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Nina Jakoby is an Adjunct Professor at the Sociological Institute, University of Zurich, and Managing Director of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R. Her work bridges Sociology of Emotions, Gender Studies, and Death and Bereavement Research, with affiliations to institutions like the Centre for Death & Society (University of Bath) and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
- Doctorate in Sociology (RWTH Aachen, 2007)
- Habilitation in Sociology (University of Zurich, 2017)
- CAS in Leadership and Governance (University of Zurich, 2021)
Her research explores grief as a socially regulated emotion, digital memorialization, and gendered aspects of palliative care. Recent publications focus on socioeconomic disparities in emotional responses, virtual cemeteries, and institutional death practices. She has held visiting roles at the University of Konstanz and University of Bath.
Key scientific contributions include the 2016 habilitation thesis Social Loss: Death, Emotions, Coping and Social Structure and co-editorship of On the Sociology of Dying (2017). She received a Konstanz Master Class Fellowship in 2012.
Her teaching spans courses on Sociological Classics, Gender Studies, and Emotional Cultures, with lectures at institutions like the University of Geneva and University of Bath. She actively contributes to public discourse on grief through media appearances and 2.0 digital memorialization research.
