Karin Schwiter awarded ERC Advanced Grant
DSI Professorin Karin Schwiter has been awarded one of the coveted ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Over the next five years, she plans to study the problem of underemployment in Switzerland, the UK and the Netherlands.
DSI Professor Karin Schwiter is one of the first Swiss researchers to receive a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) following the agreement between Switzerland and the EU. The project «Not Enough Paid Hours: Understanding the Rise of Involuntary Part-Time Employment» by the labor geographer and UZH professor is being funded with one of the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants worth 2.5 million Swiss francs. Over the next five years, Schwiter and her team will investigate the problem of underemployment and involuntary part-time work in Europe.
The Digital Society Initiative congratulates Karin Schwiter and wishes her and her team every success with the research project.
More about her project can be read in the UZH News. Karin Schwiter has already addressed the issue of involuntary part-time work in the first season of the DSI Spotlights.