Fiona Behle is a adjunct researcher in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R.

Fiona’s research interests include the regulation of human reproduction, legal gender studies as well as history and theory of law. Her PhD project is concerned with the legal conception of parenthood and its interaction with reproductive medicine:

Eternally Binding Care - On the Suitability of the Status Law of Parentage to Represent Plural and Relational Conceptions of Parenthood
Swiss parentage law is status law and regulates the legal assignment of children to 'their' parents. The traditional family conception of the Swiss Civil Code favors heterosexual, married couples with children and assumes two-parent families. The two-parent principle and the concept of two-parent families makes it impossible to legally represent the many different forms of families and kinship that exist. The goal of this dissertation is to examine the legal figure of parental status, its emergence, as well as the possibility for an inclusive, caring conception of parenthood and parentage law inherent in it.

Education

• Master of Law, University of Zurich (2020)
• Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich (2019)

Work Experience

• Academic Assistant, PhD Program Biomedical Ethics and Law, University of Zurich (2018-2021)