2025
Isabel Raabe (03.12.2025). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey and research". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich.
Lea Jordan (03.12.2025). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey and research". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich.
Walter Boente (26.11.2025). Talk "«Der Mensch im System der Natur ist ein Wesen von geringer Bedeutung.» Selbstbestimmung von Menschen mit Behinderungen im Recht und die Nachwehen der Aufklärung". Behinderung und Inklusion aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive, UZH‒i Ringvorlesung, Herbstsemester 2025, Universität Zürich, Switzerland. Link
Peter Schaber (20.11.2025). Talk "Respekt vor der Patienten-Autonomie". 20-jähriges Jubiläum: `Ethik-Forum Quo vadis - bewusst sein`, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Link
Tanja Krones (20.11.2025). Talk "Wertebasiertes Gesundheitssystem – 5 Ziele". 20-jähriges Jubiläum: `Ethik-Forum Quo vadis - bewusst sein`, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Link
Matthias Klingler, Benita Combet, Larissa Fritsch & Sandra Gilgen (17.11.2025). Poster presentation "A Survey-Experimental Approach to Parenting Norms in Europe. A Replication and Extension in the ‘Swiss Laboratory’". Analytical Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications. 17. – 20.11.2025, Venice, Italy.
Lynn Kohli (14.11.2025). Filmscreening "Endometriose - Chronisch Unsichtbar". Ausstellung ‚In Utero - Matters of Menstruation and lived Realities‘, Wartsaal Wipkingen. Link
Alice Margaria (14.11.2025). Talk "The Gender of Legal Fictions: Surrogacy before the ECtHR". Female Fundamental Freedoms – Symposium der Forschungsstelle für fundamentale Rechte, 12. – 14.11.2025. Universität Bayreuth. Link
Katja Rost (13.11.2025). Podiumsdiskussion "Nationale Familienpolitik – Strategien für die Zukunft". Familienpolitik in der Schweiz – Grund zu feiern? 30 Jahre Eidgenössische Familienkommission. Link
Eleonora Ioannidi (11.11.2025). Poster presentation "Comparison of linear versus circular RNAs for genome therapy applications". 13th International mRNA Health Conference, Berlin & virtual, 11. – 13.11.2025. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder & Maila Mertens (07. & 08.11.2025). Lecture "Unruly bodies becoming parents: experiences of assisted reproduction and pregnancy care for LGBTQAI+ people". Block course "Gender und Diversity konkret", HS 2025, University of Zurich.
Marco Giesselmann (05.11.2025). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey and research". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich. Link
Matthias Klingler (05.11.2025). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey and research". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich. Link
Isabel Raabe (31.10.2025). Keynote "Deviant Behaviour and Social Status: Dynamics of resistance behaviour in classrooms". ARS'25 Tenth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis, Naples, Italy. Link
Tanja Krones, Beate Ditzen & Brigitte Tag (31.10.2025). Podiumsdiskussion "Ungewollt kinderlos". Öffentliche Vorlesung, BSc Humanmedizin, ETH Zürich. Link
Katja Rost (29.10.2025). Talk "Kinderwunsch und Familie in Wohlstandsgesellschaften des 21. Jahrhunderts". Ringvorlesung Familie im Wandel - Zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit, Volkshochschule Zürich, 29.10. – 10.12.2025. Link
Alice Margaria (23.10.2025). Talk "Trans Parenthood and the Art of Legal Mirror Climbing". Birthing, Mothering and Othering. Actors, Representation and Practices in Global Maternal and Reproductive Care Journeys, 20. – 24.10.2025, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Link
Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou (21.10.2025). Talk "A Long-awaited Solution or a Disguised Threat? Exploring the Implications of Using Artificial Womb Technology as a Replacement for Abortion". Birthing, Mothering and Othering. Actors, Representation and Practices in Global Maternal and Reproductive Care Journeys, 20. – 24.10.2025, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Link
Alice Margaria (21.10.2025). Talk "Back to Square One: Legal Gatekeeping and Trans Parenthood". Panel: Gender and the Law: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Social Reform. Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2025, 20. & 21.10.2025, Berlin, Germany. Link
Alice Margaria (21.10.2025). Panel discussion “Career Paths and Experiences”. Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2025, 20. & 21.10.2025, Berlin, Germany. Link
Alice Margaria (20.10.2025). Panel discussion “Diversity in the Courtroom”. Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2025, 20. & 21.10.2025, Berlin, Germany. Link
Jörg Rössel (02.10.2025). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich. Link
Anna Mann (02.10.2025). Talk "Presentation of Ambizione project (Im-)possibilities of Letting Life End. An ethnography of transformations in medical practice". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich. Link
Malte Doehne (30.09.2025). Keynote at "Longevity - A gender lens perspective". Hiltl Academy Zurich, Sihlstrasse 24, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland. Link
Julia Schroedter (29.09.2025). Talk "Citizen Science for URPP H2R". H2R Retreat, Kartause Ittingen.
Yoan Hermstrüwer (26.09.2025). Talk „ AI in Legal Decision Making”. Vortragsreihe am Mittag, Europa Institut, Universität Zürich.
Alice Margaria (20.09.2025). Panel discussion “Genitori oltre gli schemi” (parents outside the box). MiX 39, International LGBTQ+ and Queer Culture Film Festival, 18. – 21.09.2025, Milano, Italy. Link
Edmée Ballif (17.09.2025). Presentation "Toxic reproduction: Preventing endocrine disruption in an unequal world". Panell: Forever Chemicals and Reproductive Health: Anthropological Perspectives on Inequities, Alternatives, and Policy Dialogs. Medical Anthropology Europe Conference, Redefinitions of Health and Well-being, 16. – 19.09.2025, Vienna, Austria. Link
Alice Margaria (17.09.2025). Talk “From the legal to the social – and back again”. Doctoral program in law, Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale, 16. & 17.09.2025, Crêt-Bérard in Puidoux, Switzerland. Link
Martin Gramc (13.09.2025). Talk “What Care for Intersex and Transgender People?”. EACME Annual Conference, 11. – 13.09.2025, Zurich, Switzerland. Link
Melanie Werren & Kristin Hammer (13.09.2025). Talk ““Ethics for all": interprofessional ethical training in the education of healthcare professionals”. EACME Annual Conference, 11. – 13.09.2025, Zurich, Switzerland. Link
Leonie Abstein (12.09.2025). Talk "Ethical Reflections on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Parenthood as a “Form of Life”". EACME Annual Conference, 11. – 13.09.2025, Zurich, Switzerland. Link
Alice Margaria (10.09.2025). Talk “Juggling Justice: Views from the Strasbourg Bench”. ESIL Annual Conference 2025 on Interdisciplinarity and the (re)construction of international law, Department of Law, 11. – 13.09.2025, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Program
Leonie Abstein (09.09.2025). Talk "Der Elefant im Raum. Lebensform Elternschaft und unerfüllter Kinderwunsch als Leerstellen im ethischen Diskurs um assistierte Reproduktionstechnologie". 8th Conference of the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS), University of Basel, Switzerland. Link
Edmée Ballif (08.09.2025). Talk "Green parenting and gender roles in Switzerland". 8th Conference of the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS), University of Basel, Switzerland. Link
Katja Rost (03.09.2025). Podiumsdiskussion "Familie? Vielleicht später!". NZZ Live, Zürich, Switzerland. Link
Giesselmann, M. Lükemann, L. & Klingler M. (07.08.2025). Talk "Has the male breadwinner model really eroded? Labor supply of German couples around parenthood, 1992–2019". ISA (International Sociological Association) RC28 Summer Meeting, 04. – 07.08.2025, Los Angeles, CA. Link
Lea Bogensperger, Dominik Narnhofer, Ahmed Allam, Konrad Schindler & Michael Krauthammer (18.07.2025). Paper presentation "A Variational Perspective on Generative Protein Fitness Optimization". Forty-Second International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML, 13. – 19.07.2025, Vancouver, Canada. Link
Sandra Gilgen, Larissa Fritsch & Jörg Rössel (16.7.25). Talk "What do people look for in sperm vs egg cell donors? Comparing evidence from a choice experiment with a ranking question". ESRA (European Survey Research Association) Conference. 14. – 18.06.2025, Utrecht, Netherlands. Link
Matthias Klingler, Benita Combet, Larissa Fritsch & Sandra Gilgen (16.07.2025). Paper Presentation "A Survey-Experimental Approach to Parenting Norms in Europe: Findings from a Population-Representative Study in Switzerland". ESRA (European Survey Research Association) Conference. 14. – 18.06.2025, Utrecht, Netherlands. Link
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (01.07.25). Book Talk "Vers une réglementation des sucres ajoutés ? Etat des lieux et perspectives", Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique, University of Lausanne. Flyer (PNG, 5 MB)
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Larissa Fritsch (01.07.2025). Talk "From traditional gender norms to women’s labor force participation – the role of gendered parenting norms". CareerNetwork@SUZ Workshop 2025, University of Zurich. Link
Lea Jordan (01.07.2025). Talk "Shaping Women’s Leadership Ambitions through Family-Friendly Work Structures and Inclusive Work Climates". CareerNetwork@SUZ Workshop 2025, University of Zurich. Link
Anna Mann (01.07.2025). Talk "Involving the pediatric palliative care team "late". Clinicians torn between attitudes, attempts, and technologies". CareerNetwork@SUZ Workshop 2025, University of Zurich. Link
Mikhael Poirier (26.06.2025). Talk “Cheap and single-cell: counting chromosomes in early blastomeres and blastocysts using combinatorial indexing”. 2nd Zuri-Repro meeting, University of Zurich. Link
Ying Cai (26.06.2025). Poster presentation“A cell cycle-dependent mechanism performs quality control in mammalian embryos”. 2nd Zuri-Repro meeting, University of Zurich. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder & Franziska Bächler (25.06.2025). Talk "Normative negotiation processes in technology regulation: CRISPR/Cas9 as a touchstone of negotiated justice". ATRIP 43rd annual congress – Exploring the Interface Between Intellectual Property and Justice: Theory and Practice in a Dynamic Reality, 22. – 25.06.2025. University of Copenhagen, Law Faculty. Link
Leonie Abstein (19.06.2025). Poster presentation "Theologisch-ethische Erwägungen zu beabsichtigter Elternschaft, unerfüllten Kinderwünschen und moderner Reproduktionsmedizin". Theologie und Religionswissenschaft heute – Tag der offenen Tür. Link
Julia Schroedter, Marlène Tauch & Larissa Fritsch (05.06.2025). Poster presentation "Engaging Citizens in Research on Assisted Reproduction". CitSciHelvetia'25, 05. & 06.06.2025, University of Lausanne. Link
Alice Cavolo (04.06.2025). Talk "Ethical Challenges in innovative medical (bio) technologies: The case of artificial placentas". Bioethics seminar, University of Padova.
Edmée Ballif (03.06.2025). Talk "Des vaches, des enfants et des mères véganes: résistances et reproductions dans le genre alimentaire". Plenary address, École d’été en études genre BRULAU, Marseille, France.
Alice Margaria (30.05.2025). Talk “A Right to a Mother? The Right to Know One’s Origin in Litigation concerning Trans Families in Europe”. Workshop on Assisted Reproduction Is Coming of Age: ARTs before the Legislative and Social Claims of the Conceived, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain. Link
Anina Meier (23.05.2025). Talk "Einführung in die Genveränderung (CRISPR) im Kontext menschlicher Fortpflanzung". Citizen Science Panel / Workshop - Technologie und Genveränderung im Kontext menschlicher Fortpflanzung, Universität Zürich. Link
Alice Margaria (22.05.2025). Book Presentation “Leading Works in Law and Anthropology”. Part of the panel ‘Theory in Action: New Books in New Legal Realism’. Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 22. – 25 05.2025. Link
Alice Margaria (22.05.2025). Panel discussion "Trans Legal Parenthood in Europe and the Costs of Overlooked Sterilisation Rationales". Panel ‘Let's Talk: A Conversation about Institutions, Narratives, and Power and Resistance’ Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 22. – 25 05.2025. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder (21.05.2025). Talk "Disability bioethics at the beginning of human life: exploring intuitions, moral dilemmas, and heterogenous truths (provisional title). ETH lecture "Introduction to disability studies", Brian McGowan. More info + abstract coming soon.
Edmée Ballif (16.05.2025). Discussant Day 3 “Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction”. Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder (16.05.2025). Chair panel “Gendered Reproduction, Masculinities, and Care (Part 2)”. Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction, Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Alice Margaria, Carole Ammann & Agnes Kandlbinder (16.05.2025). Chair Final Discussion and Publication Plans. Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction, Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder (15.05.2025). Chair panel “Gendered Reproduction, Masculinities, and Care (Part 1)”. Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction, Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Alice Margaria (15.05.2025). Talk “Trans Birthing Men, Birth Registration and the Cost of Unchallenged Sterilisation Rationales”. Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction, Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Agnes Kandlbinder (14.05.2025). Discussant Day 1 “Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction”. Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Alice Margaria (14.05.2025). Chair panel “Reproductive Health”. Bringing Men into the Spotlight: Men, Masculinities and Reproduction, Brocher Foundation, Hermance (Switzerland), 14. – 16.05.2025. Link
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (13.05.25). Talk "Sucres ajoutés et santé publique : quelles perspectives pour une réglementation ?". Conférence scientifique MAYbe Less Sugar, Unisanté, Lausanne.
Agnes Kandlbinder (13.05.2025). Talk "Complexities of Researching the Morality of Human Germline Gene Editing". SwissRepro Launch Event, University of Zurich. Link
Maila Mertens (13.05.2025). Talk "Gendered Perspectives on Assisted Reproduction. An Investigation of the Swiss Population's Attitudes and Motivations". SwissRepro Launch Event, University of Zurich. Link
Maila Mertens (08.05.2025). Talk "Elternschaft heute: Zwischen Single Gesellschaft und moderner Beziehungsdynamik". Fachveranstaltung der Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, "Sinkende Fruchtbarkeit – Dramatisierung oder Realität?", Donnerstagsfortbildungen Frauenmedizin, USZ. Link
Sandra Gilgen, Larissa Fritsch & Jörg Rössel (30.4.25). Talk "What do people look for in sperm vs egg cell donors?". Social Norms Conference 2025 (Monte Verità, Ascona).
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (29.04.25). Talk "Die Regulierung der Genom-Editierung am Menschen: Chancen und Risiken", Senior:innen-Universität Zürich. Link
Tommaso Cavazza (12.04.2025). Talk "The parental genome unification errors: clinical relevance". ESHRE Campus workshop «The eggstraordinary beginning». Ghent, Belgium. Link
Gerald Schwank (10.04.2025). Talk "Correcting Genetic Diseases by in vivo Base- and Prime Editing". The 2nd CRISPR Medicine Conference, 07. – 11.2025, Copenhagen, Denmark. Link
Edmée Ballif (08.04.2025). Talk "Feeding the Future: Child Nutrition and Reproductive Imaginaries in Switzerland". Lecture Series in Social Anthropology - ISEK, Universität Zürich. Abstract (PDF, 101 KB)
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (25.03.25). Talk "FemTech Apps & AI: Regulatory Challenges". AI Tech & Policy Talks, Digital Law Center, University of Geneva.Link
Tanja Krones (04.03.2025). Talk "Cost Explosion, the Inverse Care Law, and Potential Solutions for a Sustainable Healthcare". Workshop Delimiting Medicine in Limitless Times. Collegium Helveticum. Link
Brigitte Leeners (21.02.2025). Talk "Sensible Regulation of Egg Donation from a Clinical Perspective of Reproductive Medicine". Workshop Revision of the Reproductive Medicine Act - Key Points of a New Regulation, 20. & 21.02.2025, University of Basel, Switzerland. Link
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (21.02.2025). Talk "The Regulation of Egg Donation in French Law". Workshop Revision of the Reproductive Medicine Act - Key Points of a New Regulation, 20. & 21.02.2025, University of Basel, Switzerland. Link
Alice Margaria (20.02.2025). Talk "The Socio-Legal Construction of Parenthood in Swiss Reproductive Medicine Law". Workshop Revision of the Reproductive Medicine Act - Key Points of a New Regulation, 20. & 21.02.2025, University of Basel, Switzerland. Link
Fiona Behle (12.02.2025). Panelist "Re(lational)-thinking of filiation law". 2nd conference of the Swiss Network for Law and Society. 10. – 12.02.2025, University of Bern, Switzerland. Link
Alice Margaria (12.02.2025). Talk "What's Law got to do with it? Seeking Justice in Social and Political Transformations - Recent Anthropological Perspectives". 2nd Conference of the Swiss Network for Law and Society (SNLS), University of Bern. here.
Sandra Gilgen, Larissa Fritsch & Marlene Tauch (23.01.25). Talk "Social Disparities in Reproductive Self-Determination in Switzerland". Online Workshop Special Issue “Contemporary Changes in Medically Assisted Reproduction".
Margot Michel (21.01.2025). Talk "Eroding Boundaries Between Humans and Animals and Their Legal Implications". Animals & Society Research Initiative - Distinguished Lecture Series, online. Link
Sandra Gilgen (20.01.2025). Talk "Which norms determine acceptance for use of assisted reproduction technologies for heterosexual couples?". Zurich Population Research Conference, 20. & 21.05.2025, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Link
Sandra Gilgen, Larissa Fritsch & Maila Mertens (20.01.25). Talk "Who is seen as a worthy parent? Acceptance of the use of assisted reproduction technologies for different types of couples". Zurich Population Research Conference, 20. & 21.05.2025, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Link
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (16.01.25). Moderation of the panel "Transformative Meat Governance for Human, Animal, and Planetary Health", Defund Meat Conference, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany