Climate justice: a new requirement for responsible research?
Chaired by Dr Federica Lucivero, Associate Professor in Ethics of Technology, Ethox Centre
Tuesday, 03 June 2025, 2pm to 3.30pm
This is a webinar taking place on Zoom. Register with the link at the bottom of this page.
Abstract
As concerns for climate change rise, research practices have been reassessed with respect to their environmental impacts. Responsibilities have been placed on research actors in several countries to address these issues. For example, some funding bodies require grant holders to assess and mitigate environmental impacts of their research and some university research ethics committees have included a section on environmental impacts in their applications.
In this 1.5 hour webinar, we will ask our international group of panellists to critically reflect on existing initiatives in the research ecosystem and explore opportunities and challenges. This event is part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in Oxford (4-7 June).
Panellists' Bios
Dr. Florence Wedmore, a medical doctor and currently an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Geriatric Medicine at University College London. Florence is also the sustainability representative on the British Geriatrics Society Trainee Council. From 2022-2023 she spent a year as the NHS Chief Sustainability Officer's Clinical Fellow.
Dr. Mihalis Kritikos, the new Secretary of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Integrity Sector of the European Commission (DG-Research and Innovation) working on the ethical development of emerging technologies with a special emphasis on AI and Green Ethics.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences at the University of Bonn.
Dr. Gabrielle Samuel, Lecturer in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King's College London and co-Director of SHADE - a research group and network at the intersection of Sustainability, Health, AI, Digital technologies, and the Environment. Gabby's main research interests relate to the social/ethical issues associated with digital health, big data, and AI.