Dr Christine Hauskeller is a senior lecturer at the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis), University of Exeter. She has a grounding in Critical Theory, and describes her area of research and expertise as ‘Critical Philosophy of the Life Sciences’, which covers both her areas of research in conventional terms, philosophy of science and bioethics. She studied Philosophy, Sociology, and Psychoanalysis at the University Frankfurt on Main and finished her PhD in philosophy with a book on contemporary modes of conceptualising the subject.

Her area of interest then shifted toward the philosophy of biomedical science and technology. In collaboration with Professor Wolfgang Bender she completed several ethical and sociological research projects on stem cell science in various interdisciplinary groups in Germany before coming to the UK in 2002. Her current post in Egenis brings together the different strands of her training, curiosity and professional experience. Presently she concentrates on the mutual interaction between science development, regulation and social and ethical attitudes, with respect in particular to genomics and stem cell research.