Anthony Mark Cutter (Principle Investigator) is Head of Innovation in Society at the School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire (UK). He is Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology (published by Berkeley Electronic Press) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (a book series published by Springer).
Internationally he has served as a Senior Consultant in Bioethics and Law at and held various visiting fellowships including: the Brocher Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland), the Radboud University Medical Centre (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Cluj-Napoca, Romania).He serves as Executive Director for European Operations on the board of the Centre for Policy on Emerging Technology.
In addition to qualifications in bioethics, he is a Barrister-at-Law, and holds professional qualifications as a Mediator and an Arbitrator. He has written and lectured internationally on a range of issues within the field of ethics, law and technology. His specialist focus is governance issues, including the governance of nanotechnology and biotechnology. Among his public appointments he is a Governor of the Royal National College for the Blind and was appointed by the Home Office to be a Member of the Board of the National Probation Service (Cumbria).
Currently he is Principal Investigator EU projects: Globalising European Bioethics Education (GLEUBE) and Advancing Higher Education Access for Disabled Students in Europe (AHEAD-EU). He is also Principle Investigator on several projects focusing on criminal justice and health promotion.
Contact Email: amcutter@uclan.ac.uk
Matti Häyry is Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy of Law at the University of Manchester, UK; and during 2009-2011 Professorial Fellow at the University of Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland. In Manchester, he is the founder and director of the Doctoral Programme in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence. He is a founder member of the International Association of Bioethics, and he has served on its Board of Directors since 2001, most recently as the Association’s President in 2007-2009. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of 26 books and volumes, including Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics (Routledge 1994), The Ethics and Governance of Human Genetic Databases (Cambridge University Press 2007), and Rationality and the Genetic Challenge: Making People Better? (Cambridge University Press 2010).
Contact Email: Matti.Hayry@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Tuija Takala (Academy Research fellow, Academy of Finland & University of Helsinki and Adjunct Professor (Docent) in Practical Philosophy)
Tuija’s background is in moral and social philosophy, and for the past 12 years she has concentrated on bioethics. In terms of subject matter, the bulk of her publications have dealt with the ethics of genetics. She is a strong proponent of individuals’ right to determine their own good. Lately Tuija has done work in neuroethics, but for the most, her current research interests lie in the theories and methods of bioethics.
Contact Email: tuija.takala@helsinki.fi
Professor Bert Gordijn is Chair of Ethics and Director of the Institute of Ethics at Dublin City University. He has studied Philosophy and History at the Universities of Utrecht (Netherlands), Strasbourg (France) and Freiburg in Breisgau (Germany). In 1995 he was awarded a doctorate in Philosophy; in 2003 he received a doctorate in Bioethics. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics at Lancaster University (UK), the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University (USA) and the Fondation Brocher (Switzerland).
Bert is Editor-in-Chief of a book series, "The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology" (Springer), as well as two peer reviewed journals, "Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy" (Springer) and "Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology" (Berkeley Electronic Press). Bert has an extensive record of peer reviewed publications and international lectures. He has been appointed to the External Science Advisory Panel of the European Chemical Industry Council and has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Patent Organisation as well as the UNESCO Expert Committee on Ethics and Nanotechnology. Bert is also Secretary of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare which was founded in 1987 with a view to the growing need for critical reflection on the role of medicine and health care in our present society.
Contact Email: bert.gordijn@dcu.ie
Professor Ruth Chadwick is Director of the ESRC (Economic and Social Sciences Research Council) Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), Cardiff University, UK. She also holds a Link Chair between Cardiff Law School and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy (ENCAP). She has co-ordinated a number of projects funded by the European Commission, including the EUROSCREEN projects (1994-6; 1996-9) and co-edits the journal Bioethics and the online journal Genomics, Society and Policy. She is Chair of the Human Genome Organisation Ethics Committee and has served as a member of several policy-making and advisory bodies, including the Panel of Eminent Ethical Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP). She was editor-in-chief of the award winning Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (1998), of which a second edition is now being prepared. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Hastings Center, New York; of the Royal Society of Arts; and of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2005 she was the winner of the World Technology Network Award for Ethics for her work on the relationship between scientific developments and ethical frameworks.
Contact Email: ChadwickR1@cardiff.ac.uk
Professor Jan Helge Solbakk trained as a physician and a theologian and also holds a Ph.D in ancient philosophy. Until 1995, he served as Director of the National Committee of Medical Research Ethics in Norway. He is currently Director and Professor of medical ethics at the Centre for Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. He is also adjunct professor of philosophy of medicine and medical ethics at the Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen.
His fields of research are medical ethics, research ethics, philosophy of medicine and ancient philosophy, literature and medicine. He is in charge of a European research project on Research Biobanks and Health Registries. Since 1998 he has served as a member of the CDBI-CO-GT4, a Working Party on human genetics at the Council of Europe. In 1999, he served as a member of an expert committee on genetic therapy set up by the Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment. From 1999-2000 he was chairman of a working party set up by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in Norway to issue a report on stem cell therapy. He has been a member of the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board since 2000.
Contact email: j.h.solbakk@medisin.uio.no
Dr Bjørn Hofmann is a professor at the University College of Gjøvik, an adjunct professor at the Section for medical ethics at the University of Oslo, and a researcher at the Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services. He holds a PhD in the philosophy of medicine and is trained both in the natural sciences and in the humanities.
His main research interests are philosophy of science, technology assessment, and bioethics.
Contact email: b.m.hofmann@medisin.uio.no
Professor Søren Holm is a Professorial Fellow in Bioethics and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society at the University of Cardiff, UK, as well as Professor of Medical Ethics (part-time) at the Section for Medical Ethics at the University of Oslo, Norway.
He holds degrees in medicine, philosophy, and health care ethics, and two doctoral degrees in medical ethics. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics and of book series for Oxford University Press and Ashgate. He has interests in many areas of medical ethics and philosophy of medicine and is currently President of the European Society for the Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care.
His research has covered most topics in medical ethics and philosophy of medicine. This has involved both analytical work and empirical work in terms of surveys, qualitative interviews and focus groups. His main research interests are research ethics, reproductive ethics, resource allocation in health care, and the relation between philosophy of medicine and bioethics. His current research projects include TECHNOLIFE an EU funded project investigating how publics can be engaged in discussions about new technologies.
Contact Email: Soren.holm@manchester.ac.uk
