Dr. Celia Roberts

Biography

Celia Roberts is an academic with extensive experience in the field of Feminist Technoscience Studies, focusing particularly on reproduction, sexuality, sex/gender, embodiment, and health. Her academic career began in the early 1990s at Macquarie University's National Centre for HIV Social Research, where she developed her qualitative research methodologies. She undertook her PhD in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Sydney, later published as 'Messengers of Sex: Hormones, Biomedicine, and Feminism'. Following graduation, she worked at the National Breast Cancer Centre, focusing on qualitative research related to breast nursing and patient advocacy. After moving to Lancaster University, she became a permanent member of the Sociology Department, contributing significantly to projects on gender equity and genetic testing. Her publications include several influential books, such as 'Puberty Crisis' and her collaborative work on 'Reproduction, Kin, and Climate Crisis'. She returned to Australia in 2018 to join the School of Sociology at the Australian National University, where she continues to actively engage in research and collaborative projects addressing contemporary issues in feminist studies and technoscience.

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