Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Andrea Büchler

Current position Chair of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, of Zurich

26.11.1968 Born in St. Gallen (), Swiss citizen 1974-1979 Primary School in Gordola and Herisau (Switzerland) 1979-1983 Secondary School in Gordola (Switzerland) 1983-1984 High School in Maine (USA) 1984-1987 Gymnasium in Locarno (Switzerland) 1986 Swiss Gymnasium in Santiago de Chile (Chile) 1987 Graduation, Locarno (Switzerland) 1987-1990 Stay abroad, development work in Nicaragua and teaching activities at various private schools in Asia (Nepal, Thailand, Hong Kong) 1990 Birth of my first daughter 1990-1992 Teacher at the Médécole, Liestal (Switzerland) 2011 Birth of my second daughter Language skills First languages: German and Italian Fluent in English, French, Spanish Basic knowledge of Arabic

Academic Curriculum Vitae

Since 2021 Director of the University Research Priority Programme “Human Reproduction Reloaded” 2020 Honorary Degree of the University of Vienna Spring 2017 Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna; Biomedical Law and Bioethics since 2016 President of the National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics NEK since 2015 Associate Dean for International Affairs of the Law Faculty, Universi- ty of Zurich Spring 2015 Sabbatical leave in Bangalore, India, and San Francisco 2011/2012 Fellow at the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study in Law and Jus- tice, NYU Spring 2011 Visiting Professor at the University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 2009-2016 Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum, ETH/ 2009-2013 Board member of the Swiss Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences 1 since 2008 Director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies, University of Zurich 2008/2009 Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study Berlin 2008-2017 Lecturer for Civil Law at “Universitäre Fernstudien”, Switzerland since 2007 Scientific lead of the Certificate of Advanced Study programme “Fa- chanwalt Familienrecht” (specialisation in family law for lawyers) since 2006 Member of the scientific board 2008-2010 Co-director of the University Priority Research Programme (UPRP) Asia and Europe, University of Zurich 2006/2007 Lecturer, University of (Switzerland) since 2005 Member of the steering committee and on-site director of the Law Summer School in Cairo, in cooperation with the American Universi- ty in Cairo 2005 Cooperation with the Institute for Religion, Politics and Economy, University of Zurich 2004-2008 Scientific lead of the interdisciplinary and inter-institutional re- search project “Children and Divorce – Current Legal Practices and their Impact on Family Transitions” and of the project “Legal Gender Studies – A Commented List of Sources”, both financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF 2003-2007 Co-Director of the Gender Studies Competence Center, University of Zurich 2003 Co-Founder of the Center for Family Sciences since 2002 Chair of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich 2002 Habilitation, venia docendi in Private Law, Comparative Law and Gender Law, University of Basle 2002 Lecturer in Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Basle 2002 Clerk at the 2nd Civil Chamber, High Court “Obergericht”, Canton Berne 2001 Studies of Islamic Jurisprudence and Comparative Constitutional Law, American University in Cairo 2000-2002 Lecturer in Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Basle 1999-2002 Assistant Professor (Oberassistentin) at the Faculty of Law, University of Basle, Chair of Prof. Ingeborg Schwenzer 1998 Promotion to Dr. iur., University of Basle, summa cum laude, winner of the Faculty Award 1996-1999 Co-Initiator and scientific lead of the research project: “Stop violence. State and Private Interventions Against Domestic Violence”; financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation 1996 PhD scholarship, Swiss National Science Foundation 1995 Licentiate at the Faculty of Law, (lic.iur.), University of Basle 1994-1995 Research assignment, observance of criminal procedures in cases of sexual offences on behalf of the helpline for victims of violence

2 1990-1995 Law School, University of Basle

Research interests

National Private Law: All aspects of family law in an interdisciplinary context; children and law; guardianship law; inheritance law; law of persons and its inter- face to intellectual property; medical law, in particular questions of liability and recent developments (reproductive medicine, genetic examination, transplantation medicine); trans- and intersexuality; biology, biogenetics and neuroscience and law; labor law

Comparative Law, Foreign and International Private Law: Comparative private law; legal pluralism; family law in anglo- american legal systems; European, supranational and international family law; personal rights in a comparative perspective, classical Is- lamic law and Middle Eastern law

Legal Studies as Cultural Studies and Legal Gender Studies: Sociology of law; legal theory; inter-and transdisciplinarity; legal gender and queer studies; equality law; legal and institutional inter- ventions against domestic violence; cultural identity, migration, mul- ticulturalism, integration and law; religion and law; postmodernism and law

Membership in scientific and advisory boards, public institutions and academic administration

Director of the University Research Priority Programme “Human Reproduction Reload- ed” Member of the Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences Member Advisory Board Fachbeirat Pflege- und Adoptionskinder Schweiz, PACH Member Advisory Board Swiss Personalized Health Network Member Working Group „Urteilsfähigkeit“ ZEK/SAMW President of the National Advisory Committee of Biomedical Ethics NEK Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law - Académie internationale de droit comparé Board Member of the Swiss Society in Biomedical Ethics Director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies, University of Zurich Scientific lead of the Certificate of Advanced Study programme “Fachanwalt Familien- recht” (specialisation in family law for lawyers)

3 Member of the Expert Committee of the Master of Advanced Studies programme in So- cial Work and Law, HSA Lucerne Member of the Expert Committee of the Certificate of Advanced Study programme “Kindesvertretung”, Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Lucern Member of the Steering Committee of the Law Summer School in Cairo of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich, in cooperation with the American University in Cairo Member of the Foundation Council of the Foundation for Childcare of the University and ETH Zürich Editor in Chief, FamPra.ch, Praxis des Familienrechts Editor in Chief, Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL) Member of the International Law Society Member of the Association of Comparative Law Member of the Association of Civil Law Member of the International Society of Family Law Member of the German-Iranian Society of Law Board of trustees of the Association for Arabic and Islamic Law Member of the Center for Research and Comparative Legal Studies on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Member of the Swiss Lawyers Association Member of the Association of Swiss Women Lawyers Member of the Swiss Society Middle East and Islamic Cultures Member of the Board of Children’s Lawyers “Kinderanwaltschaft Schweiz”

Past membership in scientific and advisory boards, public institutions and academic administration

Member of the « Personalkommission » of the University of Zurich Arbeitsgruppe Richtlinien PID, ZEK/SAMW Member Steuerungsgruppe Generalkonsent, SAMW Member of the Executive Board and 2008-2010 Co-Director of the University Priority Research Programme (UPRP) Asia and Europe, University of Zürich Foundation Council of the Alumni Foundation of the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich Board member of the Swiss Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences (2009-2012) Graduate School Gender Studies 2008-2011: “Bodies, Sex, Gender” Co-Director of the Gender Studies Competence Center at the University of Zurich Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Family Sci- ences Member of the Equal-Opportunities-Commission between Women and Men of the Can- ton of Zurich Member of the Foundation of the Battered Women’s Shelter, Basle Vice-President of the Commission on Justice, Basle President of the Special Commission on Integration and Migration Issues, Basle Advisory Board of the Cantonal Bank Basle Member of the Parliament (Grossrat) of the Canton of Basle

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