In the second Future of Human Reproduction webinar, Professor Sharon Ruston and Dr. Georgia Walton shared key insights into the project’s work and highlighted why literature has been central to its research approach:

• Why and how literature has been valuable to the project  
• The unique expertise and perspectives that literary scholars bring  
• Lessons learned along the way  

Dr. Anna McFarlane, James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Fantasy Literature at the University of Glasgow, joined the Future of Human Reproduction (FoHR) as a Visiting Collaborator in May 2024. In this blog, she explores how science fiction critiques reproductive systems and envisions future possibilities, balancing its descriptive power with its predictive role in shaping discussions on emerging technologies like ectogenesis and in vitro gametogenesis.