Anna Mann is an adjunct researcher in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded │ H2R at the University of Zurich.

Anna is a social scientist who uses qualitative methods to investigate socio-material constructions, negotiations, and enactments of “good medical care”. Currently, she is leading the SNF-Ambizione-Project “(Im-)possibilities of letting life end.” The project investigates how, in the clinical practices of paediatrics and geriatrics, non-life prolonging treatment and care are made possible. Previously, she was employed as a PostDoc researcher in the ERC-Project “The Vitality of Disease - Quality of Life in the Making”, where she studied how patients with chronic kidney disease and their clinicians sought to ‘improve patients’ quality of life’.

Education

• PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)
• Diplom (Master’s degree) in Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany (2007)

Work and Research Experience (Selection)

• PostDoc researcher in the ERC-project “The Vitality of Disease – Quality of Life in the Making”, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2016-2021)
• PhD researcher in the ERC-project “The Eating Body in Western Theory and Practice”, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2010-2015)
• Research and teaching assistant (Universitätsassistentin), Department for Scienceand Technology Studies, Vienna University, Austria (2007-2008)