Our Mission
Based at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities responds to a pressing need for ethics and humanities research on the challenges presented by advances in neuroscience, big data, genomics and global connectedness, and by their convergence. The Centre provides a flexible multidisciplinary research platform capable of engaging with the new and profoundly difficult questions presented by the form, scale, scope and societal implications of these developments. Through its research and public engagement activities, the Centre aims to lead debate on the ethical requirements for scientific research and technological innovation capable both of improving health and of commanding well-founded public trust and confidence.
Upcoming events
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On balancing security and privacy
Dr Carissa Véliz, The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 11am to 12.30pm
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Big Data Ethics Forum: HIV phylogenetic research and public health - challenges and opportunities
Christophe Fraser, Nuffield Department of Medicine
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 1pm to 2pm
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Deploying Epigenetics to Identify Genetically Influenced Social Inequalities
Benjamin Gregg, Professor of social and political theory, University of Texas, Austin
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 11am to 12.30pm
Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference
1-2 July 2019 | Oxford, United Kingdom
The Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference takes place every two years and addresses critically important ethical issues in the conception and implementation of global health. It aims to foster comprehensive multi-disciplinary debate moving beyond the parameters of disease, interventions and locations to attend to and engage with the many over-arching ethical concerns which characterise global health policy, practice and research.
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EACME Annual Conference 2019
12-14 September | Oxford, United Kingdom
We currently observe a shift in research agendas and a redefinition of normative as well as national boundaries in Europe, and beyond. These changes raise the question as to whether medical ethics in the 21st century needs to revisit its principles and approaches. Do we need to rethink bioethics for the 21st Century? The 2019 EACME conference in Oxford will respond to a pressing need for ethics, humanities and social sciences research on these new challenges.