I currently have a visiting position at KCL’s Policy Institute, and we’re conducting research into public attitudes about asexuality. I also have collaborations with different LGBTQIA+ organisations in the works. Not all of it is academic but I know it’ll be impactful!“

„I’m relatively new into the world of research, and I’m looking to refine my skills, make connections, and learn about (and from) what other researchers are doing. There’s a lot going on, but like a lot of aspec things, it’s not very coordinated, so it’s great to bring everyone together.

More broadly, my work aims to challenge normative legal understandings of intimacy and desire to imagine more inclusive frameworks of rights and justice that recognise diverse ways of being and relating.“

Drawing on socio-legal, feminist, and queer theoretical approaches, I explore how legal frameworks reproduce dominant assumptions about sexuality and how these shape the visibility, legitimacy, and treatment of asexual-spectrum individuals.

I’m particularly interested in questions of recognition, equality, and belonging, especially for considering how legal systems might evolve to meaningfully include non-sexual and asexual-spectrum subjectivities.

My research examines the intersections between the asexual spectrum, law, and social justice, focusing on how the asexual spectrum is conceptualised, regulated, and frequently marginalised within legal and policy frameworks.

Working in this area can feel isolating, the asexual spectrum is relatively underexplored within legal scholarship and the academic landscape more broadly, so it’s encouraging to see a community growing to bridge that gap.

„I joined the network primarily to connect with others undertaking research focused on the asexual spectrum.

Find some of their research on our resources page: www.aroaceresearch.com/resources

As an asexual autistic person, the next phase in my research is going to be exploring the intersection of asexuality with autism, which up until now, has generally been viewed through a pathologising ‘psy’ lens.“

My work has focused on gendering asexuality in terms of people’s identities and experiences, but also how it is more widely gendered as a concept.

„The field of asexuality and aromanticism studies have been largely dominated by scholars working in the US. I joined the network to try and make some connections a bit closer to home, with the potential of possible collaborations in the future.

My research examines asexuality from linguistic, philosophical and social perspectives. It focuses on subjects including a-/anti-sexuality as a form of feminist resistance, freedom of non-action (negative freedom) and the freedom of sexuality, as well as the critique of the concept of the human.“

Firstly, I want to contribute to the enhancement of asexual visibility through this networking initiative. Secondly, I am keen to engage in meaningful dialogue with my peers.

„Despite the increased focus on asexuality in recent decades, the subject still does not receive the level of attention it merits. Therefore, this network is of historical significance, and I am here for two reasons.

„More recently, I have also begun to engage with postcolonial non/sexualities, examining their intersections with dis/ability and differential capacities.“