Vita

Since Nov 2022 Research Associate (Post-Doc) in Cultural Sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (Prof. Dr. Andrea Kretschmann)

2021-2022   Parental Leave

Feb – Mar 2021   Visiting Scholar at the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc), University of Cambridge

2020   Lecturer for Leuphana Professional School (Master in Public Health)

2018   Deputy Director of the Institite of Sociology and Cultural Organization

2017   Parental Leave

2013-2022  Research Associate and PhD Candidate in Cultural Sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization

2012   Research Assistant at the Institute for Cultural Sciences of Leipzig University

Dec 2010 – Mar 2011   Field Research in Goa (India), funded by DAAD

2005 – 2012   Studies of Cultural Sciences, Psychology and Indology at Leipzig University

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Fehlgeburt und Stillgeburt: Eine Kultursoziologie der Verlusterfahrung
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 2022 Weinhiem Basel , 337 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  2. Die Liebe der Soziologie: Festschrift für Günter Burkart
    Julia Böcker (Editor) , Anna Alexandra Henkel (Editor) , Simon Moebius (Editor) , 2019 Berlin , 289 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Zum Verhältnis von Empirie und kultursoziologischer Theoriebildung: Stand und Perspektiven
    Julia Böcker (Editor) , Lena Dreier (Editor) , Melanie Eulitz (Editor) , Anja Frank (Editor) , Maria Jakob (Editor) , Alexander Leistner (Editor) , 2018 1 ed. Weinheim , 281 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

Journal contributions

  1. “No One Sends You Flowers”: Social Norms and Patients’ Emotional Journey Within Fertility Treatment
    Julia Böcker (Author) , Nina Jakoby (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Social Inclusion, 13 , 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Soziologie des Schwangerschaftsverlusts: Empirische und theoretische Erträge
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 01.01.2023 , in: Soziologie: Forum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, 52, 2 , p. 207-216 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  3. Der Wandel der Anerkennung von Fehl- und Totgeburt als Geburt eines Kindes
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 01.03.2022 , in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 47, 1 , p. 59-82 , 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Doing Kinship by Doing Law? Department of European Ethnology, University of Vienna, 9–10 December 2022: Conference Report
    Julia Böcker (Author) , Felix Gaillinger (Author) , Michèle Kretschel-Kratz (Author) , Sarah Mühlbacher (Author) , 01.01.2022 , in: Anthropology Matters Journal, 21, 1 , p. 51-57 , 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  5. 4/ Queering Death in the Medical and Health Humanities
    Julia Böcker (Author) , Yana Kirey-Sitnikova (Author) , Annie Werner (Author) , Pinelopi Tzouva (Author) , Simon Clay (Author) , 30.06.2021 , in: Whatever, 4 , p. 653–682 , 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Against and with the silence: Language, relations, and methods in qualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 18.03.2025 , p. 300-316 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  2. Fehlgeburt, Stille Geburt und die unwiederbringliche Jetztzeit
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 1-9 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Creating Social Existence Through Law. Laypeople’s Successful Struggle for a Certificate of Miscarriage
    Julia Böcker (Author) , 01.01.2024

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. »Was wäre, wenn?« Zum Nutzen kontrafaktischer Analyse in der (historischen) Soziologie am Beispiel 1989
    Julia Böcker (Author) , Alexander Leistner (Author) , 04.10.2022 , p. 277-298 , 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearch

  5. Familie, Sterben und Tod
    Julia Böcker (Author) , Nina Jakoby (Author) , Nina Streeck (Author) , 01.07.2022 2. ed. Wiesbaden , p. 741-758 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

Press / Media

  1. Die soziale Existenz der Stillgeborenen: Warum sie für Trauernde wichtig ist
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. Der zentrale Konflikt ist der Status des Ungeborenen
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Gast im Podcast Gesellschaft Besser Machen
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Interview Landeszeitung Lüneburg
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Interview SZ Magazin Online
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

Prizes

  1. Deutscher Studienpreis der Körber-Stiftung (2. Preis)
    Julia Böcker (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  2. Dissertationspreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
    Julia Böcker (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  3. Dissertationspreis der Sektion Soziologie des Körpers und des Sports
    Julia Böcker (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

  4. Stipendium für kurzfristige Studienaufenthalte für Abschlussarbeiten
    Julia Böcker (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

Courses