Carla Hagen is a postdoctoral researcher in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R, sub-project 3 Ethnography of Human Reproduction in Single Case Studies in Threshold Areas.

Carla's research explores voluntary childlessness and antinatalist worldviews within contexts of uncertainty and ecological anxiety. She is working with qualitative social research methods.

Education

• PhD in the Science of Religion, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2022)
• Master of Arts (MA) in Social Anthropology and the Science of Religion, University of Bern, Switzerland (2014)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Applied African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany (2009)

Work & research experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Department for Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Bern, Switzerland (2023 – 2025)
• Research Associate, Institute for the Science of Religion, University of Bern, Switzerland (2022-2023)
• Doctoral Researcher (SNSF-funded), University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2015-2022)