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Southampton Ethics Centre

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We aim to build on existing interdisciplinary ethics teaching, and to nurture interdisciplinary research and outreach.

Part of Law, Medicine, Philosophy

About

With members from departments/schools including Chemistry, Computer Science, Criminology, Economics, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, History, Law, Management, Medicine, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Sociology and Social Policy, and from research centres including C2G2, CELS, CLEG, HEAL and the Parkes Institute, the Southampton Ethics Centre organises ethics-focused events and showcases ethics-related multi-disciplinary work already under way at the University.

The Southampton Ethics Centre organises ethics-related events, aims to nurture collaborations across the University on ethics-related issues, and to publicise ethics-focused events.

Among the events organised by the Southampton Ethics Centre are the annual Ethical Challenges Lecture, and the annual PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Lecture.

We also host a Southampton Ethics Centre Seminar each semester, as well as a series of online workshops, on topics such as the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, the Ethics of Race, and the Ethics of Climate Change.

We also publish regular bulletins containing information about ethics-related events and activities across the university.

News and events

Explore our news and events pages to find out more about our activities.

People, projects and publications

People

Professor Christian Enemark BA, LLB, PhD

Professor in International Relations

Research interests

  • Ethics of war and peace
  • Politics of global health
  • International security

Email: c.enemark@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Conor McHugh

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Ethics
  • Epistemology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.mchugh@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Professor Damon Teagle

Director of SMMI

Research interests

  • • Formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • • Fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • • Geochemical analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: damon.teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Professor Daniel Whiting

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: d.whiting@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Professor David Owen

Professor in Politics

Research interests

  • 1) Post-Kantian social and political philosophy from Nietzsche to Foucault, and the Frankfurt School.
  • 2) The Ethics and Politics of Migration
  • 3) Democratic Theory and Practice

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: dowen@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Denis McManus

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

  • Ethics and Philosophy of Mind
  • The philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: d.mcmanus@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Professor Denise Baden

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Communicating sustainable solutions via fiction
  • Sustainable hairdressing
  • SMEs/CSR sustainability

Email: d.a.baden@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Emily Reid

Professor of Intl Economic Law & Sus Dev

Research interests

  • International Economic Law
  • Trade and Sustainability

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: e.s.reid@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Emma Roe

Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: e.j.roe@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Fiona Woollard

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

  • Philosophy of Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood/ Parenthood
  • Normative Ethics.
  • Applied Ethics.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: f.woollard@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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Contact us

Dr Brian McElwee, the Director of the Southampton Ethics Centre, welcomes your enquiries.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BF

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We’re open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm UK time
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