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Join the Future of Human Reproduction team for a series of research showcase webinars about their interdisciplinary work aimed at informing and opening up conversations about advances in reproductive technology.

What happens when experts from different fields work together to tackle issues about understanding and responding to advancing developments in reproductive technology?

What insights do they gain, and how can these be used to shape public debate, policy, and regulatory decisions?

In this new webinar series, the Future of Human Reproduction team share research highlights from their Wellcome Research Development Award.

Join us for discussions about:

1. What are the ethical, legal, and social issues and implications that new developments in reproductive technology raise?
2. How does learning about and using an interdisciplinary research approach enable and encourage societal engagement on these issues?

The series

In Vitro Gametogenesis (IVG) – What Issues Does It Raise?

Discussed by Stephen Wilkinson and Sarah Norcross

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:00 – 14:00

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What’s literature got to do with it? How literature shapes our views of reproductive technology

Professor Sharon Ruston and Dr. Georgia Walton

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:00 – 16:00

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How can a Child's Development be Shaped Before Birth?

Dr Kirsty Dunn, Lecturer in Psychology at Lancaster University, with Professor Vincent Reid, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

As Dr Dunn and Professor Reid are on the other side of the world from each other, a live session with Q&A was not possible, so we sought questions from you, the audience, in advance, which were posed to our speakers and shaped the discussion:

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Can we anticipate ethical, legal, and social dilemmas in emerging technology?

Professor Emmanuel Tsekleves, Professor in Global Health Design Innovation, Co-Director of Future Cities Research Institute, Co-I The Future of Human Reproduction project.

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT+1)

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The Future of Human Reproduction: An interdisciplinary approach – Research showcase series

Dr Nicola Williams, Wellcome Lecturer in the Ethics of Human Reproduction

May 2025

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