Rebekka Ehret

Rebekka Ehret serves as Lecturer and project manager at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) within the School of Social Work's Institute for Sociocultural Development, and concurrently lectures at the University of Basel's Institute of Sociology. Her career spans over three decades with significant contributions to migration studies and diversity management across Swiss and international contexts.

Educational background includes a doctorate in ethnology with English studies minor from the University of Basel (1998), complemented by continuing education in higher education didactics (2000-2001), human resources management (1999), communication (1995), and language/speech training (1994).

• Doctorate: Ethnology, University of Basel (1998)
• Lecturer Program: Higher Education Didactics, University of Basel (2000-2001)
• Continuing Education: Human Resources Management, University of Basel (1999)
• Continuing Education: Communication, University of Basel (1995)
• Continuing Education: Language/Speech, University of Basel (1994)

Ehret's research centers on migration integration, intercultural communication, and diversity management, with emphasis on practical applications in Swiss social institutions. Her work consistently examines power dynamics in migrant counseling, healthcare accessibility for diverse populations, and community-based integration models. She employs emic-etic analytical frameworks to bridge theoretical concepts with frontline social work practice, particularly focusing on refugee children and institutional diversity implementation.

Publication trends from 2014-2024 reveal sustained engagement with intersectionality in disability/migration contexts, structural barriers in healthcare, and migrant potential utilization in community development. Her 2024 book chapter advances an emic-etic model for counseling centers, while earlier works analyze young refugee situations (2016) and diversity curriculum implementation (2018), demonstrating methodological evolution from descriptive case studies to theoretical model-building.

Project leadership includes the SWEET LANTERN energy transition initiative, Uri canton's migrant counseling evaluation, Tourism Microentrepreneurship for social inclusion, and anti-racist teaching development for Social Work bachelor programs. These reflect her dual focus on macro-level policy frameworks and micro-level community interventions, often involving collaborative partnerships with Swiss cantonal authorities and international bodies like the Special Court for Sierra Leone.