Dr. Sarah Steinegger Sarah Steinegger

Biography

Professional experience

• Research Associate, Institute for Sociocultural Development, University of Applied Sciences and Art (since 2026)

• Development and Climate Policy Officer, Caritas Switzerland (part-time, 2026)

• Head of Development and Climate Policy, Caritas Switzerland (2025)

• PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Geography, University of Bern (2021-2025)

• Academic Trainee, State Secretariat for Migration (2020-2021)

• Research Assistant in Economic Geography, Institute of Geography, University of Zurich (part-time, 2019; 2020)

• Semester Assistant in Political Geography, Institute of Geography, University of Zurich (part-time, 2019-2020)

• Field Intern for a School Project in Madagaskar, Boky Mamiko (2018; 2019)

Training

• PhD in Geography and Sustainable Development, University of Bern (2021-2025)

• Spezialized Master in Geographies of Global Change: Resources, Markets and Development, University of Zurich (2018-2020)

• Bachelor in English and French Literature and Linguistics, as well as Human Geography, University of Zurich (2014-2018)