Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public

Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public

Enabling global conversations on the ethical issues raised by cutting-edge science.
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Claudette Burch

Claudette joined the Kavli Centre after working for 27 years as a PA and Senior Administrator across the private, commercial, and academic sectors. Alongside her work for the Centre, she is studying for a professional...

Ugbaad Aidid

Ugbaad is a PhD student in Education who has joined the Wellcome Connecting Science and Kavli Centre team. Her PhD project will be exploring scientific approaches to ethics education. She will be looking at how ethics...

Ethics and Engagement in Discovery Science

The project builds on research focussed on the ethical, legal and social implications of science (particularly genetics), responsible research and innovation, and on scientists’ engagement with publics. RRI and related approaches have aimed to contribute...

Claudette Burch

Claudette joined the Kavli Centre after working for 27 years as a PA and Senior Administrator across the private, commercial, and academic sectors. Alongside her work for the Centre, she is studying for a professional Counselling Diploma based on the Person-Centred Approach and is particularly interested in using her active listening skills to help teenagers and young people navigate the challenges of early adulthood.

Outside work, Claudette is a semi-professional singer and pianist, regularly performing across Cambridge and surrounding areas. Fail-safe encores include How High the Moon, Route 66 and Moondance.

AI Art

AI Art

Whenever AI is brought into discussion, there are often rumblings of panic and controversy surrounding it. In the case of AI-generated art, this situation concerns... Read More "AI Art"
Join us as our Engagement Associate!

Join us as our Engagement Associate!

Increasing awareness of, and engagement with, cutting edge scientific developments – including gene editing and genomic medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data – means general... Read More "Join us as our Engagement Associate!"
Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?

Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?

Although more effort than ever is being put into building awareness of science and the public and ethical challenges it raises, many people still regard... Read More "Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?"
Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard

Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard

Anna, Catherine and Richard were interviewed about the work of the Centre and the Citizen's Jury project by Lisa Burke from RTL Luxembourg. Video and... Read More "Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard"

Ugbaad Aidid

Ugbaad is a PhD student in Education who has joined the Wellcome Connecting Science and Kavli Centre team. Her PhD project will be exploring scientific approaches to ethics education. She will be looking at how ethics training works in practice for early career scientists and how this differs across institutions, fields and contexts (specifically South Africa and the UK. Ugbaad is passionate about collaborative approaches to education and before this was working at a social mobility charity. Ugbaad’s background includes leading a participatory project that sought to engage the local community in academic research and improve the civic engagements of the University of Bristol. She presented these research findings at the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences in November 2020.

AI Art

AI Art

Whenever AI is brought into discussion, there are often rumblings of panic... Read More "AI Art"
Join us as our Engagement Associate!

Join us as our Engagement Associate!

Increasing awareness of, and engagement with, cutting edge scientific developments – including... Read More "Join us as our Engagement Associate!"
Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?

Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?

Although more effort than ever is being put into building awareness of... Read More "Can science find better ways to say, “Hello”?"
Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard

Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard

Anna, Catherine and Richard were interviewed about the work of the Centre... Read More "Lisa Burke interviews Anna, Catherine and Richard"
What do we mean when we talk about Trust

What do we mean when we talk about Trust

Trust is an important factor in shaping the relationship between science and... Read More "What do we mean when we talk about Trust"

Ethics and Engagement in Discovery Science

The project builds on research focussed on the ethical, legal and social implications of science (particularly genetics), responsible research and innovation, and on scientists’ engagement with publics.

RRI and related approaches have aimed to contribute towards new, diverse and participatory forms of science, and has explored how scientists anticipate, identify and define ‘ethical’ questions and take on or redistribute responsibility. This includes practices of ‘ethical foresight’, anticipatory governance, and consideration of the future ethical implications of new and emerging science and technology that aim to address the ‘Collingridge dilemma’. Those involved in this work have also explored the dynamics of anticipation, the risks of hubris and PR associated with ‘speculative ethics’, and the difficulties associated with bringing both scientists and the public into discussions of the long-term ‘invisible’ implications of scientific developments. The EEDS study will examine the how and when of ethical anticipation. Interview work will explore what scientists think are ‘reasonable’ and ‘timely’ concerns about the future implications of scientific research, what kinds of practices are associated with identifying and anticipating these, and how scientists’ views relate to their field of scientific research.

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