Homelessness in Croatian and Swiss Cities

Is homelessness in Switzerland similar to homelessness in Croatia? And can a comparative study help developing an European social policy?

Laufzeit: 2019–2022

Finanzierung: Croatian-Swiss Research Programme, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds

Our qualitative ethnographic study seeks to break new ground in social research on homelessness by delivering a better understanding of the dimensions and impact of exclusion on people who are homeless in cities of Switzerland and Croatia. This comparative approach is of relevance because homelessness as a social phenomenon and as a manifestation of poverty takes different forms depending on economic, political, legislative and social factors in a given social system and context. For this reason, inclusive strategies need to be developed in a contextually-sensitive framework and based on scientific knowledge and reflection. Concepts of social inclusion and exclusion are closely related and social exclusion and inclusion can be seen as two ends of a single dimension wherein homelessness has been identified as the most extreme manifestation of social exclusion.

In cooperation with social science research institute Ivo Pilar Zagreb, Dr. Lynette Šikic-Micanovic.

Publikationen

Drilling, M., Küng, M. & Dittmann, J. (2024)
Homelessness in Switzerland: Federalist pathways between ignoring, passing on responsibility for and proactive prevention of homelessness. In: Bevan, C. (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy. London: Taylor & Francis. 205-221.

Drilling, M., Dittmann, J., Böhnel, M. & Iyadurai, G. (2024)
Haphazard Approaches to Pandemic Planning: Exploring ‚We‘ and ‚The Others‘ Dynamics. In: Schiff, R., Wilkinson, A., Cullingham, S. & Buccieri K. (ed.), Pandemic preparedness and homelessness: International lessons from COVID-19. Toronto: The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. Pp. 451-472. Download

Drilling, M., Böhnel, M., Mühlethaler, E. & Iyadurai, G. (2024)
Zur Neuvermessung und Neukonstruktion von Obdachlosigkeit in pandemischen Zeiten. In: Sowa, F., Heinrich, M. & Heinzelmann, F. (Hrsg.), Obdach- und Wohnungslosigkeit in pandemischen Zeiten. Bielefeld: Transkript Verlag. S. 129-144. ISBN 978-3-8376-6060-9. Download

Roduit, S., Dittmann, J., Dietrich, S., Drilling, M., & Young, C. (2022)
Recherche sur le sans-abrisme dans le mode de travail social transformatif. Sur la relation entre connaissance, relevance et innovation sociale. In: M. Chimienti, V. Cretton, P. Maeder, C. Maggiori, I. Probst, & S. Rullac (Hrsg.), Innovation et intervention sociales : impacts, méthodes et mises en œuvre dans les domaines de la santé et de l’action sociale. Seismo.

Iyadurai, G., Mühlethaler, E. & Drilling, M (2022)
Momente der Inklusion und Exklusion in der schweizerischen und kroatischen Obdachlosenhilfe aus einer sozialarbeiterischen Perspektive. In: Baier, Florian/Borrmann, Stefan/Hefel, Johanna M./Thiessen, Barbara (Hrsg.). Europäische Gesellschaften zwischen Kohäsion und Spaltung. Rolle, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven Sozialer Arbeit. Leverkusen-Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.

Drilling, M. (2022)
Social work as a transformative science: the importance of relevance structures in knowledge production. The British Journal of Social Work, 2949–2965. Download

Drilling, M., Mühlethaler, E., Iyadurai, G. & Dittmann, J. (2021)
Homelessness Research and Policy in Switzerland – a first country report embedded in the UN and European framework. European Journal of Homelessness (15) 1, pp. 183-210. Download

Drilling, M., Mühlethaler, E. & Iyadurai, G. (2020)
Obdachlosigkeit Erster Länderbericht Schweiz. Muttenz: ISOS. Download deutsch, Download english

Temesvary, Z. (2019)
Hungarian Homeless People in Basel: Homelessness and Social Exclusion from a Lifeworld-oriented Social Work Perspective. European Journal of Homelessness 13 (2). 27-49. Download

Temesvary, Z. (2019)
Egy jobb élet reményében: Magyar hajléktalanok Bázelben. Párbeszéd Szociális Szakmai Folyóirat, 6(2). Download

Drilling, M. & Dittmann, J. (2019)
Obdach- und Wohnungslosigkeit: die gravierendste Form der Armut. In: Zeitschrift für Sozialhilfe (ZESO), 2/19, 22-24.

Team

Jadranka Rebeka Anic
Jörg Dittmann
Matthias Drilling
Gosalya Lyadurai
Esther Mühlethaler
Lynette Šikić-Mićanović

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