Nina Jakoby is the managing director of the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R and adjunct professor at the Sociological Institute of the University of Zurich. She is a member of the Advisory Board of SwissRepro | Research Network for Reproductive Studies.

Nina's research interests focus on reproductive loss and bereavement from the perspective of the sociology of emotions, gender and death studies.

Education

• Adjunct Professor (Titularprofessorin University of Zurich) (2024)
• CAS Leadership and Governance an Hochschulen, University of Zurich (2021)
• Habilitation at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich (Venia Legendi Sociology, 2017)
• PhD in Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2007)
• Diploma degree in Sociology, University of Trier, Germany (2001)

Work and research experience

• General Manager of the Gender Equality Commission at the University of Zurich (2019-2021)
• Visiting Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany (2018-2019)
• Project Manager of the Gender Equality Action Plan 2017-20 (OTM-R) at the Office for Gender Equality and Diversity at the University of Zurich (2017-2020)
• Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) at the University of Bath, UK (2013, 2015) 
• Visiting Researcher at the Research Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany (2014)
• Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Sociological Institute, University of Zurich (2008-2017)
• Academic Associate at the Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University (2001-2008)