education professional experience

Dr Graciela Nowenstein
c/Meer 35, 4to 1ra
08003, Barcelona
+34 633388529
[email protected]
www.tallerdepasta.com
Born 28/03/1973, Buenos Aires
Nationalities: Spanish-Argentinean
 EDUCATION
 1999-2005: PhD in Sociology, European University Institute, Florence. Thesis title:
The Social Fate of French Law on Presumed Consent to Organ Donation: The Failure of an Attempt
to Modify Behaviour by Law? Supervisor Gianfranco Poggi.
 August-December 2003: Visiting student at the department of Social Studies of
Medicine at McGill University.
 1998-1999: DEA (masters) in Social Anthropology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. Dissertation title: Greffe d’Organe et Société. Une Analyse
Politique du Débat Public.
 1996-1998: Degree in Sociology, University of Paris-X Nanterre. Dissertation title:
Regards de Femmes sur l’Inégalité entre les Sexes. Le Cas de Boca del Río (Mexique).
 1996-1998: Diplômée, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).
 1992-1995: Undergraduate studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, University of
ParisX-Nanterre.
 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Since February 2010: Owner-Manager of Taller de Pasta S.L., Barcelona, Spain.
www.tallerdepasta.com
 Since February 2010: Fellow, Sociology of Law Section, Department of Legal Theory,
Law Faculty, University of Groningen.
 September-December 2009: Teaching Fellow Department of Legal Theory, Law
Faculty, University of Groningen.
 May 2007-July 2009 Marie Curie Fellow, Sociology of Law Section, Department of
Legal Theory, Law Faculty, University of Groningen. Research Project: Policy, Law and
Organ Procurement. A Comparative Approach to France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. FP6
funded.
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 June 2008: Co-organiser of the workshop Euthanasia and Law in Europe held at the
University of Bologna.
 May 2005-April 2007: Research Fellow, ESRC-Centre for Genomics in Society
(Egenis), Research project: Gene Therapists and Regulatory Exceptionalism in the UK.
 2006-2007: Co-organiser of the conference Governing Genomics held at the University
of Exeter in January 2007.
 January-June 2003: Researcher, European University Institute. Research project:
Democratic participation and political communication in systems of multi-level governance. FP5 funded.
 January-June 2002: Organiser of the workshop Experts in Modern Societies, held at the
European University Institute in June 2002.
 June-July 2000: Researcher, European University Institute. Research project:
Democratic participation and political communication in systems of multi-level governance. FP5 funded.
 August-November 1997: Research Assistant, CIESAS (Centro de Investigación y de
Estudios en Sociología y Antropología Social), Xalapa, Mexico. Research project: Género y
Sexualidad en Boca del Río, Veracruz.
 PUBLICATIONS and REPORTS
− (1) The Generosity of the Dead. A Sociology of Organ Procurement in France, Ashgate
Publishing, 2010.
− (2) (with S. Hennette-Vauchez) “Dire la Mort et Faire Mourir. Tensions Autour de la
Mort Encéphalique et la Fin de Vie en France”, Sociétés Contemporaines, special issue on
“L’Etat et la Mort, Entre Droit et Politique, des Corps en Sursis”, 2009.
− (3) “Spain” in Griffiths, Weyers and Adams (eds), Euthanasia and the Law in Europe,
Hart, 2008.
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(4) “Is Presumed Consent Legislation to Organ Donation Just Black Letter Law?
Methodological and Theoretical Lessons from the French Case”, in Weimar, Bos, van
Busschbach (eds), Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychological Aspects. Towards a
Common European Policy, Pabst Science Publishers 2008.
− (5) “Gene Therapists and Regulatory Exceptionalism in the UK. Report for the Gene
Therapy Advisory Committee”, September 2007.
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− (6) “Presumed Consent to Organ Donation in France, From Parliament to
Hospitals” in Garwood-Gowers, Tingle and Wheat (eds), Comparative Issues in Health Law
and Ethics, Elsevier 2005.
− (7) “Transplantation and Organ Shortage: Should We Abandon the Gift-Paradigm?”,
Newsletter, RSPMB programme, Law Faculty, University of Groningen, n°9, January 2005:
11–13.
− (8) “Organ Donation Rates: Does Presumed Consent Legislation Really Make a
Difference?” Law, Social Justice and Global Development, Special issue on “Global Health
Law” (1) 2004, http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/global/issue/2004-1/nowenstein.html
− (9) “Le succès du ‘modèle espagnol’ de don et de prélèvement d’organes d’origine
cadavérique en vue de greffe”, Association Française des Coordonateurs Hospitaliers,
Compte-rendus des journées annuelles de formation de Juin 2004, cd-rom, 2004.
− (10) (with E. Podyma) “Etre Coordonnateur Hospitalier Aujourd’hui en France.
Compte-Rendu d’Enquête”, Bulletin de l’AFCH, June 2003.
 SEMINARS and TALKS
− April 2009: ECPR Joined Sessions, Lisbon 2009. Participant to the workshop
“Empires of Norms and Law”, paper: The Flexibility of Legal Norms. Two Case Studies of
Normative Change in the Medical Field.
− February 2009: Law Faculty, University of Seville. Masters in Constitutional Law.
Seminars on End of Life in Europe, a Comparative Perspective and A Sociological Approach to the
Regulation of Abortion.
− February 2009: Law Faculty, University of Groningen. Doctoral Program
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law. Seminar on Comparing Laws in Societies. Theoretical and
Methodological Questions.
− June 2008: University of Bologna. Workshop Euthanasia and Law in Europe. Spain.
− May 2008: European University Institute, Florence. Workshop Law and Science.
Research Issues in Comparative Research on Law and Science.
− March 2007: Department of Sociology, University of Exeter. Departmental Seminar:
20th Century Biomedical Practice and the Emergence of Brain Death.
− March 2007: Department of Classics, University of Exeter. Rethinking Life and Death in
the Century of Biomedicine.
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− August 2006: Baltic Summer School, Kiel. Lecture for researchers in the biomedical
sciences: Ethical Challenges in Stem Cell Research. A Sociological Approach.
− July 2006: Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires. Lectures for clinicians and researchers:
Consentimiento Informado en Clínica e Investigación.
− July 2006: Buenos Aires Lawyers Association. Talk in front of the Bioethics
Commission: Consentimiento Presunto y Donación de Órganos.
− June 2004: Lagny Hospital – France, Journée Annuelle du Don. Talk: Le Don
d’Organes en France: Perspective Historique, Questions Éthiques.
− June 2004: Association Française des Coordonateurs Hospitaliers, Journées
Annuelles de Formation, Senlis – France. Plenary Session: Le Succès du ‘Modèle Espagnol’ de
Don et de Prélèvement d’Organes d’Origine Cadavérique en Vue de Greffe.
− January 2004: Beaujon University Hospital – France. Talk: Discours, Politiques et
Pratiques Autour de la Mort et du Don et du Prélèvement d’Organes Aujourd’hui en France.
− June 2003: Groningen University Hospital – Netherlands. Talk: Can Law Influence
Donation Rates? The Case of Presumed Consent to Organ Donation in France.
− December 2002: Ecole Doctorale en Sciences Sociales du Centre Universitaire des
Recherches Administratives et Politiques de Picardie – CURAPP-CNRS, Amiens –
France. Research Seminar: Le Don d’Organes Comme Objet de Recherche Sociologique.
 TEACHING and SUPERVISION
− Co-supervisor of a PhD dissertation on Legislation, Public Debate and Women’s Access to
the RU 486 Pill in Italy. Department of Sociology, University of Exeter.
− 2009: Seminar on Knowledge, Uncertainty and the Public Good. Gene Therapy in the UK.
Faculty of Psychology (UG), University of Groningen.
− 2009: Lectures on Socio-Legal Empirical Research, Program Excellence, (UG), Law
Faculty, University of Groningen.
− 2008: Seminars on the Medicalisation of Death and Dying in Europe, Masters on
Medical Sociology, Sociology Department, University of Groningen.
− 2007: Methodology workshop for post-graduate students on Interviewing Experts,
Department of Sociology, University of Exeter.
− 2007: Reading group for PhD candidates on Classic Sociological Texts, Department of
Sociology, University of Exeter.
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− 2006-2007: Tutoring for Contemporary Societies (UG), Department of Sociology,
University of Exeter. Design of tutorial sessions, teaching and essay marking.
− 2006-2007: Lectures for Introduction to Social Anthropology (UG), Department of
Sociology, University of Exeter.
− 2006: Seminars on Research Design for post-graduate students Antropologia delle
Scienze e delle Tecniche, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Bologna.
 GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, INVITED EXPERT
− 2007-2009: IEF Marie Curie Fellowship awarded by the European Commission in
2005, under the 6th Framework Programme (143.000 euros).
 Since January 2009 Member of the Steering Committee of the Regional Committee
for the Reorganization of Organ Donation Policy and Procedures (Masterplan Oorgan
Donatie).
− Since 2008: member of the international working group Law and Science, European
University Institute (Florence).
− Since 2008: Member of the international working group Legal Boundaries to Organ
Donation hosted by the European Society of Organ Transplantation.
− Since 2007: Honorary Fellow at the ESRC-Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis),
University of Exeter.
− July 2006: Meeting with chair of the Science and Technology Commission of
Argentinean Parliament. Consulted on issues related to informed consent in medical
practice and biomedical research.
− July 2006: Meeting with chair of Health Commission of Argentinean Parliament and
former Health Secretary of State. Consulted about organ procurement policy in
European countries.
− June 2006: Social and Legal Aspects of Collecting, Storing and Owning Human
Tissue, London. Working session organised by the Human Tissue Authority and the
Genomics Forum.
− 1999-2003: European University Institute, doctoral grant.
 LANGUAGES
− Bilingual Spanish-French
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− Fluent in English and Italian
− Beginner in Dutch
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