Research Projects
I am currently working on the following research projects:
Surrogacy in Russia
2012-2021
After spending over 8 years (ethnographically) researching the social organisation and the cultural framing of surrogacy in Russia, my monograph is finally available!
You can find "Surrogacy in Russia: An Ethnography of Reproductive Labour, Stratification and Migration" here - and a sample chapter here.
Click here for a comparative analysis of surrogacy practices in the USA, India and Russia.
Egg Donation in the UK, Belgium and Spain
2017-2020
The aim of this study is to explore the motivations, decision-making and experiences of women who provide their eggs for use in infertility treatment in a European context. The study is led by Prof Nicky Hudson, De Montfort University, and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
IVF travel from China to Russia and Kazakhstan
since 2019
As access to reproductive treatment in China is restricted, Chinese citizens are increasingly seeking treatment in Russia and Kazakhstan. This has implications for the global private fertility market, especially with regards to race and racism in assisted reproduction.
In this project, I trace new reproductive flows and published first findings here.
Heterosexually-partnered men's experiences of becoming dads through surrgacy
2019-2020
Surrogacy research has much focused on women (the surrogacy workers and client mothers), and more recently gay couples and single dads. This research looks at the experiences of becoming dads through surrogacy of men in heterosexual relationships, and their challenges and advices.
See our recent blog post with first findings,
And our research paper.
Experiences of migrant women 'donating' their eggs in Spain
since April 2016
This ethnographic research explores the experiences of migrant women in Spain, who have chosen to 'donate' their eggs for a financial compensation in Spain. A particular focus is directed at their background and experience of being migrants.
This research is funded by the University at the West of England in Bristol.
Principal Investigator: Dr Michal Nahman, see also here
Research Associate: Dr Christina Weis
Digitizing Reproduction
Digitizing Reproduction: new technologies, intersectionality and the politics of inclusion - Research Development Grand funded by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness. Research Assistant.
(PI Nicola Mackintosh, CIs: Nicky Hudson; Tania Mcintosh; Jane Sandall; Qian Sarah Gong and Nervo Verdezoto)
