TIMING FERTILIY- A Comparative Analysis of Time Constructions and the Social Practice of Egg-Freezing in Germany and Israel

Información del proyecto

TIMEGG

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 749889

DOI

10.3030/749889

Proyecto finalizado el 29 Septiembre 2019

Fecha de la firma de la CE 17 Marzo 2017

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 2018

Fecha de finalización 31 Enero 2020

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 171 460,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 171 460,80

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN GOETTINGEN - GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN - STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
Germany

Objetivo

"Technological advancements in reproductive medicine have introduced the new concept of ""FREEZING"". Nowadays, healthy women are given the possibility to cryopreserve their oocytes in order to prolong their fertility, a procedure known as ""social egg freezing"". There is an ongoing bioethical academic and public debate on the social and ethical implications of this practice. The here proposed socio-empirical research is interested in extending our understanding of the concept of ""freezing"" in broader contexts, while analyzing it through the prism of 'sociology of time'. Egg freezing constitutes an extremely fascinating paradigm for studying concepts of time, timing, planning and its social-technological manipulation related to modern life science. In line with the IF work program's focus on creativity, innovation and diversity, this research aims to examine the interplay of culture and bioethics in an interdisciplinary and empirical manner, focusing on and comparing experts' and lay positions and using a cross-cultural German-Israeli comparative research framework. This cross-cultural comparison is especially interesting since the German regulatory and legal framework regarding new reproductive technologies is rather restrictive, while the Israeli regulation has been identified as extremely permissive. Using qualitative in depth interviews with relevant experts as well as users of social egg freeing, this research aims at (a) In-depth empirical analysis of time in the context of reproductive medicine; (b) A cross sectional analysis of social egg freezing by comparing two national contexts as well as experts and ordinary (lay) ethics; and (c) Theorization of the time dimension for the relationship of reproduction, labor and gender. Thus, this innovative research is expected to enhance the researcher academic competence and the transfer of new knowledge."

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › ciencia de datos
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina clínica › ginecología › medicina de la reproducción
• humanidades › filosofía, ética y religión › ética › principios éticos
• ciencias sociales › sociología › demografía › fecundidad
• ciencias sociales › economía y empresa › gestión y empresas › empleo

Palabras clave

• Social Egg Freezing
• Empirical Bioethics
• Sociology of Time
• Experts' Positions
• Lay Moralities
• Time
• Timing
• Reproductive Planning
• Gender
• Labor Market
• Germany
• Israel

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2016

Coordinador

UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN GOETTINGEN - GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN - STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 171 460,80
• Dirección: Robert-Koch-Strasse 40 ; 37075 Goettingen ; Alemania
• Región: Niedersachsen › Braunschweig › Göttingen
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 171 460,80