Stine Willum Adrian

Stine Willum Adrian is a Professor in the sociology of health, welfare, and qualitative methods at the Department of Social Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway. She holds a PhD in feminist STS and cultural analysis from Linköping University and has an interdisciplinary focus on medical technologies, gender, and ethics. Her research spans reproductive technologies, death and dying at the start of life, and feminist materialisms.

• University: The Arctic University of Norway
• Department: Department of Social Sciences
• Academic Rank: Professor

Her work integrates ethnographic studies of fertility clinics, sperm banks, and cryo-technologies, emphasizing gendered experiences and ethical implications. Recent publications explore topics like colonial biopower in Greenland, moral negotiations in abortion care, and masculinity in sperm storage. Adrian also contributes to feminist STS theory, engaging with techno-cultural intersections and reproductive justice.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Reproductive Technologies
  • Technologies of Death and Dying
  • Gender and Intersectionality
  • Feminist Materialisms
  • Medical Ethics
  • Qualitative Methodologies
• Recent Article Trends:
  • Colonial legacies in journalistic narratives
  • Masculinity in reproductive risk management
  • Ethical frameworks for prenatal testing
  • Clinical overuse of obstetric technologies
  • Cryopreservation and kinship reconfiguration
  • Transnational reproductive travel