:

  Hollenstein, Lea; Kunz, Regula, eds.,

  Kasuistik in der Sozialen Arbeit : an Fällen Lernen in Praxis und Hochschule.

  Leverkusen:

  Barbara Budrich.

  pp. 53-71.

• Bastian, Pascal; Schrödter, Mark; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Grosse, Martin; Hunold, Martin; Rüegger, Cornelia,

  2018.

  Bauchgefühle in der Sozialen Arbeit

  .

  In:

  Kommission Sozialpädagogik, ed.,

  Wa(h)re Gefühle? Sozialpädagogische Emotionsarbeit im wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Kontext.

  Weinheim:

  Beltz Juventa.

  pp. 128-140.

• Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,

  2017.

  Die Bedeutung von nicht-standardisiertem Wissen in der Diagnostik Sozialer Arbeit : eine Fallanalyse zu "Erfahrungswissen" und "Spüren" in einem Fall aus dem Kindesschutz

  .

  In:

  Messmer, Heinz, ed.,

  Fallwissen : Wissensgebrauch in Praxiskontexten der Sozialen Arbeit.

  Opladen:

  Barbara Budrich.

  pp. 115-154.

• Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,

  2010.

  Objektivierung des objektivierenden Subjekts?! : Bourdieus Konzept der Reflexivität als Mittel der Reflexion von Fallrekonstruktionen

  .

  In:

  Haupert, Bernhard; Schilling, Sigrid; Maurer, Susanne, eds.,

  Biografiearbeit und Biografieforschung in der Sozialen Arbeit : Beiträge zu einer rekonstruktiven Perspektive sozialer Professionen.

  Bern:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 245-251.

• Du, Haoyang; Jia, Songkai; Gautschi, Joel; Quehenberger, Julia; Lätsch, David; Pan, Xueni,

  2023.

  Towards more child safety-oriented decisions through VR [poster].

  In:

  Du, Hoayang, ed.,

  2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW).

  30th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Shanghai, China, 25-29 March 2023.

  IEEE.

  pp. 687-688.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00186

• Rotzetter, Fabienne; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Rüegger, Cornelia; Gautschi, Joel,

  2022.

  Spannungsgeladene Vertrauensarbeit : Wie gelingt oder misslingt es, im Zwangskontext Vertrauen aufzubauen? Einige Antworten dazu aus einem Forschungsprojekt zum Feld der Sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung (SPF).

  SozialAktuell.

  (2), pp. 7-8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27647

• Gautschi, Joel; Benbenishty, Rami,

  2021.

  Empirical methods for studying decision-making in child welfare and protection

  .

  In:

  Fluke, John D.; López López, Mónica; Benbenishty, Rami; Knorth, Erik J.; Baumann, Donald J., eds.,

  Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection.

  New York:

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 57-80.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190059538.003.0003

• Baumgartner, Edgar; Gautschi, Joel; Ehrler, Franziska,

  2014.

  Ergänzungsleistungen für Familien : Erfahrungen aus dem Kanton Solothurn.

  Soziale Sicherheit: CHSS.

  (6), pp. 318-323.

  Available from: https://www.bsv.admin.ch/dam/bsv/de/dokumente/themenuebergreifend/publikationen/CHSS/chss-06-2014.pdf.download.pdf/de-06-2014.pdf

• Baumgartner, Edgar; Ehrler, Franziska; Gautschi, Joel,

  2014.

  Ergänzungsleistungen für Familien entlasten die Sozialhilfe.

  ZESO - die Zeitschrift für Sozialhilfe.

  2014(3), pp. 18-20.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-839638

• Baumgartner, Edgar; Ehrler, Franziska; Gautschi, Joel; Bochsler, Yann,

  2014.

  Evaluation der Ergänzungsleistungen für Familien im Kanton Solothurn : Schlussbericht.

  Olten:

  Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-729

• Wilhelm, Elena; Rüegger, Cornelia; Gautschi, Joel; Schilling, Sigrid; Kurenkova, Olga,

  2009.

  Professionalisierung der Sozialen Arbeit im Strafvollzug Russlands : Einblicke in ein transnationales Projekt.

  SozialAktuell.

  2009(11), pp. 38-40.

• Gautschi, Joel; Quehenberger, Julia; Lätsch, David; Du, Haoyang; Jia, Songkai; Pan, Xueni,

  2023.

  Is professionals’ empathy associated with safety-oriented decisions in child protection? : findings from an experimental virtual reality study.

  In:

  17th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton, United Kingdom, 12-15 September 2023.

• Gautschi, Joel; Lätsch, David,

  2023.

  The effectiveness of interventions to prevent child maltreatment : an umbrella review.

  In:

  12th European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR), Milan, Italy, 12-14 April 2023.

• Gautschi, Joel,

  2023.

  Entscheidungsprozesse, Institutionalisierungen und Rationalitäten im Kinderschutz in der Schweiz.

  In:

  Workshop Entscheidungsprozesse, Institutionalisierungen und Rationalitäten im Kinderschutz : Perspektiven des internationalen Vergleichs, online, 23. Februar 2023.

• Fellmann, Lukas; Gautschi, Joel; Haunberger, Sigrid; Hümbelin, Oliver; Kessler, Dorian; Maggiori, Christian; Sepahniya, Samin,

  2022.

  Quantitative research methods in social work education : status and development potentials​.

  In:

  SGSA Forum «Transformationen Sozialer Arbeit», FHNW, online, 25. November 2022.

• Gautschi, Joel,

  2022.

  Disagreement among professionals in judgements about risk and the need for out-of-home placement : results on the extent and possible determinants of disagreement in a Swiss vignette study.

  In:

  ISPCAN Québec City Congress, online, 28-30 March 2022.

• Gautschi, Joel,

  2022.

  (Dis)agreement among professionals on child protection assessments in cases of neglect : results from a multifactorial experimental vignette study in Switzerland.

  In:

  26rd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington DC; USA (online), 12-16 January 2022.

  Available from: https://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2022/webprogram/Paper46544.html

• Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia; Rotzetter, Fabienne,

  2021.

  How to investigate trust : experiences from a research project on trust in mandatory social work.

  In:

  Symposium on „Trust in helping, therapeutic and pedagogical relationships“, Muttenz, 3-5 November 2021.

• Gautschi, Joel; Middel, Floor; Fluke, John D.; Hollinshead, Dana,

  2021.

  Decision-making in child welfare and protection : reflections on inequalities and inconsistencies.

  In:

  2nd Annual Kempe International Virtual Conference "A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare", online, 4-7 October 2021.

• Fluke, John D.; Hollinshead, Dana; Middel, Floor; Gautschi, Joel; Alexander, Kate,

  2021.

  Decision-making in child welfare and protection : aspirations for heathy systems.

  In:

  2nd Annual Kempe International Virtual Conference "A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare", online, 4-7 October 2021.

• Tausendfreund, Tim; Gautschi, Joel,

  2021.

  Trends in teaching quantitative research methods.

  In:

  11th Workshop of the Swiss Society for Social Work (SGSA-SSTS) Research Commission "Quantitative Research Methods in Social Work Education in Switzerland: Current State and Future Developments", Bern, Switzerland, 17 September 2021.

• Gautschi, Joel; Benbenishty, Rami,

  2021.

  Empirical methods for studying decision making in child welfare and protection.

  In:

  16th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zurich (online), 1-3 September 2021.

• Becker, Roland; Rotzetter, Fabienne; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,

  2021.

  Professional challenges of trust building processes in mandatory social pedagogical family support settings.

  In:

  16th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zurich (online), 1-3 September 2021.

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