About this event

We invite you to join us in celebrating the publication of Environmental Ethics and Medical Reproduction (Oxford University Press, 2024), a new book by Dr Cristina Richie (Centre for Technomoral Futures at the University of Edinburgh's Futures Institute).

In this book, Dr Richie evaluates 'medicalized reproduction' (MR) from an environmental perspective. From pre-conception gamete retrieval to in-vitro fertilization (IVF), to birthing suites, MR has an enormous carbon footprint. But, unlike other areas of high-carbon health care, such as organ transplantation or chemotherapy, medicalized reproduction does not treat, cure, or prevent disease. It is supported by an economized medical industry, and as such, is open for ethical scrutiny.

Commentator: Dr Sarah Chan (Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, University of Edinburgh).

Dr Cristina Richie is Lecturer of Ethics of Technology at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously held positions as Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics at Delft University of Technology (2020-23), Assistant Professor in Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University (2017-20), and Visiting Assistant Professor in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School (2019).

The event will be followed by a drinks reception.

This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first come, first served basis.

Accessibility:

This event will take place in the Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU. Click here for map and accessibility details. If you have any questions regarding accesiblity, please contact us at ctmf@ed.ac.uk

This event is run by the Edinburgh Futures Institute's Centre for Technomoral Futures in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh.