Social Implications of Medically Assisted Reproduction

DigClass Workshop: Social Implications of Medically Assisted Reproduction

Description

This workshop brought together selected experts currently working, from different disciplinary approaches, on Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) and its implications for fertility, socioeconomic inequality, child development, and ethics. The workshop took place on 24th November and 25th November at the JRC site in Seville.

We addressed the following topics in dedicated sessions:

  1. The role that assisted reproduction has on total fertility and whether the increasing use of these treatments can mitigate fertility decline
  2. Socioeconomic gaps in access to and use of assisted reproduction and the influence of barriers to access
  3. Child outcomes and maternal health in children conceived after assisted reproduction relative to those conceived naturally
  4. Ethical considerations around assisted reproduction and regulatory aspects

The DigClass Team Scientific Committee organises the workshop: Leire Salazar, Carlos Gil-Hernández, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, Davide Villani, Alicia de Quinto

Below you can watch the recorded sessions and check the programme:

Practical information

Languages: English
Organisers: Joint Research Centre
Location: Sevilla, Spain

Event

DigClass workshop: Social Implications of Medically Assisted Reproduction

Day 1: 24 November 2022
13:45 – 14:00

The Workshop in the context of DigCass: Leire Salazar (JRC-EC)

14:00 – 16:00

Session 1: Fertility delay and contribution of MAR to total fertility
Chair: Marta Seiz-Puyuelo (UNED)
Speakers:

  • Eva Beaujouan (University of Vienna)
  • Jenny Chanfreau (UCL)
  • Anna Šťastná (Charles University)
  • Cristina Suero (CSIC)
16:00 – 16:15

Break

11:35 – 13:00

Session 2: Barriers in MAR access and use
Chair: Tatiana Eremenko (Universidad de Salamanca)
Speakers:

  • Jasmin Passet-Wittig (BIB)
  • Simone Johansen (RFF DK)
  • Marco Cozzani (Università di Bologna), Tatiana Eremenko (Universidad de Salamanca), Peter Fallesen (online, Stockholm University), Alice Goisis (UCL), Leire Salazar (JRC-EC), Marta Seiz (UNED)

DigClass workshop: Social Implications of Medically Assisted Reproduction

Day 2: 25 November 2022
09:30 – 11:30

Session 3: Child and parental wellbeing and child development after MAR
Chair: Alice Goisis (UCL)
Speakers:

  • Anna Barbuscia (Ikerbasque/INED)
  • Lidia Panico (INED)
  • Maria C. Magnus (online, Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
  • Signe Opdhal (online, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
11:30 – 11:45

Break

11:45 – 13:45

Session 4: Ethical considerations around MAR
Chair: Leire Salazar (JRC-EC)
Speakers:

  • Zeynep Gürtin (online, UCL)
  • Akash Kumar (MyOme, Inc)
  • Sara Lafuente (Goethe Universitat)
  • Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford)
13:45 – 13:55

Concluding remarks and implications for DigClass: Leire Salazar (JRC-EC)

DigClass International Workshop

This workshop was organized by the DigClass team within the JRC-Centre for Advanced Studies. DigClass is a project born out of increasing concern in Europe about the implications of the digital revolution for social inequalities and democratic processes. The project aims to understand better how digital technologies alter the mechanisms that generate inequalities in the distribution of resources and life chances, which is crucial for social policies to respond to the challenges of the digital revolution.

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