Curriculum vitae

Esther Ochoa Fernández

Humboldtallee 3
37073 Göttingen
Telefon: 0551/ 392281
E-Mail: eochoa@uni-goettingen.de

Date of birth : 04.08.1978
Place of birth : Pamplona, Spain


Education

• since 10/2005
  PhD Student at the Graduate School ”The Future of the European Social Model“ at the Georg-August-Universität Goettingen
  
• 03/2001– 07/2005
  Graduation (equivalent Master) in Social Management
  Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Moenchengladbach
  Grade: First Grade
  Grade of Dissertation: First Grade 1,0
  The graduation was awarded on the 05.12.2005, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
  
• 09/1996 – 07/1999
  Graduation (equivalent B.A.) in Social Work
  Public University of Navarre, Pamplona (Spain)
  

Occupational Activities

• 08/2005 – 10/2005
  Researcher in the scientific project ”Employment and continuity in small and medium-sized enterprises“
  AW-AG, Gesellschaft fuer Arbeit und Weiterbildung, Aachen
  In cooperation with Niederrhein University of Applied Science, Moenchenglbach
  
• 03/2004 – 11/2004
  Researcher in the scientific project „Care for old people in Navarra“
  Public University of Navarre, Spain
  
• 06/2003 – 07/2004
  Student assitant with Prof. Dr. Peter Schäfer
  Delegate for evaluation of Department of Social Studies
  Niederrhein University of Applied Science, Moenchengladbach
  
• 10/2001 – 07/2004
  Student assistant with Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Vomberg
  Research field: Quality, project management and communication
  Member of the academic research project team “QMiB”, quality management in second labour market institutions, Germany
  Niederrhein University of Applied Science, Moenchengladbach
  

Practical experience

• 09/2003
  Collaborator in the quality management Department
  Implementation of quality indicators, INTRESS, Spain
  
• 03/2003 – 07/2003
  Management consultant for quality performance and improvement
  AW-AG, Gesellschaft für Arbeit und Weiterbildung, Aachen
  
• 11/2000 – 02/2001
  Performing training courses for teenagers preparing them for professional life
  Jugendberufshilfe Duesseldorf e.V., Germany
  
• 10/1998 – 07/1999
  Social worker for mentally handicapped people
  Centro de Salud Mental de Burlada, Spain
  
• 08/1998 – 09/1998
  Planning and implementing of leisure activities for prison inmates
  Tuition in Spanish grammar for adults
  NGO-development organisation “Amigos del Alto” in La Paz, Bolivia
  
• 10/1997 – 05/1998
  Responsible involvement with the project “Apertura y dinamización de dos plazas” (Reculturing urban places for the community)
  Aldezar in Pamplona, Spain
  
• 08/1997
  Participation in an university based research project "Poverty and social exclusion in Navarra“
  Public University of Navarre, Spain
  

Further education

• 05/2006 – 08/2006
  ZHSF- Seminar of methods
  Research methods, management of data bank, statistics and regression models
  Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University Cologne
  
• 10/2003-05/2004
  Auditor for Quality Norm DIN ISO 10011, REFA-Verband e.V., Kempen
  Delegate of Quality Management, REFA-Verband e.V., Kempen
  TQM-Assessor for Quality Modell EFQM, Konkret Consult Ruhr GmbH, Gelsenkirchen
  

Languages

• Spanish : Native language
• German : Fluent
• English : Intermediate level
• French : Elementary level