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

Emeritus Professor Hazel Biggs

Research interests

  • Healthcare law
  • Medical law
  • Bioethics
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Professor Helen Spurling

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Research interests

  • Jewish-Christian relations and Jewish-Muslim relations
  • Interpretation of midrashic literature
  • Apocalyptic, eschatology and messianism

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Jenny Fleming

Chair in Criminiology

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Professor Jonathan Way

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Normativity

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Lee Walters

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Language and Logic
  • Aesthetics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Markus Heller

Professor of Biomechanics
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Professor Roger Ingham

Professor of Health Psychology
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Professor Russell Bentley

Professorial Fellow-Education

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Sarah Pearce

Ian Karten Professor of Jewish Studies

Research interests

  • Interpretation of the Bible (Hebrew and Greek).
  • Philo of Alexandria.
  • Josephus.

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