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Dr. Sigrid Vertommen is a Research Fellow at Ghent University's Department of Languages and Cultures and affiliated with the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG). She holds additional affiliations with the Sociology Department at the University of Amsterdam. Trained as a historian and political scientist, her research examines the political economy of global fertility chains through intersectional frameworks combining racial capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchy.
Her primary research investigates:
- Transnational surrogacy markets in Palestine/Israel and Georgia
- Decolonial feminist approaches to assisted reproduction
- Dialectics of waged/unwaged reproductive labor
- Historical development of reproductive bioeconomies
Publication analysis reveals strong focus on:
- Decolonial/materialist feminist frameworks
- Reproductive labor commodification
- Intersectional analysis of surrogacy economies
- Critiques of racial capitalism in fertility industries
Awards include:
- Marie Curie Fellowship for surrogacy chain research
- FWO Postdoctoral Grant extending work to Ukrainian egg markets
She co-founded ReproSist, a platform for reproductive justice scholarship, and collaborates internationally through conferences like 'Resistance is Fertile'. Her work bridges academic and artistic practice through multimedia collaborations examining reproductive labor.
