Dr. Elisabeth Bühler-Conrad
Curriculum Vitae
since 2010 | Project collaborator National Research Programme 60 "Gender Equality" |
2010 | Expert Lares (Frauen setzen Zeichen bei Bau und Planung) |
2005-2009 | Project leader National Research Programme NFP 54 "Sustainable Development of the Built Environment" |
2003-2005 | Project leader Scientific Analyses Programme Census 2000 |
1998-2001 | Project leader Swiss Priority Programme "Zukunft Schweiz" |
Since 1992 | Senior research associate and lecturer |
1989-1992 | Research assistant National Research Programme 25 "Stadt und Verkehr" |
1987-1989 | Research associate |
1984 | Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Zurich |
1978-1982 | Research assistant National Research Programme 5 "Regional Problems" |
1972-1977 | Studies of Geography, Anthropology, Geology and Mathematics at the University of Zurich |
Areas of specialisation
- Theories of gender relations
- Comparative analyses of gender inequalities in different territorial contexts, combining quantitative and qualitative methods
- Gendered appropriation of public spaces
- Regional development inequalities in Switzerland and policy evaluation
Memberships
- Member of Lares (Frauen setzen Zeichen bei Bau und Planung)
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Commission on Gender and Geography of the IGU
- Member of the Centre of Competence for Gender Studies at the University of Zurich KGS
- Member of the "Arbeitskreis Geographie und Geschlecht" of German-speaking geographers
- Member of the Association for Feminist Science Switzerland FemWiss
- Member of the Geographic-Ethnographic Society of Zurich GEGZ
- Member of the Swiss Society for Applied Research in Geography SGAG
- Member of the Gender Study Group at the Department of Geography Zurich GSG