Helen J. Stephan

Helen J. Stephan is a researcher at the University of Bremen, affiliated with the NatureCultures Lab. Their work focuses on the intersections of hormones, gender, and biopolitics, examining how material-discursive apparatuses regulate access to hormone therapies for racialized and gender-diverse populations.

Education

• MA in Transcultural Studies (2017–2018), University of Bremen
• BA in Anthropology and Sociology (date unspecified), University of Hamburg

Research Interests

• Decolonial and Black Theory
• Queer Feminism
• Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies
• New Materialism
• Political Economy
• Psychoanalysis

Professional Activities

• Lecture: "Trans*, Gender, Bodies and Sexhormones in Material-Discursive Entanglements" (2025)
• Workshop: "Agencies, Contradictions, and Subjectivities" (2023)
• Lecture: "Uncertainty at the Heart of Production Practices" (2023)

Affiliations

• NatureCultures Lab, University of Bremen
• Former project coordinator for 'Global Cotton' (2016), University of Bremen