Curious Connections: The social life of egg and sperm donation (Session 1: Research)
Channel: University of Manchester Sociology department
Date: 2020-07-11

Session 1: Being an egg or sperm donor: Key findings from the Curious Connections project. 
Key messages from research at the University of Manchester exploring how donation affects the everyday lives of egg and sperm donors and their families. More resources from the project:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/egg-and-sperm-donors

Start of presentation 3:23 
About the Curious Connections project (research methods used, who we interviewed) 9:43
Key themes:
- 'Being available' and 'knowing your place' 14:55
- The morality of 'being neutral' 22:30
Who donors tell about their donation (partners, parents and their own children), and why 36:19
Q&A 49:40

This is a recording from online event, Curious Connections: The social life of egg and sperm donation' 2 July 2020. Session 2, which discusses law and policy on donation is also available: https://youtu.be/9WwikAxSVDI 

The presentation is given by Petra Nordqvist and Leah Gilman. The 'Curious Connections' project is based at the Morgan Centre, University of Manchester and it is funded by the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESRC).