I am a medical anthropologist and sociologist with a focus on public health domains such as parenting advice and nutrition. From April 2024, I am an SNSF postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zürich.
My research is centered on the social construction of « good » parents and how public health programs contribute to the (re)production of social inequalities based on factors such as gender, sex, race, class, or nationality. I deploy qualitative research methods and inductive research designs to reveal the ways in which health polices perpetuate social hierarchies.
New: SwissRepro is launched!
I have founded SwissRepro, a Swiss-wide, interdisciplinary research network in reproductive studies, with Dr. Molly Fitzpatrick.
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-524X
Current research project: « Nutritional reproduction: Uncovering reproductive imaginaries in child nutritional advice »
Latest publications:
- Ballif Edmée. 2024. « Vegan Labor: The intensification of family foodwork at the intersection of dietary and gender norms« . Food, Culture & Society.
- Ballif Edmée, Zinn Isabelle. 2023. « Persistent Pandemic: The unequal impact of Covid labor on early career academics« . Gender, Work & Organization.
- Ballif Edmée. 2023. « Multispecies childcare: Child veganism and the reimagining of health, reproduction and gender in Switzerland » . Medical Anthropology 42:6, 565-578. **Recipient of a Diploma of Merit, 2024 Early Career Award of the Swiss Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities**
- Ballif Edmée. 2023. « Anticipatory regimes in pregnancy : Cross-fertilising reproduction and parenting culture studies« . Sociology 57(3): 476-492.
Dr. Edmée Ballif 