Rebecca's essay is a highly original and creative take on fem-tech. It is a timely and thought-provoking piece that shines an unsettling light on the relationship between bodies, data and contemporary reproductive politics."
Biotechnology & Society essay contest selection committee
22 June 2022
Biotechnology & Society essay contest winners announced
Congratulations to Rebecca Sinnott, MSc Global Health and Social Justice, and Malaika Okundi, BSc Global Health and Social Medicine, who won first and second prize respectively.
The essay competition was open to all King’s students enrolled on undergraduate or taught postgraduate programmes, as well as recent graduates, on the theme:
"We are not human all the way down. So what?"
Rebecca Sinnott, MSc Global Health and Social Justice, won first prize for her essay 'The Oracle'.
Malaika Okundi, a final-year student in BSc Global Health and Social Medicine, won second prize for her essay titled 'Are probiotics the catalyst for a medical shift from Individualism towards Interspecies approaches?'.
Malaika submitted a beautifully written essay that traces historical uses of probiotics throughout modern medicine to make an interspecies argument about the human body. It makes the excellent point that we’re not human all the way down, and we never have been.
Biotechnology & Society essay contest selection committee
The essay competition was held by the Biotechnology & Society research group (BIOS). Winners were chosen by a selection committee which included:
- Dr Sara Bea, Chair of the Biotechnology & Society research cluster
- Dr Silvia Camporesi, Reader in Bioethics & Health Humanities
- Jessica Thatchell, PhD candidate in Global Health & Social Medicine
Read more about the Biotechnology & Society essay contest in the call for submissions.
Read the winning essays
Read Rebecca Sinnott's essay, 'The Oracle' and Malaika Okundi's essay 'Are probiotics the catalyst for a medical shift from Individualism towards Interspecies approaches?'.
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