Hannah Louisa Westwood
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20232024

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PhD Project

My PhD research focuses on the FemTech industry (women's digital health interventions), with a particular interest in digital fertility trackers that are used as contraceptives. I am conducting a critical analysis of these technologies, using the walkthrough method to study apps and performing a close reading of Instagram influencer advertisements. The project aims to draw wider conclusions about FemTech and how the industry can work towards safety, equity and accessibility of the technologies. 

Research Interests

FemTech, contraception, digital fertility, accessibility, feminist theory, gender and health, gender and technology

Master's Project

I undertook an MA in Women's Studies at the University of York (2021-22). For my dissertation 'The Pill, Blood Clots and Covid-19 Vaccines: How AstraZeneca Renewed Calls for Better Contraception' I conducted a social media discourse analysis of comparisons between blood clotting risk from the combined contraceptive pill and covid-19 vaccines. This was contextualised by an in-depth history of various controversies surrounding the pill throughout its history. My knowledge of contraception (in particular its social history) is brought forward onto my PhD and informs my analysis of contraceptive digital fertility trackers. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Education/Academic qualification

Women's Studies, MA, The Pill, Blood Clots & Covid-19 Vaccines: How AstraZeneca Renewed Calls for Better Contraception, University of York

20212022

English and American Studies, Degree, 1 in 5: Why Sexual Assault Legislation is Failing Students on US College Campuses, University of Leicester

20172021

Year abroad (undergraduate), Stetson University

20192020

External positions

Research intern, Unravel Health

Jun 2024Sept 2024

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