Research group

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

We organise ethics-focused events, and showcase ethics-related work underway at the University. We have members from schools and departments across the University. These include the sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine.

Our members are also active in a variety of research centres. These centres explore topics like citizenship, law, globalisation and intercultural relations.

We aim to nurture collaborations across the University on ethics-related issues. We also promote ethics-focused events.

Our annual lectures include Ethical Challenges, and Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

We host a Southampton Ethics Centre Seminar each semester. We offer online workshops exploring ethics in relation to a range of topics. These include artificial intelligence, race, and climate change.

Our regular bulletins contain 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

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Conor McHugh

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Ethics
  • Epistemology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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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

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Professor Daniel Whiting

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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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

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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

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Professor Denise Baden

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Communicating sustainable solutions via fiction
  • Sustainable hairdressing
  • Climate Communication
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Professor Emily Reid

Professor of Intl Economic Law & Sus Dev

Research interests

  • International Economic Law
  • Trade and Sustainability

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Emma Roe

Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Fiona Woollard

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

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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