Gisela Meier

Gisela Meier is a visiting researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen's Faculty of Educational Sciences (Institute for Social Work and Social Policy) and a research associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Social Work. Her work focuses on aging, poverty in old age, and participatory approaches in social work education.

• PhD Project: Qualitative study on pensioners in poverty in Switzerland who do not receive supplementary benefits.
• Methodology: Grounded theory (Strauss) applied during a mobility stay.

Her research emphasizes subject-oriented approaches and collaborations with service users in teaching contexts. She is affiliated with both the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the University of Duisburg-Essen's Working Group on Theory and Methods of Social Work.