BRIDGES:BKY Bioethics Webinar series on Empirical Bioethics

This Autumn the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at The University of Bristol invites you to join their BRIDGES: BKY Bioethics Webinar series on Empirical Bioethics. The series will run from the 23rd September to 7th October, and will feature six 90 minute sessions covering topics such as “Designing Empirical Bioethics”, “Epistemology and Empirical Bioethics”, “Data Gathering and Analysis in Empirical Bioethics”, “Literature Reviews in Bioethics” and more.

This series aims to provide an introduction to Empirical Bioethics, to help you build research networks, and to help build confidence for those wanting to embark on empirical bioethics research.

Further, the webinars will serve as a platform for you to discuss your own research with others and receive constructive feedback. If you are interested in learning more about empirical bioethics and meeting other like-minded researchers, then please join us!

Please note, attendance is not mandatory across all of the series, and you can select as appropriate to your interests. Attendance is free, though numbers are limited to 60 per session.

Workshop 1: What & Why on 23rd September

This session will act as an introduction to empirical bioethics. We will briefly cover the how and why of its development, consider the various kinds of activities that might be labelled empirical bioethics, and gain an understanding what is distinctive about certain approaches to empirical bioethics.

Workshop 2: Designing Empirical Bioethics Research on 26th September

This session will help attendees start to think about the overall shape of an empirical bioethics project and the different phases of empirical bioethics research.

Workshop 3: Epistemology and Empirical Bioethics on 28th September

This session will consider some of the philosophical (epistemological) difficulties in empirical research and introduce attendees to various methodological approaches that attempt to show how moral knowledge can be generated through the integration of empirical and theoretical research.

Workshop 4: Literature Reviews in Bioethics on 30th September

This session will consider the use and value of literature reviews in empirical bioethics research, and bioethics in general. It will introduce attendees to different kinds of literature reviews, what they can do and how they might be used in bioethics research.

Workshop 5: Data Gathering and Analysis in Empirical Bioethics on 5th October

This session will consider how data can be collected and analyses within empirical bioethics research with a focus on qualitative analysis for content related to normative questions.

Workshop 6: Writing and reporting Empirical Bioethics on 7th October

The session will explore writing and publishing empirical bioethics research. It will draw on various standards (for carrying out and reporting empirical bioethics research) and will consider the challenges of interdisciplinary publishing.

For further information on the BRIDGES:BKY project please visit our website BRIDGES:BKY Project