
Dr Amy Hinterberger
Reader (Associate Professor) in Global Health & Social Medicine
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
- Medicine
- Politics
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
- MSc Bioethics & Society
- MSc Global Health & Social Justice
PhD supervision
Amy is happy to supervise students looking to study in her area of expertise.
Further details
Research

Biotechnology & Society research group
Addressing the social, ethical and legal questions arising from developments in health and biomedicine using a multidisciplinary research approach.
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Reproduction research cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
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Biotechnology & Society research group
Addressing the social, ethical and legal questions arising from developments in health and biomedicine using a multidisciplinary research approach.
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Reproduction research cluster
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
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