Education
| 2017 | PhD in social sciences, 07.2017, University of Lausanne Title of dissertation: « Giving voice before giving birth. Temporality in psychosocial counselling for pregnant women (Mettre en mots avant de mettre au monde. Modalités temporelles dans l’accompagnement psychosocial des femmes enceintes) » PhD advisor: prof. Véronique Mottier (University of Lausanne and Jesus College, Cambridge) |
| 2010 | MA in Sociology of religions, 09.2010, University of Lausanne |
| 2008 | BA in History of religions, social sciences and history, 06.2008, University of Lausanne |
Awards
| 2024 | Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences’ 2024 Early Career Award – Diploma of Merit for article Multispecies Childcare (Ballif 2023b) |
| 2023 | Short-listed for the 2023 Brigitte-Schnegg Prize of the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (book chapter Ballif & Zinn 2023) |
| 2011 | Best Master’s thesis Award from the Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, University of Lausanne |
Grants
| 2023 | Return CH Postdoc.Mobility fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation (120’276 CHF, grant nr. 222074) |
| 2021 | Postdoc.Mobility grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (129’383.- CHF, grant nr. 202925) |
| 2019 | Early Postdoc.Mobility grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (151’900.- CHF, grant nr. 191275) |
| 2018 | Contribution to conception of NRP76 research project « Victim narratives, ‘memory work’ and the remaking of Swiss national identity: a discourse analysis of the memorialization of compulsory social measures and placement in Switzerland in comparative perspective« , applicant: Prof. V. Mottier, University of Lausanne (328’391.- CHF, grant nr. 177403) |
| 2014 | Gender Equality grant for registration fees, University of Lausanne (775.- CHF) |
| 2013 | Doc.Mobility scholarship, Swiss National Science Foundation (75’060.- CHF, grant nr. 148504) |
| 2012 | Gender Equality grant for interview transcriptions, University of Lausanne (3’100.- CHF) |
| 2006 | Scholarship from the Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany (€4000) |
Positions
| 04.2024-03.2025 | SNSF Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zürich Return Postodoc.Mobility grant for research project « Nutritional Reproduction: Uncovering reproductive imaginaries in child nutritional advice » See project on this page / on SNSF website |
| 11.2024-02.2025 | Research associate, Coordinator for the NCCR Gender+Justice, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Lausanne |
| 03.2024-04.2024 | Research associate, Coordinator for the NCCR Gender+Justice, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Lausanne |
| 05.2022-10.2023 | Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow Postdoc Mobility Grant for research project « Milk wars: Gender, class and nation in contemporary parenting culture » See project on this page / on SNSF website Double affiliation: – Thomas Coram Research Unit (Dr. Charlotte Faircloth & Dr. Rebecca O’Connell), University College London – Department of Sociology (Dr. Norah MacKendrick), Rutgers University |
| 09.2022-12.2022 | Senior researcher (chercheuse FNS senior), Centre for Gender Studies (prof. Véronique Mottier), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne Research project: « Victim narratives, ‘memory work’ and the remaking of Swiss national identity: a discourse analysis of the memorialisation of compulsory social measures and placements in Switzerland in comparative perspective », led by prof. Véronique Mottier. See project on SNSF website / on National Research Program 76 website |
| 11.2020-04.2022 | Swiss National Science Foundation Research Fellow Early.Postdoc Mobility Grant for research project « The “problem” of the vegan child: An analysis of food politics and parenting culture in Switzerland » See project on this page / on SNSF website Double affiliation: – Reproductive Sociology Research Group (prof. Sarah Franklin), University of Cambridge – Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (prof. Ellie Lee), University of Kent |
| 09.2019-10.2020 | Senior researcher (chercheuse FNS senior), Centre for Gender Studies (prof. Véronique Mottier), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne Research project: « Victim narratives, ‘memory work’ and the remaking of Swiss national identity: a discourse analysis of the memorialisation of compulsory social measures and placements in Switzerland in comparative perspective », led by prof. Véronique Mottier. See project on SNSF website / on National Research Program 76 website |
| 01.2018 – 08.2020 | Senior research fellow (adjointe scientifique), Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud, Haute Ecole de Suisse Occidentale Research project: « Interprofessional collaboration in hospital settings » |
| 02.2019 – 07.2019 | Academic lecturer (chargée de cours), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne |
| 09.2017 – 01.2018 | Junior lecturer (première assistante), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne |
| 03.2015 – 08.2017 | Teaching assistant (assistante diplômée), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne |
| 09.2013 – 02.2015 | Swiss National Science Foundation Research Fellow Doc.Mobility grant for research project « Les enjeux des politiques de la grossesse. Discours institutionnels, représentations subjectives et genre dans l’accompagnement des grossesses » See project on SNSF website Visiting scholar, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (prof. Laura Frader), Northeastern University Visiting scholar, Foreign Languages and Literature (prof. Bruno Perreau), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Visiting scholar, Anthropology Department (prof. Heather Paxson), Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 10.2010 – 08.2013 | Teaching assistant (assistante diplômée), Institute of social sciences, Université de Lausanne |
| 09.2008 – 09.2010 | Research assistant (assistante étudiante), Institute of social sciences of contemporary religions (prof. Jörg Stolz), Université de Lausanne |
| 09.2006 – 06.2007 | Visiting student Georg-August Universität Göttingen |
Dr. Edmée Ballif 