NRP 76 "Welfare and Coercion – Past, Present and Future"

​NRP 76 "Welfare and Coercion – Past, Present and Future" aims to generate scientific insights into past and future developments as well as the social repercussions of welfare and coercion in Switzerland.

NRP 76 aims to analyse the characteristics, mechanisms and effects of Swiss welfare policy and practices in their various contexts. It should identify possible causes of welfare practices that had an impact on the integrity of the persons concerned and explore how these persons were affected by the practices.

Facts & figures

Overall funding

CHF 18'000’000

Period of research

5 years

President of the Steering Committee

Prof. Dr. Alexander Grob

WT Knowledge and Technology Transfer

Dominik Büchel

Programme Manager

Stephanie Schönholzer, SNSF

Open call

April 2017