Our Team
We are a team of academics and researchers from six different disciplines: design, English literature, law, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. We are interested in developing new interdisciplinary ways of working to explore the conceptual and ethical issues that will emerge as a result of technological advances in human reproductive technologies.
Principal Investigator
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Professor Stephen Wilkinson, Lancaster University
I am a bioethicist, with specific interests in reproductive technologies and in the commodification of the human body.
Co-Investigators
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Dr Kirsty Dunn, Lancaster University
I am a developmental psychologist with an interest in the investigation of cognitive development in utero and throughout the first year of life.
![Sara Fovargue 1×1 Professor Sara Fovargue](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/elementor/thumbs/Sara-Fovargue-1x1-1-qoajp477f50ib6781694nqvfgermlj3mamf7our9lo.jpg)
Professor Sara Fovargue, University of Sheffield
I am an academic lawyer specialising in issues relating to health law and ethics, including reproduction and reproductive biotechnologies, and the impact of such biotechnologies on legal constructions of families.
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Professor Sharon Ruston, Lancaster University
My research focuses on late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century literature and its relationships with science and medicine.
![Professor Elena Semino](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/2024/02/Elena-1x1-1-150x150.jpg)
Professor Elena Semino, Lancaster University
I am an applied linguist and discourse analyst, with interests in health and science communication.
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Professor Emmanuel Tsekleves, Lancaster University
I am an interdisciplinary design researcher with an interest in addressing human and planetary health through creative methods such as speculative design.
![Dr Nicola Williams](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/2024/02/Nicola-1-x-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr Nicola Williams, Lancaster University
I am a philosopher and bioethicist with research interests in the ethical, legal, and policy questions raised by technological advances in medicine.
Research Associates
![Dr Andy Darby](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/2024/02/Andy-1-x-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr Andy Darby, Lancaster University
I am a design researcher with a particular interest in speculative design and participation.
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Dr Laura O’Donovan, Lancaster University
I am an academic lawyer who does research in healthcare law and bioethics with a particular interest in reproduction, the regulation of the family, reproductive ethics and organ donation.
![Dr Georgia Walton](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/2024/02/Georgia-1x1-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr Georgia Walton, Lancaster University
My research looks at American literature and culture from the nineteenth century to the contemporary with a particular focus on spatial theory and queer futurity.
Research Collaborators
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Visiting Researcher
Dr Alexandra Krendel, University of Southampton
I am an applied linguist who uses corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to investigate online communication.
Research Support
![Dr Zoe Bolton](https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/futureofhumanreproduction/files/2024/02/Zoe-1x1-1-150x150.jpg)
Partnership and Communications Manager
Dr Zoe Bolton, Lancaster University
I am an experienced research management professional with a background in strategic communications and partnership building.
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Project Coordinator
Katherine Young, Lancaster University
I am an experienced administrator focusing on event organisation and relationship management.