Anaïs Martin

Anthropologist (PhD) and postdoctoral fellow in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
anais.g.martin@uqo.ca

Anaïs Martin (she/her) is a social anthropologist (PhD) and postdoctoral fellow in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais under the supervision of Isabel Côté. Her research looks at kinship in contemporary Euro-American societies with a particular interest in donor conception. For her doctoral dissertation, she worked on the experiences of adults conceived via anonymous sperm donation between the 1940s and the 1990s in France and England. Her postdoctoral research deals with the experience of gamete donors who have been contacted by their donor offspring.

Publications

  • Scientific paper

    ‘A lifelong decision’: a qualitative study of retrospective perceptions held by egg and sperm donors

    Reproductive BioMedicine Online (2025)

Projects

  • Contact: the experiences of gamete donors contacted by their donor offspring

Related contents

  • Comic book

    OK – Comic series of the CONTACT Project

    CONTACT Research Team (2024)
  • Video

    OK – Anaïs Martin presents the Contact Project comic series

    Anaïs Martin (2024)
  • Fact sheet

    OK – How do gamete donors react when they are contacted by someone born from their donation?

    CONTACT Research Team (2024)
  • Fact sheet

    OK – How do contacts between gamete donors and donor-conceived people unfold?

    CONTACT Research Team (2024)
  • Video

    OK – 60s to explain the importance of anonyanonymat pour les donneurs et les donneuses de gamètes

    Let’s debunk in 60 sec preconceived ideas about third-party reproduction (2024)
  • Event

    REV – Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction

    The Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction (June 3-5, 2024) is offering advanced training on contemporary issues in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). This multi-day event is aimed at professionals who work with people involved in ART, as well as researchers and students.