Fertility and Reproductive Studies Group

The Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group (FRSG) is an interdisciplinary research and publication body founded in 1998 in the University of Oxford. FRSG’s aim is to promote research and publication on the anthropology of fertility, reproduction, and health, with emphasis on interdisciplinary perspectives and methods. Examples of seminar themes addressed by the group include links between fertility and sexuality, anthropological demography, migration, cousin marriage, generational change, religion, reproductive ecology, identity, adoption, infant feeding and nutrition, infertility, and ageing.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford)
Timing: Tuesdays at 12:30 PM

Talks:

Tuesday 29 April 2025

The maternal mortality measurement trap: how what we count drives the maternal health agenda
Date: 29 April 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Ursula Gazeley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Cross-Border reproductive mobilities: mediating reproductive labour of Central Asian surrogates in Georgia
Date: 6 May 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Polina Vlasenko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Improving perinatal mental health in rural Indian communities: The PRAMH intervention
Date: 13 May 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Nicole Votruba (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Universal access to infertility care: dream or reality?
Date: 20 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Willem Ombelet (University of Hasselt)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Beyond ‘toxic bodies’: Political rationalities and women’s reproductive health concerns in a high-environmental risk area (Taranto, Italy)
Date: 27 May 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Maaret Jokela-Pansini (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Cultural beliefs in northern rural Mozambique and their effect on maternal and neonatal health.
Date: 3 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Anita Makins (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Limitations and possibilities of emerging reproductive mobilities in Central Asia
Date: 10 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Shahnoza Nozimova (University of Oxford)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Demographic hysteria, rebellious wombs: The paradox of Iran's family planning project
Date: 17 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Saba Mirhoissein (Bielefeld University)
Venue: Institute of Human Sciences (The Pauling Centre), 58a Banbury Road OX2 6QS
Organisers: Avi Mikhaylov (University of Oxford), Dr Lys Alcayna-Stevens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Philip Kreager (Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editor: Avi Mikhaylov