Eicher Véronique, Dr.

Eicher Véronique, Dr.

Phone:

+41 58 458 28 68

E-Mail:

veronique.eicher@ehb.swiss

Function:

Project manager

Division:

Research and development

Workplace:

Zollikofen

Research fields:

Evaluation Unit

Work experience

Depuis 2019 : Responsable de projet R&D, service d'évaluation de l'IFFP
2014 à 2019 : Maître d'enseignement et responsable de filière d'études master, Université des sciences appliquées de Zurich ZHAW, Département Travail social
2011 à 2014 : Senior researcher, Université de Lausanne
2009 à 2011 : Assistante scientifique, Formation universitaire à distance, Suisse
2008 à 2009 : Boursière du FNS, bourse pour chercheuses et chercheurs débutants
2006 à 2008 : Collaboratrice scientifique, Université de Fribourg

Teaching experience

Activité d’enseignement à l’Université des sciences appliquées de Zurich ZHAW, Département Travail social :

module de base sur les méthodes de recherche quantitatives (MSc)
module d’approfondissement sur les méthodes de recherche quantitatives (MSc)
module d’approfondissement sur les méthodes de gestion de projet (MSc)
module sur la rédaction et la défense du mémoire de master (MSc)

Activité d’enseignement à la Formation universitaire à distance, Suisse :

module sur la psychologie clinique sous la supervision du Prof. Perrez (BSc)

Mandates/Memberships

SEVAL - Société suisse d’évaluation
Société suisse de travail social

Projects

Evaluation of the Limmattal Training Centre’s ‘n47e8’ project (01.07.2019 - 31.10.2022)

Project-State:

In progress

As a competence centre for logistics and technology, the Limmattal Training Centre offers formal upper-secondary level vocational education and training (VET) and tertiary-level professional education as well as non-formal continuing education and... More information

Evaluation of Health Promotion Switzerland’s ‘Friendly Work Space Apprentice’ project (01.11.2019 - 15.09.2022)

Project-State:

In progress

Adolescence is an important time in life when health-influencing behaviours can emerge, become entrenched and have an impact over one’s entire life. It is therefore very important for adolescents to be shown ways to improve their health, which in turn... More information

Evaluation of LIFT youth project (01.01.2007 - 31.12.2021)

Project-State:

In progress

LIFT ( ' L eistungsfähig durch i ndividuelle F örderung und praktische T ätigkeit' , http://jugendprojekt-lift.ch/ ) is an integration and prevention project for young people that focuses on the transition from lower-secondary education to upper-... More information

Evaluation of the Allgemeine Berufsfachschule Zürich (ABZ)’s ‘Cooking talent class’ project (01.02.2018 - 31.12.2020)

Project-State:

Completed

The Allgemeine Berufsschule Zürich (ABZ) has introduced a cooking talent class where learners with above-average achievement are put together in the same class to further promote their excellence. The cooking talent class is comprised of around 18... More information

Publications

Eicher, V., & Balzer, L. (2020). Evaluation Projekt "Kochtalentklasse". Interner Zwischenbericht zur Kohorte 1 am Ende des 2. Lehrjahrs. Zollikofen: Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung EHB.

Type:

Reports

Eicher, V., & Balzer, L. (2020). Evaluation Projekt "Friendly Work Space Apprentice". Interner Bericht zum Ende der dritten Pilotphase (2019/2020). Zollikofen: Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung EHB.

Type:

Reports

Balzer, L., & Eicher, V. (2020). Neue Projekte laufend optimieren. Skilled, 1, 16.

Type:

Magazines & Media

Neue Projekte laufend optimieren - skilled 1/2020 (pdf)

Balzer, L., & Eicher, V. (2020). Optimiser les nouveaux projets en continu. Skilled, 1, 16.

Type:

Magazines & Media

Optimiser les nouveaux projets en continu - skilled 1/2020 (pdf)

Balzer, L., & Eicher, V. (2020). Ottimizzare costantemente i nuovi progetti. Skilled, 1, 16.

Type:

Magazines & Media

Ottimizzare costantemente i nuovi progetti - skilled 1/2020 (pdf)

Chiapparini, E. & Eicher, V. (2019). Der Ansatz User Involvement in der Sozialen Arbeit – Anknüpfungspunkte für Praxis-, Forschungs- und Ausbildungsprojekte in der Schweiz. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit, 24(18), 117-134.

Type:

Journals with peer review

Hoegger, M., Jochberger, S. & Eicher, V. (2018). Evaluation 2013-2019. Masterstudiengang in Sozialer Arbeit BE/LU/SG/ZH. Teilstudie 2: Stelleninserate-Screening (Bericht 4). Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Type:

Reports

Hoegger, M., Eicher, V. & Hess, J. (2018). Evaluation 2013-2019. Masterstudiengang in Sozialer Arbeit BE/LU/SG/ZH. Teilstudie 1: Ehemaligenbefragung (Bericht 4). Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Type:

Reports

Hess, J. & Eicher, V. (2017). Evaluation 2013-2019. Masterstudiengang in Sozialer Arbeit BE/LU/SG/ZH. Teilstudie 1: Ehemaligenbefragung (Bericht 3). Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Type:

Reports

Eicher, V. & Nef, S. (2017). Evaluation 2013-2019. Masterstudiengang in Sozialer Arbeit BE/LU/SG/ZH. Teilstudie 2: Stelleninserate-Screening (Bericht 3). Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Type:

Reports

Eicher, V., Settersten, R. A., Penic, S., Glaeser, S., Martenot, A. & Spini, D. (2016). Normative Climates of Parenthood across Europe: Judging Childlessness and Working Parents. European Sociological Review, 32(1), 135-150.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1093/esr/jcv083

Eicher, V., Bakouri, M., Staerklé, C., Carvalhosa Barbosa, M. & Clémence, A. (2016). Studying youth transitions through a social network: First impressions. In M. Oris, C. Roberts, D. Joye, & M. Ernst-Staehli (Eds.), Surveying Human Vulnerabilities across the Life Course (pp. 201-219). Cham: Springer Verlag.

Type:

Book contributions

Eicher, V. & Chiapparini, E. (2016). Switzerland: first approaches on an implementation of courses with a gap-mending approach: User involvement outside of social work education. In E. Chiapparini (Ed.), The Service User as a Partner in Social Work Projects and Education: Concepts and Evaluations of Courses with a Gap-Mending Approach in Europe (pp. 124-131). Opladen: Barbara Budrich.

Type:

Book contributions

Eicher, V. & Hess, J. (2016). Evaluation 2013-2019. Masterstudiengang in Sozialer Arbeit BE/LU/SG/ZH. Teilstudie 3: Expertinnen- und Expertenbefragung (Bericht 2). Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Type:

Reports

Chiapparini, E. & Eicher, V. (2015). Schwer erreichbare Väter und Mütter in der Elternbildung des Kantons Zürich. Analyse herkunftsspezifischer Zusammenhänge und Perspektiven. Forschungsbericht. Zürich: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW).

Type:

Reports

Eicher, V. & Bangerter, A. (2015). Social representations of infectious diseases. In G. Sammut, E. Andreouli, & G. Gaskell (Eds.), Societal Psychology: A Handbook of Social Representations (pp. 385-396). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type:

Book contributions

doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107323650

Staerklé, C., Bakouri, M., Carvalhosa Barbosa, M., Clémence, A., Eicher, V. & Hofer, A. (2014). Projet Expériences: Extraits de résultats 2014 pour les institutions participantes. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne.

Type:

Reports

Pratto, F., Saguy, T., Stewart, A. L., Morselli, D., Foels, R., Aiello, A., Aranda, M., Cidam, A., Chryssochoou, X., Durrheim, K., Eicher, V., Licata, L., Liu, J. H., Liu, L., Meyer, I., Muldoon, O., Papastamou, S., Petrovic, N., Prati, F. & Prodomitis, G. (2014). Attitudes towards Arab ascendance: Israeli and global perspectives. Psychological Science, 25(1), 85-94.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1177/0956797613497021

Eicher, V., Clémence, A., Bangerter, A., Mouton, A., Gilles, I. & Green, E. G. T. (2014). Fundamental beliefs, origin explanations and perceived effectiveness of protection measures: Exploring laypersons’ chains of reasoning about infectious diseases. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 24(5), 359-375.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1002/casp.2170

Eicher, V., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2014). I want to quit education: A longitudinal study of stress and optimism as predictors of school dropout intention. Journal of Adolescence, 37(7), 1021-1030.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.007

Eicher, V., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2014). Laisser tomber la formation: une tentation répandue. Revue d’information sociale, 30.06.2014.

Type:

Magazines & Media

REISO.org - 30.06.2014

Staerklé, C., Bakouri, M., Carvalhosa Barbosa, M., Clémence, A., Eicher, V. & Hofer, A. (2013). Projet Expériences: Extraits de résultats 2013 pour les institutions participantes. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne.

Type:

Reports

Pratto, F., Çidam, A., Stewart, A. L., Bou Zeineddine, F., Aranda, M., Aiello, A., Chryssochoou, X., Cichocka, A., Cohrs, J. C., Durrheim, K., Eicher, V., Foels, R., Górska, P., Lee, I., Licata, L., Liu, J. H., Li, L., Meyer, I., Morselli, D., Muldoon, O., Muluk, H., Papastamou, S., Petrovic, I., Petrovic, N., Prodromitis, G., Prati, F., Rubini, M., Saab, R., van Stekelenburg, J., Sweetman, J., Zheng, W. & Henkel, K. E. (2013). Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 languages and 20 countries. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 4(5), 587-599.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1177/1948550612473663

Mayor, E., Eicher, V., Bangerter, A., Gilles, I., Clémence, A. & Green, E. G. T. (2013). Dynamic social representations of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic: shifting patterns of sense-making and blame. Public Understanding of Science, 22(8), 1011-1024.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1177/0963662512443326

Eicher, V., Pratto, F. & Wilhelm, P. (2013). Value differentiation between enemies and allies: Value projection in national images. Political Psychology, 34(1), 127-144.

Type:

Journals with peer review

doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00930.x

Bangerter, A. & Eicher, V. (2013). The role of a cultural immune system in resisting expert explanations of infectious disease. In M. Bauer, R. Harre, & C. Jensen (Eds.), Resistance and Rationality (pp. 101-125). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Type:

Book contributions

Staerklé, C., Bakouri, M., Carvalhosa Barbosa, M., Clémence, A. & Eicher, V. (2012). Projet Expériences: Extraits de résultats pour les institutions participantes. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne.

Type:

Reports

Eicher, V., Emery, V., Maridor, M., Gilles, I. & Bangerter, A. (2011). Social representations in psychology: A bibliometrical analysis. Papers on Social Representations, 20, 11.11-11.19.

Type:

Journals with peer review

Meuwly, N., Wilhelm, P., Eicher, V. & Perrez, M. (2011). Welchen Einfluss hat die Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung auf Partnerschaftskonflikte und Partnerschaftszufriedenheit bei berufstätigen Paaren. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 23, 37-56.

Type:

Magazines & Media

Transfer into practice

Balzer, L. & Eicher, V. (2020). Evaluation jenseits von Ritualen. Kurs als Wahlpflichtmodul im Master of Science in Berufsbildung sowie als Weiterbildungsangebot des Eidgenössischen Hochschulinstituts für Berufsbildung (EHB), Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Type:

Internal

Lectureship

Eicher, V. (2020-2021). Wissenschaftliche Daten sammeln und auswerten. Pflichtmodul im Bachelor of Science in Berufsbildung des Eidgenössischen Hochschulinstituts für Berufsbildung (EHB), Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Type:

Internal

Lectureship

Balzer, L. & Eicher, V. (2020). Einführung in die Evaluation und Qualitätssicherung. Pflichtmodul im Bachelor of Science in Berufsbildung des Eidgenössischen Hochschulinstituts für Berufsbildung (EHB), Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Type:

Internal

Lectureship

Eicher, V. (2019-2020). Einführung in Wissenschaftliches Denken und Arbeiten. Pflichtmodul im Bachelor of Science in Berufsbildung des Eidgenössischen Hochschulinstituts für Berufsbildung (EHB), Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Type:

Internal

Lectureship

Presentations

Balzer, L., Eicher, V. & Laupper, E. (2019, August). Fachstelle Evaluation am EHB. Beitrag präsentiert am Minikongress Evaluation der Pädagogischen Hochschule Graubünden, Chur, Schweiz.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V., Chiapparini, E. & Hess, J. (2017, July). Including the concept of service user involvement in different teaching settings in Switzerland. Paper presented at the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) Conference, Paris, France.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V. & Staerklé, C. (2015, September). Young adults’ trajectories and projects. Beitrag präsentiert am 3. internationalen Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit (SGSA/SSTS), Zürich, Schweiz.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V., Chiapparini, E. & Hess, J. (2015, July). Reflections on integrating service users’ experience in social work education in Switzerland. Paper presented at the European Association of Schools of Social Work (ESSW) Conference, Milan, Italy.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V., Hofer, A., Bakouri, M., Barbosa, M., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2014, September). Young adults’ projects: How stable are they and why? Paper presented at the Symposium “Back to the future and return to the past: Personal and contextual resources for facing vulnerable conditions in Switzerland”, Conference of Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2013, September). Coping with stressful situations in the professional domain. Paper presented at the Symposium “At-risk situations and well-being: The impact of personal resources”, Congress of Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2013, September). Should I stay or should I go? Stable and temporary predictors of intentions to drop out of education. Paper presented at the Symposium “Professional context and the potential for vulnerable situations: The resources to overcome”, Congress of the Swiss Society for Education Research (SGBF) and the Swiss Society for Teacher Training (SGL), Basel, Switzerland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V., Staerklé, C., Clémence, A., Bakouri, M. & Carvalhosa Barbosa, M. (2012, October). School to vocational training and labor market transitions: A social-psychological approach to life projects. Paper presented at the Symposium “The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES: First steps and results“, Congress of Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Paris, France.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V., Maggiori, C., Bakouri, M., Carvalhosa Barbosa, M., Staerklé, C. & Clémence, A. (2012, septembre). Lien entre la discrimination et la croyance en un monde juste: Le rôle des stratégies de régulation. Communication présentée aux Rencontres InterLaboratoires, Lausanne, Suisse.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V., Clémence, A., Bangerter, A., Mouton, A., Gilles, I., Green, E. G. T., Krings, F., Staerklé, C. & Wagner-Egger, P. (2011, September). The impact of origin explanations of viruses on protection measures. Paper presented at the Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society (SPS), Fribourg, Switzerland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V. & Pratto, F. (2011, September). Predicting Israelis’ and Palestinians’ mutual attitudes: Opinions attributed to the in-group and enemy-group matter. Paper presented at the Symposium “Consequences of intergroup relations in culturally diverse contexts“, Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society (SPS), Fribourg, Switzerland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V. (2011, July). Wanting peace and believing it to be likely: Will that help in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Paper presented at the Congresss of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Stockholm, Sweden.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V. (2010, July). Contact and national identification as predictors of out-group attitudes in conflict and non-conflict groups. Paper presented at the International Congress of the Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), San Francisco, United States of America.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V. & Wilhelm, P. (2009, August). Do I know what’s important to you? Accuracy of perception of Israeli and Palestinian students’ values. Paper presented at the Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, Honolulu, United States of America.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V. & Wilhelm, P. (2008, July). How do Israeli and Palestinian students perceive US-American students? Paper presented at the congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bremen, Germany.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V., Wilhelm, P., Schoebi, D. & Perrez, M. (2008, Februar). Einschätzung der Dauer der Familienarbeit durch Fragebogen vs. Tagebuch: Wird das gleiche Konstrukt gemessen? Beitrag präsentiert an der 5. Münchner Tagung für Familienpsychologie, München, Deutschland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V. & Wilhelm, P. (2007, September). Wie schätzen israelische und palästinensische Studenten wechselseitig ihre Werthaltungen ein? Beitrag präsentiert an der 11. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie, Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Eicher, V., Wilhelm, P., Perrez, M. & Schoebi, D. (2007, September). How are measures of everyday issues affected by the method of data collection. Paper presented at the Swiss Psychological Society Congress, Zurich, Switzerland.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

National presentation

Eicher, V. & Wilhelm, P. (2005, May). Cross-cultural perception in a violent conflict situation. Paper presented at the 6th Inter-University Graduate Conference: Challenging the Boundaries in the Social Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Type:

Scientific Presentation

International presentation

Education

2016 : Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) en didactique universitaire, Haute école pédagogique de Zurich
2010 : Dre phil. en psychologie à l’Université de Fribourg
2006 : lic. phil. en psychologie à l’Université de Fribourg