From 2016 until 2021, Greiff worked as graduate research assistant in the Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography program at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
She co-published the books image/con/text (Reimer 2020) and Images in Conflict (Jonas 2018). Previously, Sophia co-curated the Fotodoks Festival for Contemporary Documentary Photography for many years and was an Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-foundation scholar of the program Museum Curators for Photography. As a doctoral candidate at the Folkwang University of the Arts her focus is on the research-based-photobook.