April - Sept. 2012
Visiting scientist at the Department of Geography, University of Washington in Seattle (US) on invitation of Prof. Kim England

2012
Admission to the International Summer Institute of Economic Geography

2011
Awarded the Wiley­–Blackwell Publishers Area Prize for New Research in Geography
for the paper, ‘Anticipating the transition to parenthood: the contribution of Foucaultian discourse analysis to understanding life-course patterns’ (Area 43 397–404)

2010 -
Senior research and teaching associate (Oberassistentin) at the University of Zurich in Economic Geography

2010 -
Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the University of Basel in the project "Continuity and Change of Gender Inequalities in Educational and Vocational Pathways. A Mixed Methods Study", funded by the National Research Programme 60 of the Swiss National Science Foundation

2010
PhD in Sociology (University of Basel) - summa cum laude
Dissertation: "Life Plans. Young Adults caught between Individuality and Gender Norms"

2004 - 2010
Research and teaching associate at the University of Zurich in Economic Geography

2005
Admission to the PhD-Programme (Graduiertenkolleg) "Gender in Motion" of the University of Basel

2004
Master of Science in Geography (University of Zurich, Switzerland) - Award for outstanding examination results
Master Thesis: "The Gendered Division of Labour in Swiss Families"

2001 - 2002
Erasmus exchange year at the University of Sheffield (UK)

2001
Admission to the Swiss Study Foundation (Schweizerische Studienstiftung)

1998 - 2004
Studies in Geography, English Literature and Political Science at the University of Zurich

1997 - 1998
Language semester at the Wimbledon School of English in London (UK),
Cambridge Certificates of Advanced and Proficiency in English

1997
A-Levels (Matura) at the Christ-Koenig Kollegium in Nuolen (SZ) - Award for best A-Levels of the Year