Our outputs include rapid research reviews, commentaries and policy guidance, as well as commissioned research, consultation responses and stakeholder engagement. A selection of recent UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator outputs follow.
The Accelerator offers a diversity of intellectual views and analysis. All branded outputs have been peer reviewed before publication.
UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator – Reflections from the Prioritisation workstream
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 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 contentPolicy Briefing: Prioritisation of Covid-19 research – questions of justice
In this Policy Briefing for the Public health and health inequalities workstream, Mollie Cornell outlines the key decisions taken on the prioritisation of COVID-19 research and its impact on the UK’s biomedical research ecosystem
Rapid Ethics Review: Covid-19 policies and their unequal impact on the rights and dignity of disabled people
In this Rapid Ethics Review for the Public health and health inequalities workstream, a team led by Dr Kevin De Sabbata examines the unequal impact of Covid-19 policies on the rights and dignity of disabled people
Covid-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 contentEthical Framework: The justice of pandemic biomedical research priorities
In this Ethical Framework from our Public health and health inequalities workstream, Mollie Cornell presents a justice-based approach to understanding the ethical implications of pausing non-Covid biomedical research
Rapid Ethics Review: Older people and pandemic containment – a human rights perspective
In this Rapid Ethics Review for the Public health and health inequalities workstream, Dr Kevin De Sabbata shows how a human rights approach can help to solve conflicts between rights of older and younger people in a pandemic
Westminster workshop summary: Building public values into pandemic recovery and preparedness
This document provides a summary of the talks and discussion at the workshop held in Westminster on 18th May 2022. The event brought together 40 Parliamentarians, policymakers, patient representatives, and academics.
Ethical Framework: A human rights approach to evaluating and responding to ethical challenges and dilemmas during a pandemic
In this Ethical framework by Dr Kevin De Sabbata from the University of Keele for the Public health and health inequalities workstream, how a human rights approach can help to address ethical challenges in a pandemic is explored