Dr. Joel Gautschi

Dr. Joel Gautschi
ZHAW
School of Social Work
Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8005 Zürich
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
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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
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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
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Rüegger, Cornelia; Ormanns, Yann; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rack, Oliver,
2017.
Zeitschrift für Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutz.
72(6), pp. 475-493.
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Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,
2015.
Neue Praxis.
45(3), pp. 270-279.
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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
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Gautschi, Joel,
2021.
Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23075
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rüegger, Cornelia; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel,
2019.
.
In:
Hollenstein, Lea; Kunz, Regula, eds.,
Kasuistik in der Sozialen Arbeit : an Fällen Lernen in Praxis und Hochschule.
Leverkusen:
Barbara Budrich.
pp. 53-71.
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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.
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Becker-Lenz, Roland; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,
2017.
.
In:
Messmer, Heinz, ed.,
Fallwissen : Wissensgebrauch in Praxiskontexten der Sozialen Arbeit.
Opladen:
Barbara Budrich.
pp. 115-154.
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Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,
2010.
.
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.
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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
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Rotzetter, Fabienne; Becker-Lenz, Roland; Rüegger, Cornelia; Gautschi, Joel,
2022.
SozialAktuell.
(2), pp. 7-8.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27647
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wilhelm, Elena; Rüegger, Cornelia; Gautschi, Joel; Schilling, Sigrid; Kurenkova, Olga,
2009.
SozialAktuell.
2009(11), pp. 38-40.
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Gautschi, Joel; Quehenberger, Julia; Lätsch, David; Du, Haoyang; Jia, Songkai; Pan, Xueni,
2023.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gautschi, Joel,
2022.
In:
ISPCAN Québec City Congress, online, 28-30 March 2022.
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Gautschi, Joel,
2022.
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Becker, Roland; Rotzetter, Fabienne; Gautschi, Joel; Rüegger, Cornelia,
2021.
In:
16th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zurich (online), 1-3 September 2021.