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Technical University of Munich

M.A. Amy Clare

Doctoral candidate

Science and Technology Policy

As of 2025, Amy is a postdoc on the BioSysteM project. Her Ph.D. focused on CRISPR-Cas-mediated xenotransplantation science as a field at the intersection of agriculture and biomedicine, showcasing how biotechnology development is entangled with the political economy of animal agriculture and tracing the implications this has for human-animal-environment relations in the Anthropocene. 

She is particularly interested in emerging genetic technologies (in biomedicine and agriculture), human-animal-environment relations (for example through veterinary anthropology), ethnography and feminist science studies. 

Previously, Amy completed her Master’s Degree in medical anthropology at Heidelberg University (2018). She focused on cross-border reproductive tourism and oocyte technologies. After completing her degree, she worked at the Women’s College Research Institute, in Toronto, at a center focused on incorporating sex and gender into biomedical interventions (e.g., clinical trials, grant applications), Knowledge Translation (KT) and community-based local initiatives for publi health. She joined Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller’s team for Science and Technology Policy at the Technical University of Munich in March of 2019 for her Ph.D. 

  • Feminist Science Studies
  • Human-Animal-Environment relations
  • Gene Editing Technologies
  • Veterinary Anthropology
  • Human-Animal Health
  • Ethnography 

Biosystems Design Munich (BioSysteM): Constructing biological function across scales – from fundamentals to real world applications. Cluster of Excellence.  

The Cluster of Excellence Biosystems Design Munich (BioSysteM) aims to revolutionize the life sciences by establishing a constructional design approach for creating programmable molecular and cellular systems. Through four interconnected Research Areas, it develops engineering standards in DNA nanotechnology and protein design, applying them to synthetic cells, organoids, and biomolecular assemblies. These technologies will enable innovations such as biomedical microrobots, smart materials, and programmable therapeutics. Researchers are organized into focus groups exploring key life principles—form, motility, information processing, and evolution—and collaborate on ambitious mission-driven projects (M-Projects). The initiative is supported by advanced infrastructure, including a Technology Hub, AI Core Unit, and makerspaces, which promote collaboration, public engagement, and translation of discoveries into real-world applications. 

Kögel, J., Cook, P.S., Brown, N., Clare, A., Glick, M.H., Hansson, K., Idvall, M., Lundin, S., Michael, M., Rogvi, S., Sharp, L.A. (2025). Engineering organs, hopes and hybridity: considerations on the social potentialities of xenotransplantation. Medical Humanities, 51(1), 180-184 DOI 10.1136/medhum-2024-013061 

Clare, A., Müller, R., & Feiler, F. (2025). It’s all about factory farming: German public imaginaries of gene editing technologies in animal agriculture. Agriculture and Human Values, DOI 10.1007/s10460-025-10712-5 

Müller, R., Clare, A., & Ruess, A. (2023). STS and bioethics: Forging new synergies for exploring the potentials and pitfalls of public engagement with new biotechnologies. The American Journal of Bioethics, 23 (7): 72-74. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2207505 

Clare, A. (2023). The Boars of Biotechnology. Anthropology News: Sex Issue. Available: https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/the-boars-of-biotech/ 

Clare, A. (2022). What Stories Do We Tell About the Critters Involved with CRISPR-Cas? Examining Scientists’ Reflections on Multispecies Relationships in Gene Editing Research. Green Letters, 1-14.

Müller, R., Feiler, J., & Clare, A. (2022). A Doomed Technology? On Gene Editing in Bavarian Livestock Agriculture, Policy Field Conflicts and Responsible Research & Innovation. Frontiers in Political Science, 4.

Müller, R., Clare, A., Feiler, J., & Marco, N. (2021). Between a rock and a hard place: Farmers’ perspectives on gene editing in livestock agriculture in Bavaria. EMBO reports, 22(7), e53205.

  • Physics as Practice: Science and Society in the Making of Knowledge, Department of STS and Physics, Winter Semester 2025-2026
  • Immersion Project “Speculating about Digital Futures: Unravelling future worlds through stories and science fiction” Winter Semester 2025-2026
  • “Hacking TUM for Diversity” Project Week, Winter Semester 2024/25; Summer Semester 2025
  • Departmental Lecture Series “Cypork Production: Examining CRISPR-Cas-mediated xenotransplantation science and life at the intersection of agriculture and biomedicine” Winter Semester 2023/2024
  • “Developing Dystopias: Examining the social, political and ethical dimensions of sci-fi and video games” Game Jam Workshop Winter Semester 2023/24
  • Telling responsible stories, telling stories responsibly: STS, technoscience, and narrative culture, Seminar, Summer Semester 2023,
  • Invited guest lecture in “Public engagement in science, technology, and environment,” (LMU, Chair of Life Sciences in Society, Prof. Michael John Gorman and Dr. Mascha Gugganig), Seminar, Summer Semester 2023
  • Doctoral Workshop on Focus Group Methodology, Summer Semester 2023
  • STS-MINT Mentorship – Biotech Health, and Ecology Leader, Seminar, Summer Semester 2022
  • Fachspezifische Qualifikationen in Aktuellen Themen der Biologie | Eng: Subject-specific qualfications in current biology, Ringseminar, Summer Semester 2022; 2023
  • Responsibility in Environment and Health: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Environment, Health, Science, and Technology, Seminar, Summer Semester 2022; Winter Semester 2019/20; Summer Semester 2024; Summer Semester 2025
  • STS-STEM Mentorship “Biotech-Health-Ecology” (Summer Semester 2021)
  • “Bodies and Beings in Biomedicine,” Core Biomedicine Topic, Seminar, Summer Semester 2020
  • “Gene editing in the Anthropocene: Exploring CRISPR-CAS9 Applications”, Immersion Project, Winter Semester 2019/2020; Winter Semester 2020/2021; Winter Semester 2021/2022
  • “Bioengineering & Society: Tracing the Social, Political, and Ethical Aspects of Biotechnologies”, lecture in the Bioengineering Series for the Helmholtz Center, Co-taught with Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller, Summer Semester 2020; Summer Semester 2021
  • “Need a knee? Politics of Knowledge Production in Biomedicine,” in Who Is Responsible for Environment and Health? Social and Cultural Perspective on Environment, Health, and Technology, Lecture, Winter Semester 2019/2020

  • Clare, A. and Oomen, J. 2025. Care in the world | The social and political life of the ethics of care and its implications. Radiant Futures, Liege Belgium.
  • Valdes Stauber, C., Lammar, D., Clare, A. (2025) Playing with Futures: Using Game James to critically think through socio-ecological transformations. STS Italia, Milan, Italy.
  • Clare, A. (2024). Cypork Production: Examining CRISPR-Cas mediated xenotransplantation science and life at the intersection of agriculture and biomedicine. Invited talk at the Center for Medical Science and Technology Studies, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. 
  • Clare, A. (2024). Livestock logic in xenotransplantation science. Workshop Conference titled XenoSocial: Examining the Social implications of xenotransplantation. 30.11.-02.12. Tutzing, Germany. 
  • Clare, A. (2024). What porcine (im)mobilities mean for xenotransplantation science. Conference: Laboratory Animal (Im)mobilities: Relocating pasts and presents of biomedical experimentation. Maastricht University.
  • Clare, A. (2024). “I’m just a stupid pig vet!” Veterinary subjectivities in xenotransplantation science and beyond. EASST 2024 Amsterdam - Panel organizer: Veterinary Worlds & The Challenges of Multispecies Coexistence with Else Vogel (University of Amsterdam)
  • Clare, A. (2023). The pathogen and the pig: Examining multiple enactments of biosecurity in biotechnology research. STS Italia conference, Bologna, Italy.
  • Clare, A. & Müller, R. (2022). A doomed technology? On gene editing in Bavarian livestock agriculture, policy field conflicts and responsible research and innovation. EASST conference, Madrid, Spain.
  • Clare, A. (2022). Between a rock and a hard place: Farmers’ perspectives on gene editing in livestock agriculture in Bavaria. Resilience in Food and Health Systems, Center for Life Science Management and Policy Symposium, Straubing, Germany.
  • Clare, Amy (2021). The Oscillation of Pigs: How generative processes of agricultural infrastructures feature in xenotransplantation. 4S Conference, Toronto, Canada (Virtual).
  • Clare, Amy; Feiler, Julia; Müller, Ruth. (2021) Beneficial Biotechnology or Pandora’s Box? Farmer’s perspectives on gene editing in livestock agriculture in Bavaria. 4S Conference, Toronto, Canada (Virtual).
  • Clare, Amy (2021). An ethnographic exploration of xenotransplantation. Science Studies Reading Group (SSRG), Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
  • Clare, Amy; Müller, Ruth (2020). What are we talking about? Understanding how context matters for assessing biotech innovations in agriculture. European Biotechnology & Society Online Seminar Series, ERA CoEraBio at the University of Edinburgh (Virtual)
  • Clare, Amy; Müller, Ruth; Feiler, Julia. (2020). “It’s about mass production” Making Sense of CRISPR-CAS9 Food Futures in Bavaria. 4S/EASST Conference, Prague, Czechia (Virtual)
  • Clare, Amy; Müller, Ruth; Feiler, Julia (2020). Gesellschaftliche Bewertung der Genom-Editierung bei Nutztieren | Societal Evaluation of Genome Editing in Livestock. FORTiGe Project Update, Freising, Germany
  • Clare, Amy (2019). Re-Imagining Responsibility? CRISPR-CAS9 in Bavarian Agriculture. Higher Education Research and Science Studies School. Garching, Germany.
  • Müller, Ruth; Clare, Amy; Feiler, Julia (2019). Localizing CRISPR/Cas9? Re-Imagining Gene Editing as a Tool for Small-Scale Agriculture in Bavaria. 4S Conference, New Orleans, US.
  • Mason, Robin; Clare, Amy (2018). The Evolution of Health Research: Integrating Sex and Gender. International Women and Children’s Health Conference, Hamilton, Canada.
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