Dr. Elisabeth Buehler

Senior Research Associate and Lecturer (Oberassistentin)

Affiliation: Unit of Economic Geography and Planning Dep. of Geography, University of Zurich


Below you will find a short CV, information about my teaching, Master-Diplomarbeiten , research, publications and some related links to my work.

Short curriculum vitae
Professional activities and education
Since 2010     Project collaborator National Research Programme 60 "Gender Equality"
2005-2009      Project leader National Research Programme NFP 54 "Sustainable Development of the Built Environment"
2003-2005      Project leader Scientific Analyses Programme Census 2000

1998-2001      Project leader Swiss Priority Programme "Zukunft Schweiz"

Since 1992     Senior research associate and lecturer
1989-1992      Research assistent National Research Programme 25 "Stadt und Verkehr"
1987-1989      Research associate
1984              Ph. D. in Geography at the University of Zurich
1978-1982      Research assistant National Research Programme 5 "Regional Problems"
1972-1977      Studies of Geography, Anthropology, Geology und Mathematics at the University of Zurich

Areas of specialisation

° Theories of gender relations
° Comparative analyses of gender inequalities in different territorial contexts,
combining quantitative and qualitative methods
° Gendered appropriation of public spaces
° Regional development inequalities in Switzerland and policy evaluation


Memberships

° Member of the Steering Committee of the Commission on Gender and Geography of the IGU (see IGU)

° Member of the Center of Competence for Gender Studies at the University of Zurich (see KGS)
° Member of the "Arbeitskreis Geographie und Geschlecht" of German-speaking geographers
° Member of the Association for Feminist Science Switzerland (see FemWiss)
° Member of the Academic Society for Women and Gender Studies Switzerland
° Member of the Geographic-Ethnographic Society of Zurich (see GEGZ)
° Member of the Swiss Society for Applied Research in Geography (SGAG)
° Member of the Gender Study Group at the Department of Geography Zurich (see Gender Study Group)



Teaching (German only)



  
 
ARCHIV (Lehrveranstaltungen ab 2004)



Betreute Master- und Diplomarbeiten



   
Current Research Projects

Understanding Inequalities of Access to Spaces of Paid Work: The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity

Duration: 2011-2013
This joint research project between the Geography Departments of the Universities of Bern (PL Yvonne Riano, Doris Wastl-Walter) and Zürich (Elisabeth Bühler) is carried out within the framework of the National Research Program NRP 60 ‘Gender Equality’. Project abstract –> pdf 1 MB –> research database UZH



Information on completed projects


 Recommended Links 


Unit of Economic Geography

May 3, 2012 Elisabeth Bühler