In recent decades, co-production has become a cornerstone both in science and policy-
making, motivating further collaboration between different actors. To scrutinize such …

Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists have won an unprecedented series of political victories,
from marriage equality to increased representation in government. But this success has …

This article compares abortion laws, regulations and access patterns in the United Kingdom
and the Republic of Ireland. We focus in most detail on the Republic of Ireland, Northern …

This article provides a brief overview of the state of discourse, politics and provision of
abortion in the Anglophone West, including developments in the wake of the COVID-19 …

This article examines how the physician advocacy organization Doctors for Choice
articulated a collective pro-choice “medical voice” over the course of sixteen years. This …

Resistances to sexual and gender rights are shifting and need new theorisations. This article
develops the analytical concept of heteroactivism by exploring its relation to abortion …

Does sociology have anything to gain by returning to the concept of social role? Has this
concept been irretrievably damaged by its significance in functionalist theory? This article …

" The book examines when, how, and why non-hierarchical institutions affect policy
processes and outcomes. It confronts questions at the heart of debates in regulatory …

This comparative article explores anti‐abortion activism in Poland and Ireland from the
period of the 1970s to the early 1990s. Drawing on a range of archival and printed sources …

This article is written from a pro-choice perspective. Through a radical, inclusive feminist
lens, I examine educational aspects of the Irish repeal movement; a 35 year long, grassroots …