Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative

An initiative interested in ethics and values based policy-making, located in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

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Putting ethics and values at the heart of policy-making.

About EVPI

The question of ethics and values is crucial to policymaking, particularly in our increasingly connected, globalised and complex world. However, policymaking is often rooted in an evidence-based approach that can exclude issues of ethics and values. We must connect the evidence to ethics and values to confront the fundamental issues facing wider society.To help do this, the PPR Department has created the new Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative. This initiative brings together academic experts and policy actors to explore developing an ethics and values-based framework for evidence-based policy making.

The EVPInitiative will showcase high profile speakers giving public lectures, policymaker forums, engagement with local, regional, and international policy actors and other activities.

Research Themes:

  • Health
  • Security
  • Equity and Justice
  • Faith and Heritage
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EVPI Featured Research

These are some of the publications from our board members on their past and current research relating to ethics, values, and policy-making.

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Get in touch if you would like to join our network, partner with us, or suggest a research collaboration.

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EVPI Events

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Now

Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy

Tuesday 27 February 2024, 9:00am to Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:00pm
1st May

EVPI Student Seminar Series

Wednesday 1 May 2024, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
8th May

Women in 19th Century Philosophy: Julia Wedgwood

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

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EVPI News

Distinguished Professor Stephen Wilkinson

Leading expert to advise on ethics at national level

A Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University has been appointed to a national working group to assess and advise on the ethical and regulatory issues raised by research using human stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).
Caroline Lucas and her new book, Another England

Green MP will give Lancaster Environment Lecture

Leading environmental campaigner and Britain’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas is all set to deliver the 2024 Lancaster Environment Lecture at Lancaster University.  
Professor Stephen Wilkinson

Lancaster Professor appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Stephen Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Bioethics at Lancaster University, has been appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the UK’s leading independent body for bioethics and policy research.

 
Women in 19th Century Philosophy

Professor Alison Stone is organising a series of online talks on the theme of Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy.

Professor Alison Stone is organising a series of online talks on the theme of Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy. The talks will take place from March to May, and are open to all.

For details and to subscribe to the talks, please visit: https://diversityreadinglist.org/event-series/women-in-nineteenth-century-philosophy/
The Diocese of London’s next Bishop of Edmonton, the Rev Canon Dr Anderson Jeremiah, with the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE.

Lancaster lecturer will be new Bishop for North London and for Racial Justice

A Lancaster University Senior Lecturer has been announced as the Diocese of London’s next Bishop of Edmonton, covering the London Boroughs of Camden, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
Busy port with multi-coloured comtainer ships and cranes

£198,000 grant will give coastal communities a voice on ocean justice

Lancaster University has been awarded a £198,453 Research Project Grant from the Leverhulme Trust to investigate coastal communities’ understanding of ocean justice.

 

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Contact EVPI

Email evpi@lancaster.ac.uk to find out more about our work.