Barbara Masotti

Researcher

Through SWISS100, I am interested in knowing about nature and experience of care – both formal and informal – in this specific period of life.

Current Positions

  • Researcher, Centre of Competence on Ageing, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
  • Research associate, Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva (UNIGE)

Educational Background

  • PhD in socioeconomics, University of Geneva
  • Master in Sociology, University of Fribourg
  • Bachelor in Social sciences, University of Fribourg

Prior Experience

  • Assistant, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care (DEASS-SUPSI)
  • Member of the National Center of Competence in Research LIVES – Overcoming vulnerability: Life course perspectives

Research Focus

  • Care and family ties during later life
  • Perception of changes and aging
  • Mixed methods

Additional Experiences/Mile Stones

  • VLV – Vivre Leben Vivere, CIGEV, LIVES (PhD student)
  • Pro Senectute Award

Role in Swiss100

  • Coordination of data collection in the Italian-speaking area
  • Analyses and publications on sociological characteristics in Swiss Centenarians