Adele is a Sociology lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research explores how contraceptive knowledge is produced and valued in England. Using interviews, surveys, and Instagram netnography, she examines what counts as valid knowledge and how the practice of ‘contracepting’ is shaped through everyday experiences.

I’m a trainee clinical psychologist in Tees, Esk & Wear Valley, working across various services. I am also a researcher and my work focuses on reproductive health inequalities, including the experiences of women whose children are in care. I’m currently exploring the mental health of young parents under 18 in the North East of England to inform more supportive, empowering practices.

Heather Brown is a Professor of Health Inequalities at Lancaster University. Her main research interests are the economics causes and consequences of health inequalities and policy evaluation. She is particularly interested in inequalities across and between generations and how policies can reduce these inequalities by removing structural barriers. Heather uses large datasets including linked data to evaluate policy as well as identify current trends and areas for future policy and interventions. She is also interested in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to make complex quantitative data analysis accessible and user friendly.

Kate works for Tomorrow's Women which is a charity led by women for women, offering support, courses, activities and interventions to women with a range of issues including domestic abuse, stalking & harassment, mental health, substance misuse, financial issues, confidence & self-esteem, and social isolation.

With a history of working in policy and practice (HIV and on 'teenage pregnancy') I am now a researcher focusses on young people. I’m particularly interested in young men’s health, masculinity, and social exclusion and emphasis on broader structural factors influencing youth health outcomes.

​Sophie is a senior Public Health Registrar and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at Lancaster University. Her research focuses on inequalities in women’s sexual and reproductive health, exploring broader health determinants. With roles in both academia and public health services, she bridges research and policy to address priority health issues effectively.

Dr Andrea Waling is a Senior Research Fellow at Lancaster University and an Honorary Adjunct at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. Her research expertise includes young people’s sexual health and sexual literacies, the use of technologies in sexual practices and intimacy, relationships, sexual communication, and sexual consent.

​Chantelle, a Manchester native and mother of three, holds a BA in Youth and Community Work and is pursuing an MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy. She leads sexual health initiatives for Black communities, with experience in anti-trafficking, youth work, and community engagement, driven by a passion for justice and wellbeing.

Prof Fledderjohann's work explores the consequences of food insecurity and housing for reproductive justice; how survey instruments socially construct the ‘invisible infertile’—marginalised individuals who experience infertility which falls outside of the dominant reproductive imaginary; and ‘algorithmic reproductive justice’—how emerging digital technologies produce reproductive injustices.

I am a self-advocate and currently I attend Care Education & Treatment Reviews on behalf of Inclusion North. I am involved in the red flag developments for ensuring good access to health care. I'm doing my Masters in Autism at Northumbria University. I enjoy reading and research. I have a great sense of humour. I am kind and thoughtful of others. I’m creative and think outside the box. I enjoy working as part of a team.

I am a researcher and facilitator with 15 years of experience working and doing activism in sexualities, gender, sexual and reproductive health and pleasure. I am passionate about creative, affirmative, participatory and community centred research ways to address health and social inequities.

​Felicity works for Toxteth Women's Centre which supports women in Liverpool whose first language is not English, offering a wide range of support in a welcoming community. The TWC team care deeply about providing a warm and supportive place where the women feel cared for, confident, and which enhances their emotional and physical wellbeing. 

Dr. Becky Mawson, a GP and Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, leads research on reproductive health inequalities. Through the The Hormone Education (T.H.E) project, she’s developing a multilingual platform to capture diverse contraceptive experiences, aiming to improve access, representation, and data inclusivity for underserved communities in primary care.

Dr Deirdre Duffy is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Global Social Inequalities). She joined Lancaster University in 2022 having previously worked at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on access to health care, health social movements, and reproductive governance. She has extensive experience in collaborating with activists and policy-makers globally on abortion rights and care. She was lead researcher on the first review of abortion services in the Republic of Ireland following the historic liberalisation of abortion law.

I am a midwife, researcher, and creative who specialises in creating in-person and digital commuities for learning and peer support. I understand the centrality of Reproductive Justice and the inequality experienced in our region from my professional experience.This understanding has recently deepened, during my navigation of health and mental health services as a carer, parent, disabled and perimenopausal woman.

I’m a researcher-activist working on  reproductive justice projects: PhD on abortion stigma in Malta, using creative methods (University of Liverpool); abortion activism in Malta; reproductive justice in Northern England (ReproNorth). Beyond research, I’m part of the Maltese abortion rights movement, and I volunteer with UK-based organisations that help people access abortions and address abortion stigma.

Sharna is passionate about the social issue of reproductive justice as a lived-experience expert, with a particular interest in LGBTQ+ equality, dismantling misogynistic social norms and safety for women and girls. Sharna currently works in the public sector with a professional focus on Violence Against Women and Girls and women in the criminal justice system and has previously worked in the women’s sector.

I research ideas, discourses and narratives about 'overpopulation' and 'depopulation' - where they are produced, and how they reactivate older eugenic ideas about who 'should' have children and form families and how they might be supported/ encouraged/resourced to do that.