Mitchellmemo18

Research schedule The proposed study will take one year. Preliminary research will begin in September 2009, which will inform the design of the study components. This proposal outlines the work that will be undertaken beginning in May 2010 and ending in August 2011. The schedule of work will be as follows: Summer2009-Spring 2010: Summer 2010: Fall 2010: Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011-Spring 2012
 * Begin extended literature review and archival research (policy documents and popular media)
 * Prepare detailed questions
 * Identify important research sites and liaise with key informants
 * Begin ethnography and interviews with researchers at Kings College, London
 * Continue ethnography and interviews with researchers at Kings College, London
 * Conduct interviews with regulators at Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
 * Transcribe and analyze interviews and return to interviewees for editing and approval, refine interview questions, code for analysis and refine coding structure
 * Collect popular media and policy documents
 * Attend conferences and public engagements
 * Finalize ethnography and interviews with researchers at Kings College
 * Finalize interviews with regulators at HFEA
 * Conduct interviews with relevant MPs
 * Conduct interviews with relevant interest groups
 * Conduct interviews with relevant biotech companies
 * Continue attending conferences and “public engagements”
 * Continue collecting popular media and policy documents
 * Finalize research (collect anything else necessary)
 * Research will be completed August 2011
 * Write and defend dissertation. Conduct follow-up interviews as necessary.
 * Plan for future research