In April I was invited to speak at a U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) held a public committee workshop, exploring how to standardise…
Technologies of the face
New year, new you? Many of us turn to the idea of self-improvement in the new year, to changing who they are – whether it’s…
EXCITING NEWS: ABOUTFACE IS MOVING!
From January 9, 2023, AboutFace, which is funded by my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, will be moving to King’s College London. There, I will take…
THE MAKING OF A BLUEPRINT. HOW HISTORICAL, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SHOULD INFORM FACE TRANSPLANT POLICY AND PRACTICE
In December 2021, the AboutFace team convened a three-day Policy Lab with the support of the Policy Institute at King’s College London. The Policy Institute has a track…
FACE TRANSPLANTS: AN ANNIVERSARY AND A TIMELINE
On this day in 2012, surgeons performed Turkey’s first face transplant on patient Uğur Acar. We designed a timeline of the history of face transplants that…
JEROME HAMON: THE ‘MAN WITH THREE FACES’
There have been fewer than 50 face transplants in the world since 2005, and only two people have undergone the procedure twice: an American woman, Carmen Tarleton,…
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING AT ABOUTFACE? AN END OF 2021 ROUND UP
This year has been extremely busy on the AboutFace project that I run at the University of York. Funded by my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship,…
LONELINESS AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: WHY IT ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE FAST
I spoke to CNN News this week about loneliness and why it will linger longer than Covid-19. Over the past year I’ve talked to various…
TIME FLIES
It’s a long time since my last post, reflecting how busy things have been during the Covid-19 lockdown – at home and at work. My…
WHAT’S IN A FACE? REFLECTIONS ON BEING HUMAN
This month the AboutFace team has been been focusing on the Being Human Festival, the only UK national festival for the humanities, led by the School…