John Gillott

ESRC Innogen Centre
Development Policy and Practice
Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Contact information:
Email: John Gillott
Tel: +44 (0)1908 659884

Title of Research:
'The Changing Governance of Science? A critical inquiry into the contemporary politics and governance of research as explored through the human tissue and embryo cases in the UK'

Supervisors:

Peter Robbins
David Wield
Graeme Laurie (Edinburgh University)

Research Areas:

Politics & Policy
Governance & Engagement
Human Tissue & Embryology

CV/Resume:

John Gillott has a first degree in mathematics. He worked most recently at the Genetic Interest Group as Policy Officer (http://www.gig.org.uk/)

Selected publications:

• Human Rights, Privacy and Medical Research; analysing UK policy on tissue and data, Genetic Interest Group, 2006 (available online as a pdf: http://www.gig.org.uk/docs/hrprivacypdf190506.pdf).

• Screening for disability: a eugenic pursuit? J. Med. Ethics 2001, 27: 21-23.

• Childhood testing for carrier status: the perspective of the Genetic Interest Group. In Clarke A (ed.) The Genetic Testing of Children, Bios Scientific Publishers 1998: 97-102.

• Confidentiality Guidelines (with Jonathan Montgomery and Stewart Payne), (Genetic Interest Group 1998).

• Genetic Services in the United Kingdom (with Sandy Raeburn and Alastair Kent), Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 1997; 5 (suppl. 2): 188-195.

• Science and the Retreat from Reason (With Manjit Kumar), Merlin Press, 1995 & Monthly Review Press, 1997.

Languages:

English