Sonja Erikainen

Sonja Erikainen

Edinburgh (UK)
Centre for Health, Technologies and Social Practice, University of Leeds; Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, University of Edinburgh
Research Fellow

Sonja Erikainen is a research fellow at the University of Leeds Centre for Health, Technologies and Social Practice and a visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Her research focuses on ethical, social and historical issues around biomedicine and biotechnology, with an emphasis on questions concerning equitable governance and social justice. Her work has covered areas including experimental therapy, systems medicine and digital health innovation, sport science and performance enhancement technologies. More recently, she has also been working on social and ethical approaches to participatory medicine, knowledge exchange and public engagement with science.