Biography
Dr Amy Hinterberger received her PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics. Prior to coming to King’s, she held positions at the University of London (2010-2011), University of Oxford (2011 -2013) and University of Warwick (2013 – 2018). She has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University, University College London (UCL), University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford.
Her research has been supported by the Wellcome Trust, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Brocher Foundation, Research Development Fund at the University of Warwick and University of London.
Amy is series co-editor of Inscriptions: Writing the Social Studies of Science published by Manchester University Press.
Research
- sociology of science, technology, and medicine
- inequality, race/ethnicity, gender and the social implications of new technologies
- sociology of bioethics especially human subjects research and regulation
- social study of biotechnology and life science, particularly genomics and cell-based technologies
- animals in biomedicine
Amy is a qualitative sociologist who conducts multi-sited research into the governance and practices of biomedical research (primarily in Europe and North America).
She currently holds a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences (£629,823) for the project Biomedical Research and the Politics of the Human.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
PhD supervision
Amy is happy to supervise students looking to study in her area of expertise.
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Fitzgerald, D. & Hinterberger, A., 2021, In: European Science and Technology Review . 40, 1, p. 4-7 Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A. & Bea, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge Handbook of Health Research Regulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Fitzgerald, D., Hinterberger, A. N., Narayan, J. C. & Williams, R., 1 Nov 2020, In: The Sociological Review. 68, 6, p. 1161-1178 18 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026120914177
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2011, Harvard Program on Science, Technology and Society. Research output: Other contribution
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2013, In: SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE. 43, p. 619-627 Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2014, In: CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY. 55, 5, p. 511-512 Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2010, What's the Use of Race? Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference. The MIT Press Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2012, Gender: The Key Concepts. Routlegde, p. 7-13 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A. N., 2012, Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision between DNA, Race and History. Rutgers University Press, p. 204-224 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Hinterberger, A., 2018, Handbook of Biology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 251-268 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52879-7_11