Jamie Webb

Jamie Webb, Shannon Vallor and Gina Helfrich sit together in the Edinburgh Futures Institute having a conversation. They are all smiling.

The CTMF brings together philosophers, technologists, policymakers & researchers to tackle one of the defining questions of our time:

How can we build technologies that truly serve human flourishing?

This video captures the heart of that mission & the voices of those shaping it ▶️ edin.ac/4ai5OiC

Postgraduate Student Committee, Institute of Medical Ethics We are recruiting! The Postgraduate Student Committee (PSC) consists of an interdisciplinary group of postgraduate students working in bioethics, broadly defined of healthcare practitioners, lawyers, ...

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! The Postgraduate Student Committee are looking for new members. The deadline? December 17th. Apply here: forms.gle/HTYoq8VS4uMw...

The theme of 'Disruption in Bioethics' situates bioethics as a disruptive field, challenging the status quo and bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives to address society's most impactful questions around health and science. In particular, those related to environmental, socio-political, technological, and economic developments, as well as their histories. We welcome submissions from postgraduates in any discipline. This conference is a space for the obvious bioethical entanglements and the niche, uncomfortable, and radical. So, we aim to be a welcoming and inclusive space for marginalised and vulnerable voices, epistemologically and otherwise.

We take a broad view of disruption, so topics can include (but are not limited to): • Methodological disruption: using non-traditional methodologies to gain new or improved insights into bioethical challenges, or to promote engagement with important bioethical work. • Decolonising and amplifying voices: moving beyond the Global North and Western-centric frameworks, and what we can learn from social, political and/or epistemic plurality. • Unexpected convergences: intersections of bioethical research, culture and the arts; what bioethics can learn from ethical principles in action outside health and science. • Disruptive theories: radical departures from, or reframings of, established bioethical principles. • Reshaping policy and practice: tensions between academic research and real-world ethical decision-making etc. Abstracts should be 500 words maximum, in the English language, and not contain any identifying information (such as your name or institution).

🚨🚨The abstract submission deadline for PGBC 25 is tomorrow! 🚨🚨
Come join us at @ethoxcentre.bsky.social for the friendliest bioethics conference around.
Submit your abstract here: ime.datawareonline.co.uk/Event-Bookin...

As a firm believer that every conference should have a ceilidh, I’d like to think this is the PGBC 23 legacy in action

Blue to green gradient graphic, with a headshot photo of Jamie Webb. He has short brown hair, is wearing a dark blue shirt, and is smiling at the camera. There is text overlayed: 'Jamie Webb, PhD Fellow. When faced with limited healthcare resources, how should decisions be made about who receives treatment first?' The image is part of our 'Technomoral Futures in Focus' campaign celebrating the success of our students.

How should we decide who gets priority for life-saving treatment when resources are limited?

Jamie's PhD explored whether machine learning models should influence these high-stakes decisions.

Read CTMF PhD Fellow @jamiedwebb.bsky.social's reflections on his PhD journey ▶️ edin.ac/4gOQABZ