Kavli Research and Enterprise Discussion (K.R.E.D) 'Discovery Ethics' - A Fireside Chat

In this fireside chat, Dr Mackenzie Graham (Ethox/Kavli) will discuss the role of ethical values in scientific research with Professor Dame Carol Robinson (Director, Kavli Oxford) and Professor Michael Parker (Director, Ethox), their experiences of where ethics and science can complement one another, the challenges/benefits of collaboration between scientists/non-scientists, and their views on some of the broad ethical challenges facing basic research today (e.g., reproducibility, public trust in science).

Aim: To demonstrate where ethics fits into the work of scientists conducting basic research, and why it is important for them to think about the role of ethical values in their work.

Discoveries in basic science often do not have immediate practical applications. For this reason, it is easy to see basic science as removed from genuine societal or ethical concerns. ‘Ethics’ is often most readily associated with regulation and governance (i.e., approval from research ethics committee, human tissue authority), or as a necessary burden to scientific research (i.e., ethics portion of grants application).

Ethical and societal values have an important role to play in the practice of basic science, a role that often goes unacknowledged.

Seating for the event is limited to 80. Please register here.