Research output per year
Research output per year
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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Exploring the generational ordering of kinship through decisions about DNA testing and gamete donor conception: What’s the right age to know your donor relatives?
Gilman, L., Nordqvist, P., Hudson, N. & Frith, L., 17 Jan 2025, In: The Sociological Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
A sense of connectedness in reproductive donation: Contrasting policy with donor and donor kin lived experience’
Nordqvist, P. & Gilman, L., 1 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Family Issues. 45, 8, p. 1973-1996 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing and the changing landscape of gamete donor conception: key issues for practitioners and stakeholders
Gilman, L., Redhead, C., Hudson, N., Fox, M., Nordqvist, P., MacCallum, F., Kirkman-Brown, J. & Frith, L., 1 Jan 2024, In: Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 48, 1, 103421.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives
Nordqvist, P. (PI), Woodward, S. (PI), Balmer, A. (PI), Fenton, L. (PI), Hannell, B. (PI), Lewis, C. (PI), Hall, S. M. (PI), Heaphy, B. (PI), Heath, S. (PI), Hicks, S. (PI), Holmes, H. (PI), Mancuso, J. (PI), Mathrani Chakraborty, R. (PI), Meckin, R. (PI), Price, D. (PI), Reed, K. (PI), Tinkler, P. (PI), Tomlinson, M. (PI), Towers, L. (PI), Yates, L. (PI), Hodgson, J. (PI), Finch, J. (PI), Mason, J. (PI) & Smart, C. (PI)
1/09/05 → 30/09/50
Project: Research
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Relative Strangers: Negotiating Non-Genetic Kinship in the Context of Assisted Conception
Smart, C. (PI) & Nordqvist, P. (CoI)
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’.
Nordqvist, P. (Keynote speaker)
11 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research