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Read more at: Remco Heesen has been awarded the Emanuel Miller Prize by St John's College, Cambridge, for his essay "Why the Reward Structure of Science Makes Reproducibility Problems Inevitable"

Remco Heesen has been awarded the Emanuel Miller Prize by St John's College, Cambridge, for his essay "Why the Reward Structure of Science Makes Reproducibility Problems Inevitable"

10 April 2018

Remco Heesen has been awarded the Emanuel Miller Prize by St John's College, Cambridge, for his essay "Why the Reward Structure of Science Makes Reproducibility Problems Inevitable". For further information about the prize see : https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/emanuel-miller-prize-1


Read more at: Dragos Calma has been awarded the Bessel Forschungspreis for his work on Medieval Neoplatonism

Dragos Calma has been awarded the Bessel Forschungspreis for his work on Medieval Neoplatonism

9 April 2018

Dragos Calma has been awarded the Bessel Forschungspreis for his work on Medieval Neoplatonism. For further information see: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/bessel-award.html


Read more at: Prof. Rae Langton will give the Rotelli Lectures in Milan from 19th- 23rd March 2018, at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Prof. Rae Langton will give the Rotelli Lectures in Milan from 19th- 23rd March 2018, at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

6 March 2018

Prof. Rae Langton will give the Rotelli Lectures in Milan from 19th- 23rd March 2018, at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. For further details see: http://www.unisr.it/en/philosophy/research/chair-rotelli/#1508925572808-059cdab3-b1eb


Read more at: Prof Richard Holton to give the Uheiro Lectures in Bioethics at the University of Oxford in May 2018

Prof Richard Holton to give the Uheiro Lectures in Bioethics at the University of Oxford in May 2018

15 January 2018

Richard Holton will be giving the Uheiro Lectures in Bioethics at the University of Oxford in May 2018. For further details see: https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-lectures-2018


Read more at: Clare Chambers awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Clare Chambers awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

8 January 2018

Dr Clare Chambers has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for three years from October 2018 for a project titled Intact: The Political Philosophy of the Unmodified Body. Is there any value in having an unmodified body? What duties do we have to protect the ‘natural’ body? Western attitudes to body...


Read more at: Expressions of interest are invited for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2018

Expressions of interest are invited for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2018

21 December 2017

Expressions of interest are invited from potential applicants for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, based at the Faculty of Philosophy. Expressions of interest must be submitted by 13.00 hours GMT on Monday 8th January 2018, using the Faculty’s online Job Applications system .


Read more at: Clare Chambers on dress codes on the BBC website

Clare Chambers on dress codes on the BBC website

8 December 2017

Clare Chambers on dress codes on the BBC website Are employers justified in imposing dress codes on their workers? Can they make their workers come to work naked? A BBC article and video features analysis from Dr Clare Chambers. You can read the article and watch the video here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42236608


Read more at: Onora O’Neill has won the 2017 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy

Onora O’Neill has won the 2017 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy

5 October 2017

Onora O’Neill has been named as the winner of the $1 Million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy. For further detais see here .


Read more at: Rae Langton talks on free speech on BBC Radio 4

Rae Langton talks on free speech on BBC Radio 4

10 August 2017

Prof Rae Langton recently spoke on the BBC Radio 4 on free speech. The programme is available here .


Read more at: Report on the ethics of cosmetic procedures published

Report on the ethics of cosmetic procedures published

22 June 2017

Dr Clare Chambers is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party on Cosmetic Procedures, which has now launched its report. You can read the report here.