Prof. Doris Schroeder
Professor of Moral Philosophy
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+357 24 69 4000
Qualifications
PhD in Philosophy, Medical School (Birmingham, 1998)
Thesis Title: ‘Work Incentives and Welfare Provisions – The pathological theory of unemployment’ (awarded without any corrections)
MA Philosophy, Politics, English (Aachen, 1994)
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics, English (Aachen, 1993)
MA Business/Economics (Aachen, 1986)
BA (Hons) Business/Economics (Aachen, 1985)
SD2 (Teaching qualification of the UK Higher Education Academy)
Specialization
Ethics
Employment Track
Professor of Moral Philosophy, UCLan Cyprus School of Law, Larnaca, Cyprus, November 2012 – Present
Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director of Centre for Professional Ethics, Uclan UK, August 2008 – Present
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia, January 2007 – January 2012
Adjunct Professor, The Ethics Programme, University of Oslo, Norway, 2010-2011
Memberships
Since 2017 Global Advisory Board Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
Since 2014 Ehrenmitglied “Strukturanreize für Globale Gesundheit”
Since 2013 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie
Since 2012 Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
Since 2010 Founding member of Academics Stand Against Poverty
Since 2007 Kollegium der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen, Germany
Since 2003 Member of the British Philosophical Association
2001: Vice-President of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy
2000: Founder member of the Society for Applied European Thought
1999-2002: Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, Centre for Bioethics
Research Interests
Benefit sharing, international justice, global research ethics, dignity, vulnerability
Selective Publications/ Blog posts
- Stahl B, Schroeder D and Rodrigues R (2023) Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – Case Studies and Options for Addressing Ethical Challenges, Springer Briefs, New York: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031170416
- Schroeder D, Chennells R, Louw C, Snyders L and Hodges T. (2020). The Rooibos Benefit Sharing Agreement–Breaking New Ground with Respect, Honesty, Fairness and Care. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1-26. doi:10.1017/S0963180119001075
- Doris Schroeder, Kate Chatfield, Roger Chennells, Michelle Singh, Peter Herissone-Kelly (2019) Equitable Research Partnerships – A Global Code of Conduct to Counter Ethics Dumping, Springer, New York: open access at: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030157449
- Doris Schroeder Julie Cook, Francois Hirsch, Solveig Fenet, Vasantha Muthuswamy (eds) (2017) Ethics Dumping – Case Studies from North South Research Collaborations Springer, New York: open access at: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319647302
- Doris Schroeder and AH Bani-Sadr (2017) Dignity in the 21st Century – Middle East and West (2017), Springer Briefs, New York: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319580197
- Konstantinos Iatridis and Doris Schroeder (2015) Responsible Research and Innovation in Industry (2015), Springer Briefs, New York: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319216928
- Doris Schroeder and Julie Cook (eds) (2013) Benefit Sharing – From Biodiversity to Human Genetics (2013) Springer, New York: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400762046
- Doris Schroeder (2012) Human Rights and Human Dignity – An Appeal to Separate the Conjoined Twins, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 15(3):323-335.
- Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder and Roger Chennells (eds) (2009) Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing– Learning Lessons from the San-Hoodia Case, Springer, Berlin: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789048131228
- Doris Schroeder and Eugenijus Gefenas (2009) Vulnerability – Too Vague and Too Broad?, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 18(2)113-21)
Selective Conferences
Conferences co-organised:
- Ethics Dumping – Looking for Justice, European Parliament, 29 June 2018 with European United Left and Nordic Green Left.
- Industry and Funder Stakeholder Workshop, London, Wellcome Trust, 12-13 June 2017.
- Vulnerable Populations in North-South Collaborative Research, Nairobi, Safari Park Hotel, 23-24 May 2016.
- Responsible research and innovation – Opening new horizons, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 14-15 January 2016.
- Creating and enhancing trustworthy, responsible and equitable partnerships in international research, Paris, UNESCO headquarters, 4-5 October 2015.
- Responsible inclusive innovation in health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, 5-6 May 2015.
Selective Research Funding
- 2022-2025 European Commission, Horizon Europe, €4,707,384 – Pro-active Pandemic Crisis Ethics and Integrity Framework’ (Role: Co-ordinator)
- 2018 -2021 European Commission, Horizon 2020, €2,865,948 – Shaping the ethical dimensions of smart information systems (Role: Human Rights Contributor and QA Lead for Project)
- 2016 -2019 European Commission, Horizon 2020, € 1.499.946 co-applicant – Evidence and opportunities for responsible innovation in SMEs (Role: Cyprus Team Lead)
- 2014 -2017 European Commission FP7, €1,496,992, co-applicant – Responsible Research and Innovation in Business and Industry in the Domain of ICT for, Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing (Role: Cyprus Team Lead)
Other Scholarly activities:
- Chair of Ethics Review Panels for European Commission since 2003
- Since January 2020, Associate Editor, Research Ethics, SAGE.
- Since 2018 Series Editor for SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance with Konstantinos Iatridis
