Sarah Franklin FBA, FAcSS, FRSB holds the Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge where she is also a Fellow of Christ's College. She is the founding Director of the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) and co-Chair of Cambridge Reproduction. She is the author of Embodied Progress: a cultural account of assisted conception (1997, 2022) as well as numerous other publications on the social and cultural implications of new reproductive and genetic technologies.

Emily Jackson is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she teaches Medical Law. She was a Member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority from 2003-2012, and its Deputy Chair from 2008-2012. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and was a Judicial Appointments Commissioner from 2014-2017.