FW: New post in the Ethics Lab

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Dear Colleagues,

 

Perhaps of interest.

 

A job opening at UCT. The deadline for application submission is July 23.

 

 

 

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[Cornel E]

Dear Colleagues, 

You are cordially invited to the inaugural Lecture of

Professor Kevin Behrens

Director: Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Title: An appeal for greater humility in our (bio)ethics discourse

Today’s public - and even academic - discourse on ethical issues is often intolerant, antidebate, anti-rational, denunciatory, divisive, and pernicious. I appeal for greater humility and for an Ubuntu-based, transformative discourse that respects our shared humanity and engenders change for good.

Date: Monday, 30 September 2024

Time: 17:00

Venue: Marie Curie Lecture Theatre, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Wits University.

Registration Link:   https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=jJAbS4JVd0O6B6NtZeNJNH2GJPDdOu9MgQf_upHOLIdUM1BPTko2SDBCQkVLNkdKNE1TV05SVjY1Si4u&route=shorturl

Enquiries: Rechell...@wits.ac.za

The event will not be live-streamed, but a video will be available afterwards on the Wits YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuj62CBaFGCS5sFlae_ktPA

[Cornel E]

Dear Colleagues, 

 

This is to remind you of

Professor Kevin Behrens’ inaugural lecture

[Cornel E]

Dear Colleagues, 

You are warmly invited to participate in a webinar. 

This webinar brings together key actors in academic scholarly publishing to discuss the initiatives they have implemented to make their platforms more inclusive, as well as the impact of these strategies. In addition to spotlighting how journals are addressing concerns related to underrepresentation broadly, participants—including the moderator and attendees—will explore in conversation with the invited speakers what more ought to be done, if anything, to transform scholarly academic publishing. 

Find details about the webinar below: 

Title

How are academic journals actively fostering inclusion on their platforms?

 

Speakers:

Dr Catherine Kyobutungi

Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Global Public Health

Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Co-Director, Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)

 

Prof Brian Earp (pic attached)

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Ethics

Editor-in-Chief, JME Practical Bioethics

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Moderated by:

Prof Ambroise Wonkam (new pic attached)

Professor of Medical Genetics

Henry J Knott Director of McKusick-Nathans Institute,

Director of the Department of Genetic Medicine,

Johns Hopkins Medicine

 

 

Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2025

Time: 15:00 – 16:30

Zoom

 

Register here to receive the Zoom link:

https://wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/register/gT7O6gbJSli_OpSR5jAwGw  

 

Speakers’ Bios:

1. Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, PLOS Global Public Health; the  Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center and co-Director of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) based in Nairobi, Kenya. Catherine has a medical background and is a trained epidemiologist with research interests in Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Systems Strengthening. She has designed and tested service delivery models for resource-constrained settings, such as slum settings, and is a strong advocate for the societal benefit of research beyond traditional research outputs. At APHRC, she has strengthened approaches to policy engagement and advocacy to ensure timely and effective uptake of evidence in decision-making. She has over 140 publications and serves on multiple national and global expert advisory panels.
2. Prof Brian Earp is the Editor-in-Chief of the journals, JME Practical Bioethics, and the co-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Medical Ethics; he is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and bioethicist. He is currently an  Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics and an Associate Professor of Philosophy and of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also a member of the Artificial Intelligence Institute of NUS, a Research Affiliate of the Uehiro Oxford Institute of the University of Oxford, and a proud member of the UK Young Academy under the auspices of the British Academy and the Royal Society. Prof. Brian is currently the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics and the Editor-in-Chief of the companion journal, JME Practical Bioethics.

[Cornel E]

Dear All,

The Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics is organizing a webinar on “How are academic journals actively fostering inclusion on their platforms?” The webinar will engage key figures in academic publishing. The goal is to explore the specific initiatives they have implemented to promote inclusion on their platforms. 

 

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm SAST

Registration: https://wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/register/gT7O6gbJSli_OpSR5jAwGw#/registration

Speakers:

Dr Catherine Kyobutungi

Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Global Public Health

Prof Brian Earp

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medical Ethics

Editor-in-Chief, JME Practical Bioethics

Moderated by:

Prof Ambroise Wonkam

[Cornel E]

Dear All,

This is a reminder about the webinar the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics is organizing on “How are academic journals actively fostering inclusion on their platforms?” The webinar will engage key figures in academic publishing. The goal is to explore the specific initiatives they have implemented to promote inclusion on their platforms.