Afterword

Paula-Irene Villa is Full Professor for General Sociology and Gender

Studies at LMU Munich (Germany). From 2021–2025, she served as

President Elect of the German Sociological Association. Her research has

been funded by several agencies such as the German Science Foundation

or Volkswagen Stiftung, and focuses on biopolitics/embodiment

(cosmetic surgery or food and fitness), on care and family, on gender

in authoritarian politics, and most recently on academic freedom. She is

the author and co-editor of twelve books and over sixty academic papers

or book chapters; some of her (German and English) publications have

been translated to Spanish and French. Paula Villa appears regularly

on all sorts of media, and organises public science formats such as the

‘Gender Salon’ in Munich which has been running since 2009. She has

two children and lives in Munich.