Externally Funded Research
Externally funded research awards and projects
The number of externally funded research awards hosted by the Faculty is testament to the quality of philosophical research taking place at Oxford, and to the vigour and vibrancy of the research environment here. Below you can find details of externally funded research centres, research projects, and research fellowships hosted by the Oxford Philosophy Faculty.
Research Centres hosted by the Faculty
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The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics Director: Professor Julian Savulescu Sponsor: The Uehiro Foundation Further Details: http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/ |
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The Oxford Centre for Neuroethics Director: Professor Julian Savulescu Sponsor: The Wellcome Trust Further Details: http://www.neuroethics.ox.ac.uk/ |
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The Institute for Science and Ethics Director: Professor Julian Savulescu Sponsor: The Oxford Martin School Further Details: http://www.ise.ox.ac.uk/ |
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The Future of Humanity Institute Director: Dr Nick Bostrom Sponsor: The Oxford Martin School Further Details: http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ |
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Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology Director: Dr Nick Bostrom Sponsor: The Oxford Martin School Further Details: http://www.futuretech.ox.ac.uk/ |
Research projects hosted by the Faculty
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Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies Director: Dr Anna Marmodoro Sponsor: European Research Council (ERC) Further Details: http://www.power-structuralism.ox.ac.uk/ |
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Reflection and Incompleteness Directors: Dr Volker Halbach & Dr Gabriel Uzquiano Sponsor: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Further Details: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~reflect |
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Science and Religious Conflict Director: Professor Julian Savulescu Sponsor: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Further Details: http://www.src.ox.ac.uk/ |
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New Insights and Directions for Religious Epistemology Director: Professor John Hawthorne Sponsor: John Templeton Foundation Further Details: http://www.newinsights.ox.ac.uk/ |
Research fellowships
Dr Thomas Douglas, Christ Church
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Research Fellow
The science of morality
1 March 2010 to 28 February 2013
Dr Bennett Foddy, Jesus College
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Research Fellow
Ethical lifespan enhancement
Dates of award to be confirmed
Professor John Hyman, Queen’s College
Leverhulme Research Fellow
After the fall
1 October 2010 to 30 September 2012
Dr Guy Kahane, Pembroke College
Wellcome University Award
Wellbeing, consciousness, and moral decision making
1 October 2009 to 30 September 2014
Dr Anna Mahtani, New College
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Higher-Order Vagueness
1 October 2007 to 30 September 2014
Dr Toby Ord, Balliol College
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Decisions under moral uncertainty
1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012
Dr Hanna Pickard, All Souls college
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Clinical Research Fellow
Personality disorder
1 February 2010 to 30 June 2015
Dr Scott Sturgeon, Wadham College
Leverhulme Research Fellow
Epistemic norms
Dates of award to be confirmed
Professor Timothy Williamson, New College
Leverhulme Major Research Fellow
Philosophical applications of second-order modal logic
1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012