Professor Kirsty Horsey

Professor of law, University of Kent

Professor Kirsty Horsey is an Adviser to PET (the Progress Educational Trust), and is a Volunteer Writer at its flagship publication BioNews. Kirsty was previously Reproduction Editor of BioNews, and together with Dr Jess Buxton and Professor Marcus Pembrey, she developed the BioNews writing scheme to provide practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. Kirsty is currently professor of law at the University of Kent and previously worked as a senior research associate at the London Women's Clinic. Previously, she was reader in obligations at the University of Kent's Law School, where she obtained her PhD on legal parenthood following the use of surrogacy and other forms of assisted conception. Much of her research remains focused upon assisted conception, and she is editor of Revisiting the Regulation of Human Fertilisation and Embryology, and coauthor (with Dr Erika Rackley) of Tort Law.