Electra Zacharias is a PhD candidate in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R, sub-project 1 Normativity of Human Reproduction at the University of Zurich.

Electra's research interests lie in the fields of family law, human rights law, private international law, queer approaches and anthropology and law. Her research at UZH primarily centers around cross-border recognition of queer parenthood and the analysis of the role that different state agents, in particular civil registry officers, play in the legal recognition across jurisdictions.

Education

• Bachelor’s in International Relations (Law and Economics) – University of Geneva, Switzerland (2014)
• Master’s in Law (LL.M) – University of Minnesota Law School, United States of America (2016)
• MSc Crisis and Security Management – Leiden University, The Netherlands (2018)
• Master’s in International and European Law (Human Rights Law) – Tilburg University, The Netherlands (2025)

Work experience

• PhD candidate in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R, University of Zurich, Switzerland (2026-present)
• Head of Legal at Transgender Network Switzerland (2025-present)
• Project Manager, IAS, Switzerland (2023-2024)
• Policy and Research Officer, IGLYO, Belgium (2021-2023)
• Trainee at the Council of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium (2016-2017)
• Legal Trainee at the ICTY, The Netherlands (2016)