Dr Carla Lam

Lecturer

Carla received her PhD in political theory from Carleton University in 2004. She then lectured at Queen’s University in Canada before arriving in New Zealand in July 2008.

Her research interests include: political theory and feminism, especially in the radical and materialist traditions. Main figures: Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Foucault, and contemporary feminists such as Mary O’Brien, Bev Thiele, Anne Fausto-Sterling, and Imogen Tyler.

Main topics: sexuality and reproduction, biotechnology (especially new reproductive technology), embodiment, ethics, the biology/society debate, history of ideas, the politics of health, and social and political thought.

Current projects include a book on the politics of reproduction in the 21st century for UBC Press, and an edited collection on contemporary relationships between feminism(s) and academia.