About

Christina Weis

Social & Cultural Anthropologist · Yoga & AcroYoga Teacher

I am a feminist anthropologist researching social aspects of in/fertility, (assisted) reproduction, reproductive stratification and reproductive justice. I currently work as a senior lecturer in Global Health at De Montfort University in Leicester, and I am an active member of the Centre for Reproduction Research.

Christina Weis smiling in front of an ivy-covered wall

Anthropologist, teacher, traveller

I am also a capoeirista (Senzala Capoeira), a yoga teacher and an AcroYoga teacher.

I hold a PhD in Sociology with Anthropology from De Montfort University (2017). My PhD examines the social organisation and cultural framing of commercial gestational surrogacy in Russia and is titled ‘Reproductive Migrations. Surrogacy Workers and Reproductive Stratifications in St Petersburg’. I received my BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Vienna, Austria, in 2010, and my MSc in Cultural Anthropology: Sociocultural Transformations (research) from Utrecht University, Netherlands, in 2013.

Before Leicester

In 2010/2011 I lived and worked in Chisinau, Moldova, as a social assistant in a shelter for former victims of human trafficking, and in 2006/2007 with homeless young people in Bucuresti, Romania.

Christina Weis doing a handstand on a beach with the sea and mountains behind

Away from the desk

I have no idea how many miles I have hitchhiked so far in my life, but between 2004 and 2020, criss-crossing Europe, hitchhiking my way to Iran and from the Fergana Valley to the Aral Lake, I covered quite some. Fast forward, as a mum of 2 little ones, I most recently took my whole family hitchhiking in rural Romania.

I am currently training as a breastfeeding peer supporter, and I love fixing clothes with embroidery. They then look fixed, and better.

I love story-telling, being in the sun, toes in cold water, cooking for friends, sharing food, learning, reading and sketching. I like to not be good at things but to do them for play and the sake of it.

Capitalism sucks. It’s a soul-eating monster and I am doing my best every day to choose, live and celebrate alternatives.

I believe in creating what we want to exist and the power of compassion.

Connect with me

You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn — I’m not on Facebook.

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Get in touch

Questions about classes, research or collaboration — send a message and I will get back to you.

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Christina will get back to you. If it is urgent, you can also reach her directly at christina.weis@posteo.de.