2026

Nina Jakoby (22.10.2026). Talk "Die neue Unvergänglichkeit - Über Verlust, Trauer und Erinnern im digitalen Raum". Workshop "Digitale Welten in der Trauerbegleitung - Diskussion und Erfahrungsaustausch".  6. Symposium der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Trauerbegleitung, TRAUER|aus|HALTEN Zwischen Sprachlosigkeit und Unsicherheit: Auf der Suche nach neuen Ausdrucksformen und Handlungsspielräumen, St. Virgil Salzburg, Österreich.

Davide Battisti (25.09.2026). Talk "AI-Assisted Suicide: A Game-Changer in Assisted Dying?" European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) Conference. KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Alice Margaria & Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (11.09.2026). Talk "Care Along a Spectrum: Fatherhood in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights", panel "Caring and the law - trends and developments". International Society of Family Law Conference 2026, Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul, Türkiye. Link

Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (10.09.2026). Talk "Reforming the Swiss Reproductive Medicine Act: Between Opportunity and Challenges for Diverse Families". International Society of Family Law Conference 2026, Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul, Türkiye. Link

Tanja Krones & Davide Battisti (26.08.2026). Talk "Difficult decisions and the ethics of genetics". Goldrain Course in Clinical Cytogenetics, European School of Cytogenetics, Goldrain, Italy.

Julia Böcker (19.06.2026). Sterben im Mutterleib und die unwiederbringliche Jetztzeit nach der Geburt. Die Zeit des Sterbens - Interdisziplinäre Forschungstagung - 18. und 19. Juni 2026, Universität Zürich. Link

Ying Cai (11.06.2026). Poster "The mechanism of embryonic failure triggered by DNA-damaged sperm". 3rd Zuri-Repro meeting, Irchel Campus, University of Zurich, 11 June 2026 | Zurich Switzerland. Link

Bernhard Magerl (11.06.2026). Poster "Enlightening Early Embryogenesis: Origin and Consequences of Aneuploidy". 3rd Zuri-Repro meeting, Irchel Campus, University of Zurich, 11 June 2026 | Zurich Switzerland. Link

Jörg Rössel & Maila Mertens (09.06.2026). Talk «„Elternschaft in der Schweiz – Ein Bericht über (Un-)Fruchtbarkeit und Kinderlosigkeit“». Pressekonferenz & Podiumsdiskussion «Warum immer mehr Menschen in der Schweiz keine Kinder bekommen können oder wollen. Die Ergebnisse einer Studie der Universität Zürich, Careum Auditorium, Zürich. Link (PDF, 321 KB)

Jörg Rössel (09.06.2026). Podiumsdiskussion «Warum immer mehr Menschen in der Schweiz keine Kinder bekommen können oder wollen. Die Ergebnisse einer Studie der Universität Zürich, Careum Auditorium, Zürich. Link (PDF, 321 KB)

Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (03.06.2026). Talk "Reproductive Medicine, Filiation and Changing Family Models: Swiss Law at a Crossroads", Family Law Early Career Colloquium, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Nordic Centre for Comparative and International Family Law (NorFam) in association with Max Planck Law, Copenhagen, Denmark. Link , Program (PDF, 196 KB)

Raquel Medina Plana (19.05.2026). Talk "Liminal Subjectivity in Third-Party Assisted Reproduction. The Best Interests of the Not Yet Conceived Child". Symposium Reproductive Futures – Law, Kinship, and Identity in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 19. May 2026, Collegium Helveticum, ETH-Zurich. Link

My Rafstedt (19.05.2026). Talk "How Are Parents Made? Exploring the Creative Potential of Democratic Deliberation and Institutions to Re-Imagine the Family". Symposium Reproductive Futures – Law, Kinship, and Identity in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 19. May 2026, Collegium Helveticum, ETH-Zurich. Link

Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou (19.05.2026). Talk "Ectogenesis and the Future of Human Reproduction. How Emerging Technologies Could Challenge Our Understanding of Kinship and Reproductive Justice". Symposium Reproductive Futures – Law, Kinship, and Identity in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 19. May 2026, Collegium Helveticum, ETH-Zurich. Link

Alice Margaria (19.05.2026). Talk "Trans Legal Parenthood in the Nordic Countries. Between Biogenetics and Lived Experience". Symposium Reproductive Futures – Law, Kinship, and Identity in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 19. May 2026, Collegium Helveticum, ETH-Zurich. Link

Nina Jakoby (18.05.2026). Talk "Layers of Loss: A Sociological Perspective on Reproductive Loss in the Context of Fertility Treatment". BSA Human Reproduction Study Group Annual Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Link Conference booklet

Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (11. & 12.05.2026). Talk "The (Non-)Regulation of Unhealthy Foods in Switzerland: A History of Regulatory Restraint and Political Choices". Food Law Academics Network (FLAN) Annual Conference 2026, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Noa Vreven (08.05.2026). Talk "Reframing reproductive autonomy: a multidimensional and comparative approach to European reproductive rights narratives". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Marie-Hélène Peter Spiess (08.05.2026). Talk "Towards the Legalisation of Egg Donation in Switzerland: Open Challenges and Comparative Lessons from France". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Alice Margaria (08.05.2026). Chair Parallel Session 1 "Reproductive rights & Inequalities". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Edmée Ballif (08.05.2026). Talk "Reproductive Boundaries: Psychosocial Care and Pregnancy in Switzerland". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou (08.05.2026). Talk "‘Artificial wombs’ and abortion: Recentering pregnant people in the abortion debate". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Kristin Hammer (08.05.2026). Talk "Declining Fertility: Individual Reasons and Experiences of People without Children in Switzerland". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Emma Mavodza (08.05.2026). Talk "Striving to Mother: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Justice among Black Women in South Africa". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Maila Mertens (08.05.2026). Talk "“Missing Half of the Story”: Mapping Men’s Reproductive Journeys in Switzerland". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Larissa Fritsch (08.05.2026). Talk "Social Disparities in Reproductive Self Determination in Switzerland". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Edmée Ballif (08.05.2026). Chair Parallel Session 4 "Fertility, ARTs & Reproductive Stratification". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Melissa Pisteljic (08.05.2026). Talk "Needs and Experiences of Trans and Gender diverse Persons in Reproductive Health: A Swiss Qualitative Interview Study". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Marie-Hélène Peter Spiess (08.05.2026). Chair Parallel Session 5 "Queer & Trans Reproductive (In)justice". SwissRepro Conference 2026, Campus Battelle, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Link

Ying Cai (07.05.2026). Poster "The Mechanism of Embryonic Failure Induced by DNA-Damaged Gametes". EMBO Workshop: Awakening the Genome During Developmental Reprogramming: From Embryos to Organoids 04 – 07 May 2026 | Seville, Spain. Link

Davide Battisti & Chiara Mannelli (05.05.2026). Talk, “Who Decides Who Goes First? Taking Democracy Seriously in Micro-Allocative Healthcare Decisions”. University of Naples Federico II, Department of Medical Biotechnologies.

Matthias Klingler, Lea Jordan & Marco Giesselmann (23–24.04.2026). Talk "Three sides of a coin? Parenthood and the division of paid work in western Germany, eastern Germany, and Switzerland". ECSR Thematic Conference Life Course and Social Stratification, 23–24 April 2026, Trento, Italy. Link

Davide Battisti (18.04.2026). Talk "Prendersi Cura della Ricerca: Etica, Responsabilità, Consapevolezza – Un dialogo sul coinvolgimento etico e informato dei pazienti nella ricerca scientifica".  l'Incontro delle AIR - Edizione 2026, “Oltre la terapia: le molteplici dimensioni della cura”, Bologna, Italy. Link

Tommaso Cavazza (16.04.2026). Talk “Gametes with damaged DNA: how does the embryo react? A mechanistic perspective of embryonic failure”. IMP-IMBA, Vienna, Austria.

Tommaso Cavazza (15.04.2026). Talk “Errors at the beginning of life: aneuploidy and mammalian embryogenesis”. Masaryk University (Brno), Czech Republic.

Bernhard Magerl (12.–15.04.2026). Poster "Enlightening Embryogenesis: Origin and Consequences of Aneuploidy".   Conference Mitotic Spindle: From living and synthetic systems to theory, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Link

Davide Battisti (09.04.2026). Podcast “The Famous Violinist and the Ethics of Abortion”. Liberi Oltre le Illusioni. Link

Davide Battisti (08.04.2026). Seminar “Ethics of Genome Editing,” University of Bologna.

Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou (31.03.2026). Talk "Replacing Abortion with Artificial Placenta Technology: False Promises and Imminent Risks". Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2026, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom. Link

Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (27.03.2026). Talk Weiterbildung "Vielfalt rechtlich absichern: Elternschaft und Kind in Regenbogenfamilien". Weiterbildungszentrum Universität Freiburg, Schweiz. Link

Anne Mann, Nolwenn Bühler & Aline Sigrist (27.03.2026). Workshop "The Ethics of Health Research Between Biomedicine and Anthropology". University of Bern. Link

Maila Mertens (25.03.2026). Talk "Presentation of own academic journey and research". «Meet the researcher», Department of Sociology, University of Zürich.

Margot Michel, Yoan Hermstrüwer, Alice Margaria, Olaf Zenker & Michaela Schäuble (10.03.2026). Roundtable "(Re)Turning to the Human? Legalities, Normativities, and Questions of Justice". Faculty of Law, University of Zurich. Link

Maila Mertens (03.03.2026). Talk "Reproductive Sociology: What Sperm and Egg Cells Have to Do with Society". SUZ Public Talks: «Reproductive Sociology», Current Sociological Research, Department of Sociology, University of Zurich. Link

Matthias Klingler, Benita Combet, Larissa Fritsch & Sandra Gilgen (27.02.2026). Talk "U.S. Parenting Norms in Europe? A Replication and Extension of Ishizuka (2019) in Switzerland". FACES - Joint International Family Sciences Conference 2026, 26. & 27. February 2026, German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich, Germany. Link

Lea Heistrüvers (26.02.2026). Poster presentation "Non-commercial Surrogacy. An international qualitative interview study".  FACES - Joint International Family Sciences Conference 2026, 26. & 27. February 2026, German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich, Germany. Link

Kristin Hammer (25.2.2026). Talk “Declining Fertility: Individual Reasons and Experiences of People without Children”. PhD-Workshop, FACES - Joint International Family Sciences Conference 2026, 26. & 27. February 2026, German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich, Germany. Link

Tommaso Cavazza (20.02.2026). Talk “Gametes with damaged DNA: how does the embryo react? A mechanistic perspective of embryonic failure”. Excellence Cluster Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.

Matthias Klingler, Benita Combet, Larissa Fritsch & Sandra Gilgen (04.02.2026). Talk "U.S. Parenting Norms in Europe? A Replication and Extension of Ishizuka (2019) in Switzerland". Social Science Research Colloquium, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, WS 25/26, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland. Link