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Project Details
Description
This project explores the impact of donating egg or sperm on the everyday lives of donors, their partners and their parents.
It will contribute to our understanding of relationships between donors and donor offspring, and of how donation is experienced in wider family networks.
It will be the first major study of this topic since the move towards identity-release donation in UK clinics.
With an increase in the number of children born from egg and sperm donation, some research has been done about the experiences of these children and their parents. But very little research has been done on the experiences of identity-release and known donors, or about how donating impacts on their everyday lives and experiences. Even less is known about the experiences of parents and partners of donors.
It will contribute to our understanding of relationships between donors and donor offspring, and of how donation is experienced in wider family networks.
It will be the first major study of this topic since the move towards identity-release donation in UK clinics.
With an increase in the number of children born from egg and sperm donation, some research has been done about the experiences of these children and their parents. But very little research has been done on the experiences of identity-release and known donors, or about how donating impacts on their everyday lives and experiences. Even less is known about the experiences of parents and partners of donors.
| Short title | R:HSS Curious Connections |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/17 → 30/10/20 |
Keywords
- egg donors
- sperm donors
- family relationships
- personal life
- donor conception
- children
- Genetics
- reproductive technology
- same-sex parenting
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The Case for Reframing Known Donation
Gilman, L. & Nordqvist, P., 23 Jan 2023, In: Human Fertility.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Donors: Curious Connections in Donor Conception
Nordqvist, P. & Gilman, L., 14 Oct 2022, Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 274 p. (Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Being an egg or sperm donor: The impact of donation on donors and their families
Burke, H., Gilman, L. & Nordqvist, P., 3 Sept 2021, 4 p. University of Manchester, Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.Research output: Other contribution
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Relative Strangers: Negotiating Non-Genetic Kinship in the Context of Assisted Conception
Smart, C. & Nordqvist, P.
1/10/10 → 31/03/13
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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‘Relative Strangers: Reflections on families, connections and reproductive donation’.
Petra Nordqvist (Keynote speaker)
11 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research