Dr Tom Shakespeare
Research Fellow
- Email: t.w.shakespeare@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3891
- Website: http://www.peals.ncl.ac.uk
- Address: PEALS, University of Newcastle
City Wall, City Gate
St James Boulevard
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4JH
From October 2005 for three years, I am a NESTA fellow, based part time in the School of English. I will be working on writing and performance projects, exploring stories and characters related to genetics and disability. I also continue one day per week in PEALS until October 2007, completing previous projects in bioethics and science engagement.
Research Interests
Disability Studies. Bioethics. Medical sociology. Sci-art. Creative writing.
Other Expertise
Organise a range of public engagement projects and science participation events. Regular contributions to print and broadcast media. Involved in voluntary and cultural sectors in region.
Member of Arts Council of England; Chair of North East Regional Arts Council.
Current Work
For PEALS: completing Restricted Growth research project; leading Science Cafes in Schools project.
As NESTA fellow: working on "No Small Inheritance" literary non-fiction book; dance and live art.
Selected Publications
- Shakespeare TW. Disability rights and wrongs. London: Routledge, 2006.
- Shakespeare TW. Disability, genetics and global justice. Social Policy and Society 2005, 4(1), 87-95.
- Shakespeare TW. The social context of individual choice. In: Wasserman, David; Bickenbach, Jerome; Wachbroit, Robert, ed. Quality of life and human difference: genetic testing, health care, and disability. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 217-236.
- Shakespeare TW. Social models of disability and other life strategies. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 2004, 6(1), 8-21.
- Shakespeare TW. 'I haven't seen that in the Kama Sutra': the sexual stories of disabled people. In: Weeks, Jeffrey; Holland, Janet; Waites, Matthew, ed. Sexualities and society: a reader. Cambridge: Polity, 2003, pp. 143-152.
- Kerr A; Shakespeare TW. Genetic politics: from eugenics to genome. Cheltenham: New Clarion, 2002.
Projects
- Antenatal Screening Website Resource (AnSWeR)
Project Leaders: Tom Shakespeare - How Gay are your Genes
Project Leaders: Tom Shakespeare - Ordinary Ethics
Project Leaders: Tom Shakespeare - Restricted Growth and Quality of Life
Project Leaders: Tom Shakespeare - Scaling up Juries for Social Justice
Project Leaders: Dr Tom Wakeford - Talking Science in Cumbria
Project Leaders: Tom Shakespeare
Postgraduate Supervision
disability studies
Stephen Macdonald: Phd research on social identity of people with dyslexia (completed)
Alex Henderson: ethical issues in gene therapy research with minors.
Yi-Ting Shih: parental understanding of childhood disability
Esteem Indicators
Editorial board, WHO World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation
Funded keynote lectures, talks and papers delivered in Belgium, Iceland, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore;
Regular invitations to give keynote addresses in UK;
Awarded Lister Prize to give public lecture at 2003 British Association for the Advancement of Science;
Awarded RADAR's 2003 UK Award for advancing human rights of disabled people.
Contributions to 2004 Ilkley Literature Festival; 2006 Oxford Literature Festival; Platform 00005; Mimosa Festival 2006
Funding
Since 1999, raised over £1 million in external funding for research and outreach projects (Wellcome Trust, Royal Literary Fund, Northern Rock Foundation, Arts Council of England, COPUS, NESTA, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Community Fund).
Roles and Responsibilities
Public engagement, sci-art, public meetings and events.