Tobias Kuhnert
Tobias Kuhnert
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Public Health
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Research Associate
- Co-head of the CAS Suicide Prevention programme
Focus
- qualitative research
- Grounded Theory
- sexual and gender diversity
- LGBTQAI+
- mental health
- healthcare provision
- intersectionality
Teaching
Teaching in interprofessional education
Education and Continuing education
Education
- MSc / Social Work
ZHAW
08 / 2019 - 08 / 2022 - BSc / Social Work
BFH
08 / 2011 - 08 / 2015
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Projects
- LGBTQ+ specific vs. sensitive health care in young adults - Needs and pathways / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy / Team member / completed
- Suicide attempts in young LGBTQ+ in Switzerland – contexts and help-seeking: A grounded theory study / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Pfister, A. et al. (2025) 'A model of how LGBTQ+ youth suicide attempts occur : empirically linking LGBTQ+ specific vs. non-specific factors', Journal of Homosexuality. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2025.2563799.
- Kuhnert, T. (2025) '«Und dann ist meine ganze Welt plötzlich farbig geworden» : Identitätsprozesse junger lesbischer und bi Frauen als Tanz zwischen Heteronormativität und lesbischem/bi Selbstbewusstsein', Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit / Revue suisse de travail social, (32), pp. 261–285. doi: 10.33058/szsa.2025.2977.
Books, peer-reviewed
Kuhnert, T. (2023) Identitätsprozesse junger lesbischer und bi Frauen : Tanz zwischen Heteronormativität und lesbischem/bi Selbstbewusstsein. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Tectum. doi: 10.5771/9783828879904.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Kuhnert, T. et al. (2025) 'A comprehensive model of LGBTQ+ youth suicide attempts to advance LGBTQ+-specific and -sensitive suicide prevention', in 33rd World International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Congress, Vienna, Austria, 10-13 June 2025.
- Kuhnert, T. et al. (2024) 'Suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth in Switzerland : an interpretive processual perspective', in 12th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion, Lodz, Poland, 17-18 June 2024.
Other publications
Kuhnert, T. (2025) eCasts 'Lebenslagen von LGBTQAI-Menschen'. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://oer-repository.switch.ch/edu-sharing/components/collections?id=49967a13-7602-456f-967a-137602156f79.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Erhardt, R. et al. (2025) 'Partizipation im Spagat : Erkenntnisse aus der Versorgungsforschung mit jungen LGBTQ+-Personen und Gesundheitsfachpersonen', in 4. Konferenz zur Vernetzung und Stärkung von Partizipation in der Wissenschaft (PartWiss 25), Leipzig, Deutschland, 12. - 14. November 2025.
- Kuhnert, T. and Pfister, A. (2025) 'Participatory approaches in LGBTQ+ youth healthcare research : insights from a Swiss study', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.290.
- Kuhnert, T. et al. (2025) 'A comprehensive model of LGBTQ+ youth suicide attempts to advance LGBTQ+-specific and -sensitive suicide prevention', in 33rd World International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Congress, Vienna, Austria, 10-13 June 2025.
- Pfister, A. et al. (2024) 'The "noise" of suicide attempts : relating LGBTQ+-specific vs. non-specific factors', in 17th European Public Health Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 November 2024.
- Kupferschmid, S. et al. (2024) 'Suizidversuche von LGBTQ+-Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen in der Schweiz : Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie', in XXXVIII. DGKJP Kongress, Rostock, Deutschland, 18. - 21. September 2024.
- Kuhnert, T. (2023) 'Psychische Gesundheit von LGBTQ+ Jugendlichen', in Fachtagung Social Workers Understanding LGBTQ+ Youth, Zürich, Schweiz, 8. Dezember 2023.
- Kuhnert, T. (2023) 'Project Presentation 'Suicide attempts in LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults in Switzerland'', in Network Meeting 'Swiss LGBTQIA+ Research Network', online, 9 March 2023.