Dr Claire Pierson – our visiting researcher
We are delighted to have dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) with our project team in Warsaw in April 2025! Claire Pierson is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in reproductive politics, specifically abortion rights and activism in highly restrictive contexts. She is currently leading on a British Academy […]
Marta Bucholc in Poznań
On February 25th, 2025, Marta Bucholc gave an invited lecture at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, entitled Socjologia praw człowieka: neutralność, zaangażowanie i problemy metodologiczne (Sociology of human rights: detachment, involevement and methodological problems) where she has given the audience the overview of the Abortion Figuration project’s methods, goals, and struggles. This lecture was […]
Abortion Figurations is leaving X/Twitter
Abortion Figurations is leaving X due to recent political shifts and increasing algorithmic bias that limit visibility and distort engagement. As the platform amplifies certain narratives while suppressing others, it no longer supports open discussion and critical analysis. We believe Bluesky offers a more balanced space for meaningful conversations. You can now find us there […]
Abortion Figuration in the European Dissemination Portal!
An overview of our project, it’s aims, goals, and our way of thinking about human rights, is now published in the Project Repository Journal, ran by the European Dissemination project. Take a look here .
Video Blog 16 – Intersex Persons and Sex-Selective Abortions
In this episode of the project video blog, Nikoletta Pikramenou will talk about her research into intersex rights. Intersex persons, or people born with a combination of both female and male biological traits, may face discrimination and experience unwanted surgeries and procedures in infancy. The term sex-selective abortion refers to the practice of terminating a […]
Human Rights Day 2024
December 10 marks Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This day reminds us of the inalienable rights every person holds, regardless of identity or status, as a universal standard of dignity and equality.From Abortion Figurations, we recognize the importance of this date and continue […]
Video Blog 15: EU Treaties Amendment – The Right to Abortion Back on the Table
The proposal to amend the EU treaties has created quite a storm within the EU member states. One of the amendments could have far-reaching implications on abortion laws in the member states. Marta Bucholc discusses the proposed change and it’s significance.
Video Blog 14: Involvement Patterns
Can you have a favourite human right? Why can we perceive some human rights as more important than others? In the following video blog, Marta Bucholc argues for looking at human rights not as a monolith but as a rich and differentiated set of rules and concepts.
Open PhD positions – Trinity College Ireland
An exciting opportunity for prospective PhD students to get their doctoral diploma and work at the Trinity College (Ireland) and KU Leuven (Belgium) as a part of the Healthy Adaptation to Pregnancy, Postpartum and Parenthood (HAP3) project. Call for two positions is now open. For more info, see here: https://www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/news/2024/phd-opportunities-with-the-hap3-project-/.
Video Blog 13: Reproductive Rights in Honduras
The Central-American country of Honduras is known for the strict prohibition of abortion in all cases. How did this come to be? What were the arguments for introducing such laws? What legal reasoning was behind it? These are the questions Marta Bucholc answers in the next installment of the Abortion Figurations video blog.
