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Aug 2022 – Mar 2025

Research Assistant – Chair of Prof. Rost

Institute of Sociology, UZH

Project: Cantonal Banks, SECO/ECOFACT Study, URPP Digital Religion(s)

Supervision: Prof. Dr. Katja Rost

As a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Katja Rost, I contributed to various research projects.

Historical Cantonal Bank Data (2022–2024)

Preparation and analysis of over 10,000 historical data points on Swiss cantonal banks (from 1900). Data cleaning and transformation with R and Python, statistical modeling of long-term trends, and creation of visualizations for publications in the sociology of money.

SECO/ECOFACT – Responsible Business Conduct (2022–2023)

Study commissioned by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) on the implementation of due diligence by Swiss companies, in collaboration with ECOFACT AG. Contributions to the study text and results reports, coordination with business associations and chambers of commerce to increase survey response rates, and proofreading of the publication.

URPP Digital Religion(s) – Religious Communities in Switzerland (2023–2024)

Systematic coding of websites of religious communities across Swiss cantons following a predefined coding scheme. Proofreading of cantonal reports and case studies. Contributions to a research paper on the legitimation of digital media in monasteries and a short paper on deselection institutions in religious organizations (EGOS conference 2024, Milan). Collaboration with Jan Danko.

RPythonData CleaningProofreadingCodingQuestionnaire Design