Dr. Karin Schwiter
Teaching
Fall Semester 2012
- Master course GEO432: Work, Gender and Space: Ungleichheiten in der neoliberalen Stadt (team teaching with Christian Berndt)
Spring Semester 2012
- Seminar GEO242.2 / GEO 742, Economic Geography III: Labour Geographies (team teaching with Heidi Kaspar and Simon Sontowski); Programme (PDF, 117 Kb), Details VVZ
Fall Semester 2011
- Project seminar GEO362 in Economic Geography: The Care Economy (team teaching with Christian Berndt, Pascal Goeke, Peter Latzke, Moritz Schmidt & Jasmine Truong); Programme (PDF, 81 Kb), Details VVZ
Spring Semester 2011
- Seminar GEO242.2 in Economic Geography: Labour Geographies (team teaching with Elisabeth Bühler & Heidi Kaspar); Details VVZ
- Workshop "Discourse Analysis" in the Summer School of the PhD Programme "Gender: Prescripts and Transcripts" of the University of Bern.
Fall Semester 2010
- Project seminar GEO313 in Economic Geography: Low-wage work in the service sector (team teaching with Christian Berndt, Pascal Goeke, Peter Latzke, Catherine Robin & Jasmine Truong); Programme (PDF, 75 Kb) Details VVZ
- Lecture GEO232.2: Economic Geography II: Processes of Economic Globalization (team teaching with Christian Berndt & Pascal Goeke) Details VVZ
Spring Semester 2010
- Lecture GEO126/323: Introduction to Spacial Planning (Lectureship of the University and the ETH Zurich); Programme (PDF, 51 Kb) Details VVZ
- Seminar: Qualitative Research Methods (Lectureship of the University of Basel),Details (PDF, 58 Kb)
- Contributing to the lecture GEO213.2: Economic Geography II, Details
Fall Semester 2009
- Seminar GEO432.2: Discussing Theories of Space and Gender, Details (PDF, 46 Kb)
- Seminar GEO432.3: Applying Discourse Analysis to Constructions of Space and Gender, Details (PDF, 44 Kb)
Spring Semester 2009
- Lecture: Introduction to Spacial Planning (Lectureship of the University and the ETH Zurich), Details (PDF, 50 Kb)
Fall Semesters 2006, 2007 and 2008
- Seminar on Gender and Space, Details (PDF, 55 Kb)
Assistant Teaching
Summer Semester 2006
- Methods and Approaches in Economic Geography, Details (PDF, 47 Kb)
Winter Semester 2005/06
- Seminar on Economic Geography: Spatial development in Switzerland, Details (PDF, 118 Kb)
Summer Semester 2005
- Seminar on Economic Geography: The new member states of the EU. Details (PDF, 82 Kb)
- Methods and Approaches in Economic Geography, Details (PDF, 37 Kb)
Winter Semester 2004/05
- Seminar on Economic Geography: Gender Studies in the field of Economic Geography. Details (PDF, 132 Kb)
Supervision of Mastertheses
Truong, Jasmine (2011) Arbeit, Arbeitsidentität, Arbeitsplatz. Die neuen Wanderarbeiterinnen in der Sorgewirtschaft. (Co-tutoring with Christian Berndt) Thesis (PDF, 1.0 Mb)
Buner, Gérard (2010) Raumwahrnehmung Agglo Obersee - Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung der Raumwahrnehmung der Bevölkerung und der Gemeindevertreter in der Agglomeration Obersee
Gisler, Daniel (2010) Positivplannung von verkehrsintensiven Einrichtunge. Eine Fallstudie am Standort Rosenberg, Winterthur (Co-tutoring with André Odermatt)
Benz, Claude (2008) Die "neuen Väter". Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung über die Darstellung einer sich ändernden Vaterrolle in den Printmedien Tages-Anzeiger und Le Temps. Thesis (PDF, 1.5 Mb)
Salzmann, Stefan (2008) Migration for education: Studying abroad and return to the home country. The example of Kyrgyz University graduates. Thesis (PDF, 3.4 Mb) (Co-tutoring with Susan Thieme of the Human Geography Division)
Services to the University of Zurich
2011-
Representative of the academic staff in the university senate
2011
Member of the commission for the development of the Bsc and MSc curriculum in geography
2010 -
Member of the research commission (Forschungskommission) of the faculty of science
2010 -
Representative of the academic staff in the faculty assembly
2007 - 2008
Member of the organizing group for the Natural-Sciences-Day on April 19th 2008, which was part of the University of Zurich's 175-year Jubilee
2005 - 2006
Member of the commission for the appointment of a new assistant professor in human geography
