Agnes Kandlbinder is an adjunct researcher in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded H2R, and graduated with her PhD in sub-project 4 CRISPR Technology in Human Reproduction at the University of Zurich.

She currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut des Humanités en Médecine of the University of Lausanne at Vaud University Hospital (CHUV).

Agnes' PhD project focused on a moral philosophical investigation of germline genome editing, with the goal of bridging the gap between basic research in the life sciences and the ethical discourse surrounding this contentious field. Her research interests and expertise include moral philosophy, ethical innovation and technology development, social justice in health care, body autonomy, reproductive and dis/ability justice, queer family building as well as meaning-making and values in the context of reproduction and medical decision-making.

Education

• PhD candidate URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded H2R, sub-project 4 – University of Zurich, Switzerland (2022 – 2025)
• Master of Arts in Women’s Studies – University of York, UK (2020 –2021)
• Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Languages, Literature, Culture  – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2016 – 2020)
• Exchange year of study: Institut d’études religieuses – Université de Montréal, Canada (2018 – 2019)

Work and research experience

• Associate Editor of postgraduate-led journal Cultivate Feminism (3rd and 4th issue) – University of York, UK (since 2020, ongoing)
• Member of Race & Equality working group, Centre for Women’s Studies – University of York, UK (2020 – 2021)
• Fellow of Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V. (2018 – 2021, now alumna)
• Research assistant at the Department of Religious Studies, supporting an article on feminism for the new edition of Handbuch Gender und Religion (Höpflinger et al., 1st edn. 2008) – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2019 – 2020)
• Student assistant at the Department of Economics, Graduate Master Office – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2019 – 2020)
• Chairperson of the student council of Religious Studies – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2019 – 2020)
• Teaching assistant at the Department of Religious Studies, leading a reading course on religion and values in film – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2018)