Dr. Christopher Young Christopher Young

Senior Research Associate

Lucerne School of Social Work

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Institute of Sociocultural Development

Senior Research Associate

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Biography

Professional experience

  • Senior Research Associate at Lucerne School of Social Work (since 2021)
  • Researcher at the FHNW School of Social Work in Muttenz (2020-2021)
  • Researcher and Post-Doc at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf (2015-2019)
  • Teaching fellow at the University of Fribourg, Department of Social Work and Social Politics (2007-2014)

Training

  • Doctorate in sociology, University of Fribourg (2015)
  • MA in sociology, economics und history of art, University of Zurich (2006)

 

Projects

Research projects

  • SWEET Lantern: WP8 Energy communities and cooperatives
  • Nachfragemonitor Mietwohnungen
  • GENTE: Distributed Governance for green ENergy communiTiEs
  • ITC Visualisierung der Energiewende in LuzernSüd
  • ITC Visualisierung der Energiewende in LuzernSüd
  • Quartierbezogene erneuerbare Energien
  • ITC Baukultur konkret: Auf der Suche nach wegweisenden Quartieren
  • ITC Baukultur konkret: Auf der Suche nach wegweisenden Quartieren
  • ITC - Visualisierung von Energietransition und CO2-Absenkung für Gemeinden

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Young, Christopher & Bauer, Nicole (2022). Eviction from paradise: Lived experience, psycho-social and health effects of allotment garden loss. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 75, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127708
  • Young, Christopher (2020). Psychological restoration in urban gardens related to garden type, biodiversity and garden-related stress. Landscape and Urban Planning, 198, 103777. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103777
  • Young, Christopher (2019). Research Note: Garden-owner reported habitat heterogeneity predicts plant species richness in urban gardens. Landscape and Urban Planning, 185, 222-227. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.01.013

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Dittmann, Jörg; Dietrich, Simone; Roduit, Sabrina; Young, Christopher & Drilling, Matthias (2021). Obdachlosigkeit in der Schweiz – was wissen wir darüber? SozialAktuell, Die Fachzeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit, 53(6), 12-15.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Roduit, Sabrina; Dittmann, Jörg; Dietrich, Simone; Drilling, Matthias & Young, Christopher (2022). Etre sans-abri en temps de crise sanitaire face à la variabilité des réponses institutionelles. In Emilie Rosenstein; Serge Mimouni (Hrsg.), COVID-19: Les politiques sociales à l'épreuve de la pandémie (S. 157-172). Genève: Seismo Verlag.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Dittmann, Jörg; Dietrich, Simone; Stroezel, Holger; Drilling, Matthias; Young, Christopher & Roduit, Sabrina (2022). Ausmass, Profil und Erklärungen der Obdachlosigkeit in 8 der grössten Städte der Schweiz (LIVES Working Paper No. 93).

Publications and presentations - Theses (Bachelor/Master/Dissertation/Habilitation)

  • Young, Christopher (2018). Narrative im Justizvollzug: Identitäten von Mitarbeitenden, medialer Diskurs und historischer Kontext. Dissertation, Universität Fribourg, Schweiz.

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Young, Christopher; Bodammer, Alexa; Schmuziger, Alina; Willener, Alex; Sturm, Ulrike; Schluck, Thomas; Bolliger, Daniel & Villasmil, Willy (28.10.2021). Participatory renewable energy at neighborhood level. FTAL Conference 2021 – Sustainable smart cities and regions, Lugano.