Hello, I'm Gerlinde.
Social scientist working on spatial inequality, housing, and neighborhood dynamics — currently at ETH Zürich and Sotomo.
Current positions
- Quantitative Socio-Spatial Analysis
- Applied research on segregation, gentrification, displacement, housing affordability, and poverty in Switzerland
- Developing methods, tools, and platforms for analyzing and visualizing socio-spatial phenomena
- Building a public monitoring platform with open-access socio-spatial indices, datasets, and maps
I conduct sociodemographic housing and residential mobility analyses and work in the data management and engineering of Swiss registry data.
I am always happy to connect with researchers, public authorities, and organizations working on spatial inequality, housing, or urban development. Whether it is a research collaboration, a joint project, a talk, or a workshop — get in touch.
I speak German, English, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Danish and am happy to give talks or run workshops in any of these languages.
Background
I hold a PhD in Political Science from the University of Konstanz, where I was part of the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality." My research examined inequality within and between neighborhoods, their geographic and social environments, and how people perceive and react to it.
I have worked with satellite imagery, survey, network, and registry data, focusing on valid research designs and causal inference.