Marianna’s research has informed law reform, parliamentary and international policy-facing debates on surrogacy, medically assisted reproduction and family recognition.

International Surrogacy: Policy Brief and Stakeholder Engagement, 2026

Convened a policy and stakeholder roundtable on international surrogacy in July 2026. Drawing on her research, the roundtable and background discussions with Home Office staff, she prepared ‘International Surrogacy and UK Reform Proposals: Addressing the Cross-Border Dimension’.

UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2025–2026
Selected by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, on the basis of her expertise in surrogacy and cross-border reproductive issues, to contribute expert evidence to and act as an external reviewer for its 2026 POSTnote on surrogacy in the UK.

Italian Parliament, 2024
Invited to provide an expert presentation at the Italian Parliament on comparative European legal frameworks governing surrogacy.

Law Commission of England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission, 2019
Her 2019 piece in Medical Law Review on Paradiso and Campanelli v Italy was cited approvingly in the joint consultation paper on surrogacy law reform by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission.

NICE Quality Standards on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, 2019-2020
Contributed, with BPAS and other experts, to submissions to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence consultation on Quality Standards for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, as part of the Alcohol and Pregnancy Research Network.