UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator – Reflections from the Data Use workstream
In this blog, Melanie Smallman, James Wilson, and Cian O'Donovan, who led the Data Use workstream, reflect on its work for the Ethics Accelerator
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In this blog, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu and Jonathan Pugh, who led the prioritisation workstream, reflect on its work for the Ethics Accelerator
View contentBuilding the Ethics Accelerator – Prof. Ilina Singh, Principal Investigator
Professor Ilina Singh is the Principal Investigator of the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator. She is a Professor of Neuroscience & Society in the Department of Psychiatry and has been Co-Director of the Wellcome Centre for Ethics & Humanities at the...
View contentCovid-19 and the loss of disability rights: A view from the inside
By Abigail Pearson in collaboration with Kevin De Sabbata, Laura Pritchard-Jones, and Anthony Wrigley On23rd March 2020, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced the first Covid lockdown. This measure was frustrating for many citizens; yet, for people with disabilities, it...
View contentPandemic ethics public dialogue launch: why we did it, what we learned, and what we plan to do next.
This week sees the publication of a report detailing a public dialogue which explored the ethical values underlying people’s responses to the covid-19 pandemic. The report was commissioned by the UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator, and conducted by Hopkins Van Mil. Whilst...
View contentA-levels 2021: understanding grade inflation and fairness
This blog by Ruchi Sharma and Cian O’Donovan explains how A-levels have been graded in 2021 and shows what this means for how we can understand grade inflation and broader issues of fairness in the exam system.
View contentPublic engagement in a healthcare crisis: lessons from Ebola for covid-19 and the pandemics to come
By Jamie Webb The Overseas Development Institute described the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak as an ‘epidemic of mistrust: the flame of a virus hitting the tinder of suspicion.’ Local communities, sceptical of the motivations of foreign organisations and governments following a...
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