Short biography

Lisa Glaum completed her bachelor's degree in literature with a certificate in social sciences at the University of Erfurt from 2018 to 2022. She then went on to complete a master's degree in public health at Bielefeld University from 2022 to 2025. As part of this, she wrote her master's thesis on the experiences of autistic people in their diagnostic processes.

She also worked as a research assistant at Bielefeld University, Halle University, and Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. As part of her work at Halle University, she worked on the "„WHAT HAPPENS when you stop using the contraceptive pill?“ research project. 

Since November 2025, she has been pursuing her doctorate as part of the project “LEAH – Living with Endometriosis: Testing an Arts-based Design for Health Services Research” at the Department of Health Services Research, Faculty VI – Medicine and Health Services Research, Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation Research at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

Research interests

•    Medical humanities

•    Knowledge production

•    Embodiment

•    Mental and physical chronic illnesses

•    Health inequalities & injustices

•    Qualitative methods (especially reconstructive and discursive methods)

Research projects

LEAH - Living with Endometriosis – Testing an Arts-based Design for Health Services Research

Publications

Publications

Journal publications

Niemann, J., Glaum, L., Hofmann, L., Freymüller, N. & Schenk, L. (2025). Between contraception and hormones: a qualitative analysis of the lived experiences of former contraceptive pill users. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2025.2563393

Niemann J, Wicherski L, Glaum L, Schenk L, Stadler G, Richter M. YouTube and the implementation and discontinuation of the oral contraceptive pill: A mixed-method content analysis. PLoS One. 2024;19:e0302316. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302316

Conference (peer-reviewed)

Niemann J, Glaum L, Jepsen D, Hofmann L, Schenk L & Führer A. (2025). „Ein Kontinuum gynäkologischer Gewalt: Symbolische, strukturelle und schleichende Gewalt am Beispiel der Antibabypille.“ Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Med. Soziologie und Med. Psychologie, Jena, 03.-05.09.2025

Niemann J, Glaum L, Schenk L. (2024). “(Gendered) Embodiment and the Birth Control Pill - A Qualitative Analysis” Symposium für „Women’s embodiment and health: lived experiences”, Tilburg University, 17.-18.2024

Niemann J, Glaum L, Schenk L. (2023). „Geschlecht, Körperwirklichkeiten und die Antibabypille – Eine qualitative Analyse“. Disziplinübergreifende Tagung „Forschung zu und mit Gender. Genderforschung in Abschluss- und Qualifikationsarbeiten“, Halle (Saale), 01.12.2023

Niemann J, Wicherski L, Glaum L, Schenk L, Stadler G, Richter M. (2023) „YouTube und Einnahme und das Absetzen der Antibabypille. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Med. Soziologie und Med. Psychologie, Gießen, 20.-22.09.2023