Loretta Walther

Zuständigkeitsbereiche

PhD student in the SNSF project “Strafen, schützen, erziehen? Perspektiven auf die Jugendstrafuntersuchung"

Advanced Module "Biographische Herausforderungen und Lebensführung" (BSc)
Handlungsfelder 2 (BSc)
Studienarbeiten (BSc)
Praxisbegleitungen (BSc)
Specialized Module "Large language models for social work research and practice (in English)" (FS24) (BSc)
Specialized Module "Forschungswerkstatt - Fokus: Artificial Intelligence in Social Work - Fundamentals, Applications and Research Methods (in English) (FS25) (BSc)
Bachelorthesen Zweitgutachten (BSc)

since 11.2025 PhD Student, Bern University of Applied Sciences
02.2025-01.2026 Scientific staff member at the Institute for Childhood, Youth, and Family, Bern University of Applied Sciences
08.2023-01.2025 Scientific assistant at the Institute for Childhood, Youth, and Family, Bern University of Applied Sciences
02.2023-07.2023 Student assistant at the Institute for Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies, Bern University of Applied Sciences
03.2022-09.2022 Social education worker in assisted living, Stiftung Lebensart, Bärau
08.2021-02.2022 Internship in social pedagogy in assisted living, Stiftung Lebensart, Bärau
02.2020-03.2021 Internship in child and youth work, Regionale Offene Kinder- und Jugendarbeit ROKJA, Uetendorf
08.2019-09.2019 Workshop development and management for Juvenile Correction Centres, Human Rights Office, Cape Town
03.2018-06.2018 Internship in law and life orientation in the juvenile justice system, Human Rights Office, Cape Town

2024-2025 Certificate of Advanced Studies in University Didactics Bern University of Applied Sciences
2022-2024 Master of Science in Social Work Bern University of Applied Sciences
since 07.2020 Performance Scholarship Swiss Study Foundation
2019-2022 Bachelor of Science in Social Work Bern University of Applied Sciences
2017-2018 Diploma in "Russian as a foreign language" St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Since November 2023 Expert in the vocational matriculation examination in Social Work in the Canton of Bern
01.2023-07.2024 Student representative for the Department of Social Work in the University Assembly of the Bern University of Applied Sciences
April 2022 Participation in the New York Model United Nations (NMUN) with a focus on The Third Committee of the General Assembly, New York, USA
Since February 2021 Volunteer work in school-specific support for children and young people with migration experience, Verein beraber Bern