Get involved with our centre
We offer a vibrant program of seminars, specialist workshops, podcasts and public lectures and panels, involving our members, our Distinguished Visitors, and other national and international scholars and researchers.
Every year the centre runs a public lecture featuring speakers who excite and challenge audiences by bringing new insights to contemporary challenges.
Our two annual public panels feature leading experts investigating and debating topics such as the Voice to Parliament, food ethics, assisted dying, and other relevant issues.
We have an active program of workshops and seminars organised by centre members, on topics including grief in the digital age, self-narration, and animal ethics.
Listen to our podcast
In the Cave: An Ethics Podcast delves into contemporary ethical questions, exploring topics such as the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence in medical diagnoses and the potential societal impact of robots.
The podcast features discussions with leading academic experts, addressing pressing ethical issues that may shape our future.
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Upcoming events
Past events
| Date | Title | Speakers | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December | Public Panel on Social Privilege |
| Our panel brought insights from cognitive science, conceptual engineering, and bioethics to shed new light on the idea of ‘privileged cognition’ and how we might better intervene to reduce the harms of social stratification based on social privilege. |
| 18 October | Film Screening – The Thinking Game |
| Filmed over five years, the documentary captures pivotal moments, including the groundbreaking achievement of AlphaFold, a program that solved a 50-year grand challenge in biology. |
| 20 September | The Rule of Law in the Face of Technological Innovation |
| The workshop provided further understanding of the Rule of Law and reflected upon the ways in which the Rule of Law can help constitutional democracies meet a key challenge of our times. |
| 17 September | The Ethics of Content Moderation Workshop | A workshop about online speech and digital content moderation. | |
| 2 September | Race in the Modern World (Part 2): Decolonisation & and the Future of Race |
| This is the second workshop on race in our annual Race in the Modern World series. |
| 29 August | Developing Effective External and Industry Partnerships |
| This session provided insight into experiences Centre members and non-academic partners face when developing effective external and industry partnerships. |
| 15 May | Public Lecture on “Beyond the AI hype: Balancing Innovation and Social Responsibility” |
| This talk further discussed the need for a responsible approach to AI that emphasizes trust, cooperation, and the common good. |
| 21 March | Public Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying: the Canadian Experience |
| The panel of experts discussed how Canada got from their initial legislation to the present, and what that trajectory suggests regarding (potential) future developments. |