Property in the human body in the context of transnational economies of reproduction (C02)

• Subject Area: Sociological Theory
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 424638267

Besides reshaping human generativity, reproductive technologies such as IVF, egg donation and surrogacy give rise to whole new value creation systems and forms of ownership of the human body. The project is designed as a philosophical and sociological dual project with the aim of exploring discursive, institutional and subjective pro¬cesses of doing property in transnational economies of reproduction. It focuses, on the one hand, on bioethical problems surrounding ownership of the human body and, on the other hand, on patterns of interpretation and practices employed by various players in the context of the transnational propertisation of human ova in Germany and Spain.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 294: Strukturwandel des Eigentums
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Privatdozentin Dr. Stefanie Graefe; Privatdozentin Dr. Susanne Lettow