Bonnie Evans

I am Lecturer in the History of Medicine and Health at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Manchester University.

My work explores the global history of child psychology, developmental neuroscience, and the making of the modern self. I have an MSc in Economic and Social History (History of Medicine) from Oxford University and a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University.  

I co-founded the interdisciplinary Health and Welfare Research Group at CRASSH, Cambridge. I then held a fellowship at King’s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities followed by a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship at Queen Mary University, where I also collaborated on a project on cinema and psychology.

I have researched and lectured the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. My first monograph, The Metamorphosis of Autism was published by Manchester University Press in 2017. I am currently writing a new book with Reaktion Press.

In addition to my academic work, I have also worked as a policy and media advisor and have written for publications such as Aeon. I have spoken at the UK Department for Education and have advised at the Institute for Public Policy Research. I have consulted for the BBC and other media outlets and have appeared on BBC television.