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Aesthetics and Environmental Management Funders British Council Finnish Institute

This research project adopts a philosophical approach to address the role of aesthetics in environmental planning and decision-making. In this context ... Read more»

Keywords: Aesthetics, Conservation, Environment

Aesthetics of the Natural Environment: A Study in Aesthetic Appreciation

This project examines a range of central problems in environmental aesthetics, including: aesthetic experience; nature, art and culture; theories of a ... Read more»

Aesthetic Value in UK Environmental Conservation Funders Lancaster University

This project examines the role of aesthetic value in UK environmental conservation, from a philosophical perspective. Research questions include: How ... Read more»

Keywords: Aesthetics, Environment, Landscape, Philosophy

Bioethics Today

This project is an electronic bioethics resource for all those interested in ethical, legal and social aspects of biotechnology, with particular refer ... Read more»

Project staff: Richard Twine (Sociology)
Keywords: Bioethics, Genetics, Genomics, Medical ethics

Comparison of Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetic Databases in Europe

This research has been proposed, and will be funded by, the EU in the light of current initiatives in (for instance in Iceland, Estonia and the UK) to ... Read more»

CONCERTED ACTION: Environmental Valuation in Europe (EVE)

The purpose of this concerted action is to analyse effective methods for expressing the values associated with environmental goods and services, ecosy ... Read more»

Ethics and Ethnographic Research

Co-awarded, 'ESRC Research Training Programme: Ethics and Ethical Practice in Social Science, 2006-2009' ... Read more»

Project staff: David Archard (Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR), Hazel Biggs (Law), Christine Milligan (Division of Health Research), Nayanika Mookherjee (Sociology)
Keywords: Conflict, Ethnography, Human rights, Research ethics, Sociology, Violence, War

European Information Network Ethics in Medicine and Biotechnology (EURETHNET)

EURETHNET has been set up with the aim of developing an information network and knowledge base in the field of ethics in medicine and biotechnology. ... Read more»

Project staff: Ruth Chadwick (Sociology), Richard Twine (Sociology)
Keywords: Biotechnology, Genetics, Genomics, Medical ethics, Medical law, Medical law and ethics

European Project on Stem Cell Research (EuroStem)

EUROSTEM forms part of the European Union's Fifth Framework Programme on Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources. This project is concerned ... Read more»

Project staff: Richard Twine (Sociology)
Keywords: Ethics of genetics, Genetics, Genomics, Medical ethics, Public policy

Exploring Health Care Law's Recognition of Autonomy and Rights 16th March 2009

A Centre for Bioethics and Medical Law half-day seminar event on the way in which health care law recognises and responds to matters of autonomy and r ... Read more»

Project staff: Hazel Biggs (Law), Sara Fovargue (Law), Suzanne Ost (Law)
Keywords: Autonomy, Ethics, Health care, Human rights, Medical and health-care law, Medical ethics, Medical law, Medical law and ethics

Humans in the Land: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Cultural Landscape Funders British Council

This project is a philosophical study of cultural landscapes, focusing on the cultural landscape from an evaluational point of view, as a guide to the ... Read more»

IDEFICS - Identification and prevention of dietary and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants

IDEFICS is a European Union-funded project, designed to run for five years from September 2006. The project is coordinated by the University of Bremen ... Read more»

Project staff: Garrath Williams (Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR)

Social Processes for Environmental Valuation

This project has now finished, running from June 1996 to May 1998. It involved researchers from the UK, France, Italy and Spain. Its purpose was to de ... Read more»

Social Psychology and Economics in Environmental Research (SPEER)

The central objective of the SPEER Project was to create a European network of active researchers interested in combining economics and social psychol ... Read more»

Thingmount working papers in the Philosophy of Conservation

The term 'thingmount' has been chosen both for its local significance and for its assocation with debate. It refers to a kind of flat-topped mound ... Read more»