St Cross College, Oxford

MA (B.Med.Sci., MB, BS, PhD Monash); Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics

Professor Julian SavulescuE-mail: julian.savulescu

Phone: (01865) 286888
Fax: (01865) 286886

External website links:
Practical Ethics

Programme on Ethics of the New Biosciences  

Professor Savulescu is engaged in research, education and stimulating open public discussion around the ethical issues which arise in every day life and which are related to the changes in society, particularly those related to technological advancement. He has worked broadly in the ethics of science and medicine. His main current research interests are the ethics of the new biosciences: cloning, stem cells, genetics, artificial reproduction and neuroscience.

Julian Savulescu is qualified in medicine, bioethics and analytic philosophy. He has published over 100 articles in journals such as the British Medical Journal, Lancet, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Bioethics, the Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Medical Journal of Australia and Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology.

Previously, he was Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the highest impact factor journal in medical and applied ethics. He was Director of the Ethics of Genetics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was also Director of the Bioethics Program at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne and the Chair of the Department of Human Services, Victoria, Ethics Committee. He has worked as Clinical Ethicist at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals