Alina Geampana

If elected as council member, I would bring both experience in organisational activities and enthusiasm for our field. For the past two years I have been a convenor of the British Sociological Association (BSA) STS study group; I have organised seminar series, conference panels, and plenary streams. I have been a regular attendee and panel organiser at STS conferences (including EASST, 4S, STS Italia) for more than 10 years. Given my interest in topics related to inequality, I would be keen to bring a focus on issues pertaining to diversity and inclusion. This interest also comes from my mentoring activities through the BSA and the Pro North East mentorship network. I believe interdisciplinarity and collegiality are essential to moving STS inquiry forward.

My work explores the social and political dimensions of health technologies. I am especially interested in reproductive health innovations, having researched topics such as technology assessment, the use of assisted reproductive technologies, and evidence-making in fertility treatment. I am currently investigating digital innovations in women’s health. I completed my PhD at McGill University in 2018 and shortly thereafter started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Queen Mary University of London. I also worked as a Lecturer at Aston University before joining Durham University in 2022. My work has been supported, among others, by the Wellcome Trust and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has appeared in journals such as Science, Technology, & Human Values, Social Science & Medicine and Sociology of Health and Illness.