Ines Wenger

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

PhD student

https//www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/institute-zentren/ier/

Expertise and research interests

Play, playgrounds, children, children with disabilities, participation, inclusion

Educational background

since 2021 continuation as a PhD student within the P4Play Project Agreement No 861257)at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and University College Cork, Ireland

since 2018 PhD student at the Division of Occupational Therapy, Health and Rehabilitation, Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

2015-2017 European Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
(Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; University College Zealand, Naestved, Denmark; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland; University of Brighton, Eastbourne, United Kingdom)

2008 - 2011 Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
(Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland)

Membership of networks

• ErgotherapeutInnen Verband Schweiz (EVS)
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)
• Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research
• European Academy of Childhood Disability
• P4PLAY: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network - European Joint Doctorates programme in Occupational Science for Occupational Therapists

Projects

• P4Play - european doctorial program for occupational science / Team member / Project ongoing

Publications

• Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Lundström, Ulrica; Lynch, Helen; Schulze, Christina,

  2022.

  Designing inclusive playgrounds in Switzerland : why is it so complex?.

  Children's Geographies.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2022.2077093

• Stettler, Simona; Haas, Miranda; Wenger, Ines; Egger, Selina; Schulze, Christina,

  2022.

  „Alles ist möglich!“ : das Spielerleben von Kindern mit Zerebralparese auf einem inklusiven Spielplatz.

  Ergoscience.

  17(2), pp. 54-61.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2443/skv-s-2022-54020220202

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina; Lundström, Ulrica; Prellwitz, Maria,

  2021.

  Children's perceptions of playing on inclusive playgrounds : a qualitative study.

  Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

  28(2), pp. 136-146.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2020.1810768

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina; Kottorp, Anders Börje Mauritz,

  2020.

  Are the American normative standard scores applicable to the German version of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-G)?.

  Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2020.1726452

• Wenger, Ines; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina,

  2021.

  If I could build... : empowering the voices of children with disabilities in playground planning [poster].

  In:

  3rd Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research, Zurich, 23-24 November 2021.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733919

• Loudoun, Fiona; Wenger, Ines; Boyle, Brian; Larsson-Lund, Maria; Prellwitz, Maria; Lynch, Helen; Schulze, Christina,

  2021.

  P4PLAY: researching people, place, policy and practice for play from the lens of occupational science : "Oh’ the places you’ll go: children’s adventures in real world and digital playgrounds" [poster].

  In:

  Play 2021 : A conference on children, play and space, Brimingham, 7-8 July 2021.

• Weise, Andrea; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Vinçon, Sabine; Wenger, Ines,

  2022.

  Occupational Science aus der Perspektive von drei Studierenden des europäischen Doktoratsprogramms P4PLAY.

  Ergoscience.

  17(2), pp. 76-77.

• Roos, Kim Caroline; Wenger, Ines; Sowe, Rahel; Indermühle, Yvonne,

  2018.

  Addressing barriers to work for asylum seekers : report from Switzerland.

  World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin.

  74(2), pp. 123-127.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2018.1540100

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina,

  2018.

  Gemeinsam auf dem Spielplatz.

  Forum - Mitgliedermagazin des BVF.

  95, pp. 24-30.

• Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Schulze, Christina,

  2022.

  Start the inclusive playground r-evolution : identifying aspects to promote social inclusion.

  In:

  18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Occupational R-Evolution, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.

• Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Schulze, Christina; Lynch, Helen,

  2022.

  Playspaces within playspaces : exploring children’s experiences of play occupation within playgrounds.

  In:

  Inaugural World Occupational Science Conference (WOSC), Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 August 2022.

• Wenger, Ines,

  2022.

  Playgrounds for all! : the centrality of the social environment in playground design.

  In:

  18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Occupational R-Evolution, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina; Lundström, Ulrica; Prellwitz, Maria,

  2021.

  Can we play together? : inclusive playgrounds as an example to enhance resilience in public spaces.

  In:

  2nd COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, Prague, Czech Republic (online), 15-18 September 2021.

• Ballmer, Thomas Michael; Schulze, Christina; Wenger, Ines; Gantschnig, Brigitte,

  2021.

  Inklusive Begegnungs(t)räume co-kreativ gestalten : die ergotherapeutische Perspektive.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2021.

  INUAS Konferenz 2021 "Urbane Transformationen: Ressourcen", Online, 3.-5. März 2021.

  HM Hochschule München.

  pp. 286-288.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INUAS2021_Book-of-Abstract_FINAL.pdf

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina,

  2019.

  Spielen draussen als gesundheitsfördernde Massnahme bei Kindern : ein Bericht aus Praxis und Forschung.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

• Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina,

  2019.

  Spielplätze in der Schweiz : Partizipationsmöglichkeiten für alle.

  In:

  5. Kongress der Ergotherapie in der Schweiz, Locarno, 6. - 7. September 2019.

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