Dr Devanik Saha is a Lecturer and Programme Lead, BA Health and Social Care (Top Up) at the University of Greenwich, London. His PhD thesis is the first ethnographic study of men’s involvement in maternal health in India through a critical men and masculinities lens. He is a Trustee and Board Member of Results UK, a global health charity, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. Dr. Saha's expertise has been sought by numerous international development institutions including FCDO UK, Tetra Tech Europe, Duke NUS Medical School, BBC Media Action, UNICEF India, World Bank, SRIJAN India, Institute of Development Studies, Teach For India, and the Brookings Institution. He serves as a Country of Origin Expert for India at Communitology, advising legal firms on immigration, asylum, and tribunal cases.

Sophie Collins recently completed her PhD at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), where she explored the intersections of power, framing, and depoliticisation in the development and implementation of menstrual health policies and programmes in Kenya. An experienced international development practitioner, she specialises in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL). Sophie has led and contributed to a range of UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) programmes as a Senior Evaluator, Qualitative Lead, and Deputy Team Leader, with a focus on education, gender, safeguarding, and conflict stabilisation. .

Joe is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow with a specific interest in global health. His research centres around sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and the role of gender, power, and masculinities. His fellowship focuses on the role of data and evidence production in global health governance.

He has published numerous peer reviewed articles from his research, working across global contexts including the USA, Poland, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Bangladesh and with diverse populations including young people and LGBTQ+ people. His work has been featured in global news outlets and used as evidence in US Supreme Court cases. His research activism has centred around improving access to abortion in Europe.

Prarthana Lumba has completed her graduation from the University of Delhi in History (Honours), and has a Masters degree in Women's Studies (School of Gender Studies) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. She has worked as a research intern with the International Centre for Research on Women - on a project, REBUILD Asia - in India, Kenya & Uganda. This study focused on COVID-19 induced vulnerabilities on female informal workers. Prarthana has been working with SRIJAN for the past three years as a Project Executive (Research). With SRIJAN, she has worked on an APU supported project on the impact of COVID-19 on female rural labour participation rates, their socio-cultural behaviour & interhousehold relations in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh. Currently, she is working on a UNFPA x MIT funded project - studying the impact of climate change on tribal female reproductive health, and lactating women in Chhindwara.

Dr Sreeparna Chattopadhyay received an A.M. and a PhD in anthropology and demography from Brown University. She is a Professor of Practice at Manipal University, Bangalore, and a visiting Faculty member in Sociology at FLAME University, Pune. Her research, teaching, and advocacy in the last 17 years can be broadly divided into three interlinked themes: 1) Gendered violence such as domestic and sexual violence in India. 2) Unmasking intersectional inequities including those emanating from health systems that tend to disproportionately affect religious minorities and indigenous populations. 3)Analyses of reproduction using a political ecology and a biocultural approach that disentangles the contributions of global health initiatives, local-level technocratic interventions, environmental degradation leading to increasing food insecurity, and the social determinants of health. Her book The Gravity of Hope which examines the interlinkages between domestic and structural violence was published in 2024.

Erin is a Research Assistant working with Dr. Devanik Saha on male reproductive health, with a particular interest in gender, health equity, and access to care. She holds a Master’s in International Relations and is completing a second in Global Public Health at the University of Greenwich. With experience across research, education, and programme delivery, Erin is committed to improving health and well-being through inclusive, community-focused initiatives. Her academic and professional background in the UK, U.S., and Spain has strengthened her intercultural communication skills and ability to engage across diverse settings.

Yogesh is a Research Assistant working with Dr. Devanik Saha, focusing on male reproductive health. His academic and professional interests lie at the intersection of gender, health equity, and access to care. A certified Mental Health Counselor, Yogesh provides dedicated support to South Asian LGBTQ+ individuals in the United Kingdom. He holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and is presently pursuing a second Master’s in Global Public Health at the University of Greenwich. Yogesh has been actively involved in research on effective mental health interventions for people living with HIV (PLHIV) and is deeply committed to improving sexual health systems. He has published scholarly work on suicidal ideations and the clinical applications of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Zeynep Ergene is currently working as a research assistant at the University of Greenwich under the supervision of Dr. Devanik Saha, contributing to research on male reproductive health. She is also pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Health Management at the same institution. With a background in pharmacy and clinical experience in hospital settings, she is now expanding her academic and research interests into reproductive health, aiming to support evidence-based improvements in men’s health outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration and global health strategies.

Hannah Lyons is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide, in the Male Reproductive Life Course Group, investigating how male preconeption health and disease status impacts early embryo developement and life long offspring health. Our research examines the biology of how disease risk is transferred via sperm and uses this knowledge to develop tests of risk and interventions for use in IVF practice and for family planning. We also undertake male psychoscoial health research to understand the mental toll of a male infertiltiy diagnosis and how this should be correctly managed in clinical settings. Hannah undertook her PhD training in the Reproductive Immunology Group in the Robinson Research Institute led by Professor Sarah Robertson. The research focused on male fertility and the abundance of molecular mediators carried within seminal fluid, and how these impact the female immune response elicited after exposure to male seminal fluid, and how this prepares the female reproductive tract for pregnancy.

Based in the School of Global Studies, the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health (CORTH) focuses on analyses of the intersections between cultures of human reproduction, social identities, health and technologies.

Framed by a specific interest in the processes of power and addressing health inequities, it promotes research on the social, medical, public health, legal, and moral lenses through which reproductive health is perceived, produced, concretised and articulated (for instance, through new policies, engagement with new technologies, new forms of social relations in reproduction). With its unique focus on cultural-ethnographic perspectives, the centre facilitates knowledge transfer partnerships between anthropologists, social and human scientists, health researchers, medical professionals, practitioners, legal activists and policy makers working internationally on critical issues in global maternal, sexual reproductive health (SRH), emerging technologies and health and human rights. A specific aim is to foster international dialogue on ‘Southern’ analytic models and practices.

A civil society organisation, through its vision - SRIJAN aims to develop unique and innovative community-owned sustainable livelihood models. Acting as a bridge between external institutions and the rural poor, the organisation seeks to ensure the adoption of best practices. We help in facilitating the transfer of knowledge and technology - by promoting institutional financial linkages, community building and increasing the role of women beneficiaries in all spheres of work. In this manner, the organisation believes firmly in the power and capacity of community collectives to help sustain development efforts. SRIJAN works in the fields of agriculture development - horticulture, multi-layer farming, community kitchen gardens, crop diversification, natural resources management - watershed development, helps in establishing Farmers Producers Organisations, Self Help Groups - with the overarching aim of achieving sustainable, gender-just livelihoods ensuring income enhancement and sustainable living.