Prof. Dr. Isabel Baumann

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professorship in Public Health, Member of the Work Council of the School of Health Sciences

Focus

Health and employment; Labor market and social policy, public health; Retirement; Heat events and health; Health Promotion and primary prevention; Social inequality

Teaching

• Course "Quantitative research methods", Bachelor studies in Health promotion and primary prevention
• Course "Health Systems and Digital Health", Bachelor studies in Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics

Experience

Teaching assistant and PhD student
University of Lausanne, Institute of Social Sciences
10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Social Sciences
  University of Lausanne
  10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015
• Licence/MA / Social Sciences
  University of Fribourg
  10 / 2003 - 02 / 2009

Continuing Education

• Good Clinical Practice
  UZS
  03 / 2025
• CAS Higher Education and Training
  ZHAW
  07 / 2020

Network

Membership of networks

• Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGEV), Université de Genève
• LIVES Centre - Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research
• Swiss Platform Ageing Society

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8813-9722

Projects

• Home care workers’ health risks of exposure to heat waves / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early? / Co-project leader / completed
• Health inequalities and the prolongation of working life / Project leader / completed
• The impact of delayed retirement on health outcomes / Project leader / completed
• Digital Parent Advisor / Team member / completed
• Evaluation Via Pilot-Project Fall Prevention / Team member / completed

Publications

• Cabib, Ignacio; Azar, Ariel; Baumann, Isabel; Biehl, Andrés; Corna, Laurie; Mautz, Eric; Yopo-Díaz, Martina,

  2025.

  Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries : a quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile.

  Health Policy.

  152(105216).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105216

• Gut, Vanessa; Feer, Sonja; Baumann, Isabel,

  2024.

  A resource-oriented perspective on the aging workforce – exploring job resource profiles and their associations with various health indicators.

  BMC Public Health.

  24(2559).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20098-4

• Oesch, Daniel; Köster, Fiona; Studer, Matthias; Baumann, Isabel,

  2023.

  Employment and well-being after plant closure : survey evidence from Switzerland on the mid and long run.

  Economic and Industrial Democracy.

  45(4), pp. 964-986.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231209825

• Henning, Georg; Baumann, Isabel; Huxhold, Oliver,

  2023.

  Historical and cross-country differences in life satisfaction across retirement in Germany and Switzerland from 2000 to 2019.

  The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

  78(8), pp. 1365-1374.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad066

• Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,

  2022.

  Health and labor force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis.

  European Journal of Ageing.

  19(4), pp. 1395-1406.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00716-z

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Darin-Mattsson, Alexander; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2022.

  Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age?.

  Ageing & Society.

  42(2), pp. 306-330.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847

• Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas; Baumann, Isabel,

  2022.

  Financial reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age : risk factors and associations with health in late life.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  19(17), pp. 10505.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710505

• Baumann, Isabel; Froidevaux, Ariane; Cabib, Ignacio,

  2022.

  Health among workers retiring after the state pension age : a longitudinal and comparative study.

  BMC Geriatrics.

  22(984).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03690-4

• Baumann, Isabel; Wieber, Frank; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Glässel, Andrea,

  2022.

  Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention : insights from a qualitative study.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  19(17), pp. 10477.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710477

• Baumann, Isabel; Cabib, Ignacio; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa S.; Agahi, Neda,

  2022.

  Part-time work and health in late careers : evidence from a longitudinal and cross-national study.

  SSM - Population Health.

  18.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101091

• Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Baumann, Isabel; Agahi, Neda; Lennartsson, Carin,

  2021.

  How to measure retirement age? : a comparison of survey and register data.

  Journal of Population Ageing.

  14(2), pp. 143-161.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09254-6

• Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2021.

  Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare regimes.

  Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

  33(2), pp. 138-160.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2019.1685358

• Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Parents’ health information seeking behaviour : does the child’s health status play a role?.

  BMC Family Practice.

  21(266).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01342-3

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Electronic health literacy in Swiss-German parents : cross-sectional study of eHealth literacy scale unidimensionality.

  Journal of Medical Internet Research.

  22(3), pp. e14492.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/14492

• Madero-Cabib, Ignacio; Corna, Laurie; Baumann, Isabel,

  2020.

  Aging in different welfare contexts : a comparative perspective on later-life employment and health.

  The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

  75(7), pp. 1515-1526.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz037

• Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

  BMC Public Health.

  19(225).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6524-8

• Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Baumann, Isabel; Agahi, Neda; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin,

  2019.

  Prolongation of working life and its effect on mortality and health in older adults : propensity score matching.

  Social Science & Medicine.

  226, pp. 77-86.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.026

• Karayannis, Nicholas V.; Baumann, Isabel; Sturgeon, John A.; Melloh, Markus; Mackey, Sean C.,

  2019.

  The impact of social isolation on pain interference : a longitudinal study.

  Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

  53(1), pp. 65-74.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay017

• Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2018.

  Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders.

  Swiss Journal of Sociology.

  44(2), pp. 259-280.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0012

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2016.

  The plight of older workers : labor market experience after plant closure in the Swiss manufacturing sector.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  Life Course Research and Social Policies ; 5.

  ISBN 978-3-319-39752-8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39754-2

• Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Maggiori, Christian; Wieber, Frank; Rossier, Jérôme,

  2017.

  Retirement planning : how to deal with different adjustment trajectories?.

  In:

  Ertelt, Bernd-Joachim; Scharpf, Michael, eds.,

  Berufliche Beratung Älterer [career guidance for older people].

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 25-53.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3726/b11357

• Baumann, Isabel; Lipps, Oliver; Oesch, Daniel; Vandenplas, Caroline,

  2016.

  How to survey displaced workers in switzerland : ways of addressing sources of bias.

  In:

  Oris, Michel; Roberts, Caroline; Joye, Dominique; Ernst Stähli, Michèle, eds.,

  Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 159-176.

  Life Course Research and Social Policies ; 3.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9

• Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,

  2021.

  Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a growth curve analysis[poster].

  In:

  14th European Public Health Conference, online, 10-12 November 2021.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.314

• Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Agahi, Neda,

  2021.

  Does gradual retirement have health benefits? : evidence from a comparative study[paper].

  In:

  2nd Conference of the Swiss Society of Health Economics, online, 15 January 2021.

• Feer, Sonja; Lipps, Oliver; Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel,

  2019.

  Health status and labour force participation among older workers in Switzerland : a multilevel for growth analysis[poster].

  In:

  IAGG-ER, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  Digital health literacy of Swiss-German parents : results from DIGE, a study on parental utilization of digital child health information[paper].

  In:

  11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattsson, Alexander Darin; Kåreholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2018.

  Retirement age and cognitive functioning in old age : the role of occupational and leisure activities[paper].

  In:

  Nordic Gerontology Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2-4 May 2018.

• Baumann, Isabel; Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif; Fritzell, Johan; Lennartsson, Carin; Mattson, Alexander Darin; Kareholt, Ingemar; Andel, Ross; Dratva, Julia; Agahi, Neda,

  2018.

  The role of cognitively stimulating activities in explaining the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age[paper].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

• Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle,

  2018.

  “Dear Internet, what should I do when…?” : parents’ digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland[poster].

  In:

  11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 489.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky218.233

• Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2016.

  Labor market integration of adolescents with mental disorders[paper].

  In:

  LacOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Method,s Lausanne, 8-10 June 2016.

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2025.

  Gesundheit der arbeitenden Bevölkerung über 65 : eine vergleichende Perspektive.

• Feer, Sonja; Nicoletti, Corinne; Baumann, Isabel,

  2024.

  Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention bei älteren Arbeitnehmenden : Modul für die Führungsweiterbildung der SVA.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.60877/a0nq-a098

• Baumann, Isabel; Feer, Sonja; Benz-Steffen, Erica; Roth, Ulrich,

  2024.

  Recherche participative sur la transition de la vie professionnelle à la retraite.

  In:

  Maeder, Pascal; Chimienti, Milena; Cretton, Viviane; Maggiori, Christian; Probst, Isabelle; Rullac, Stéphane, eds.,

  Innovation et intervention sociales.

  Seismo.

  pp. 110-111.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.33058/seismo.20764

• Baumann, Isabel; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Ihle, Andreas; Kliegel, Matthias,

  2023.

  Does raising retirement age affect retirees’ health? : evidence from a Swiss reform[poster].

  In:

  Epidemiology Symposium "Causality to Get Population Health Sciences Right", EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, 29 March 2023.

• Baumann, Isabel; Feer, Sonja,

  2023.

  Quand la santé se dégrade.

  Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung.

  2023(1), pp. 8-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30710

• Baumann, Isabel; Feer, Sonja,

  2023.

  Wenn die Gesundheit nicht mitspielt.

  Gerontologie CH : Praxis + Forschung.

  2023(1), pp. 8-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27150

• Baumann, Isabel; Burkhalter, Denise; Wagner, Aylin; Feer, Sonja; Wieber, Frank; Ihle, Andreas,

  2022.

  Financial reasons for retiring after the statutory retirement age and health: evidence from Switzerland[paper].

  In:

  Epi Unit Meeting, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2. May 2022.

• Hofmann, Roland; Baumann, Isabel,

  2022.

  Ist die Flexibilisierung des Rentenalters das Allheilmittel?.

  Impact.

  (56), pp. 48-49.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24747

• Suter, Jasmine; Baumann, Isabel,

  2020.

  BGM mit Fokus auf Mitarbeitende 50+ : die Weiterbeschäftigung bringt Vorteile für alle.

  personalSCHWEIZ.

  pp. 24-25.

• Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2020.

  Gesunde Rentner im Arbeitsmarkt von Chile bis Dänemark.

  Schweizer Personalvorsorge.

  2020(5), pp. 91-95.

  Available from: https://vps.epas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/vps/shop/spv/SPV_0520.pdf

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2020.

  Hürden bei der Stellensuche im Alter von über 50 Jahren.

  Die kirchliche Fachstelle bei Arbeitslosigkeit : Jahresbericht 2019.

  pp. 12-17.

  Available from: https://www.dfa.ch/contentpics/File/Jahresberichte%20DFA/DFA_Jahresbericht_2019_web.pdf

• Baumann, Isabel; Steiger-Sackmann, Sabine,

  2019.

  Eine Verlängerung des Arbeitslebens muss attraktiv gestaltet werden.

  Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

  pp. 12.

  Available from: https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/eine-verlaengerung-des-arbeitslebens-muss-attraktiv-gestaltet-werden-ld.1521279

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2018.

  Barrieren für die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation älterer Arbeitnehmender.

  Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée.

  3(4), pp. 20-22.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000063

• Baumann, Isabel; Garcia, Victor; Metz, Florence,

  2018.

  Heat, greed and human need : climate change, capitalism and sustainable wellbeing. Gough, Ian. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing (2017), 264 p., ISBN 978-1-785-36512-6

  .

  Swiss Political Science Review.

  25(1), pp. 95-100.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12336

• Wieber, Frank; Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter,

  2017.

  Evaluation „Via-Pilotprojekt Sturzprävention“ [Evaluation Via pilotproject on fall prevention].

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/gfia/faktenblaetter/Faktenblatt_024_GFCH_2017-10_-_Sturzpraevention_bei_Personen_mit_erhoehtem_Sturzrisiko.pdf

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2024.

  Gesundheitliche Aspekte im Zusammenhang mit der steigenden Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung älterer Arbeitnehmender.

  In:

  Schwerpunkt Angewandte Gerontologie: Arbeiten jenseits der 65: Motive, Anreize und Hürden, online, 25. September 2024.

  Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/hochschule/hsb/recherchehilfe-kurse/angewandte-gerontologie/Veranstaltungen/20240925-praesentation-baumann.pdf

• Gut, Vanessa; Baumann, Isabel; Gabriel, Rainer; Fridriksson, Daniel; Fritzell, Johan,

  2023.

  The role of multidimensional health patterns over time in older workers' labor force participation.

  In:

  16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ii532.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1335

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2021.

  Older workers’ health in the context of the prolongation of working life : a comparative perspective.

  In:

  Colloquium "Current Sociological Research", Universität Zürich, online, 16. November 2021.

• Baumann, Isabel,

  2021.

  Studying flexible retirement and health : challenges and insights from an international perspective.

  In:

  Finnish Centre for Pensions Research Webinar : Extending working lives and healthy ageing – What role for flexible retirement?, 19 April 2021.

  Available from: https://www.etk.fi/en/topical-issues/extending-working-lives-and-healthy-ageing-what-role-for-flexible-retirement/

• Froidevaux, Ariane; Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2020.

  Let’s not forget the macro-level factors! : how older workers’ interlocked employment and health trajectories are shaped by welfare regimes and the social norm for working longer.

  In:

  1st Careers Division of the Academy of Management Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14-15 February 2020.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Application of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a sample of Swiss parents.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019 : Child and Adolescent Public Health, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Health information seeking behaviour of Swiss German parents.

  In:

  Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics SSP, Bellinzona, 6 - 7 June 2019.

• Baumann, Isabel; Madero-Cabib, Ignacio,

  2019.

  Retirement trajectories in countries with flexible retirement policies but different welfare state contexts.

  In:

  International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER), Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-25 May 2019.

• Baumann, Isabel; Glässel, Andrea; Volken, Thomas; Rüesch, Peter; Dratva, Julia; Wieber, Frank,

  2017.

  Interprofessional collaboration in fall prevention.

  In:

  10th European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 November 2017.

  pp. 410.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.024

Research data

Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia, 2019. Replication data for: Parental digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland. Harvard Dataverse. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JI9GIJ

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