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Centre Of Bioethical Research & Analysis (COBRA)
about us

The Centre of Bioethical Research & Analysis (COBRA) was established by Dr. Richard Hull in 2001 within the Department of Philosophy in the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway). Dr. Heike Schmidt-Felzmann joined the centre in 2003. We have a number of students doing postgraduate research in COBRA and have collaborative links with associates both within NUI Galway and abroad.

Members & Associates of the Centre

COBRA Directors

Dr. Richard Hull, Dept. of Philosophy, NUI Galway
Research Areas: Bioethics, Political Theory, Professional Ethics, Disability, Nietzsche.
richard.hullnuigalway.ie

Dr. Heike Schmidt-Felzmann, Dept. of Philosophy, NUI Galway
Research Areas: Ethical Theory, Health Care Ethics, Research Ethics, Professional Ethics, Philosophy of Psychiatry heike.felzmannnuigalway.ie

Members

Dr. Louise Campbell, Dept. of Philosophy, NUI Galway
Research Areas: Health Care Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Organisational Ethics, Kantian Philosophy, German Idealism louie.campbellgmail.com

Student Members

Sorcha Ui Chonnachtaigh, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Philosophy & REMEDI, NUI Galway
Research Areas: Ethics of Stem Cell Research, Reproductive Technologies, Capital Punishment, Queer Theory, Business Ethics
S.NiChonnachtaigh1nuigalway.ie

Jennifer Buckley, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Philosophy, NUI Galway
Research Areas: Academic Ethics, Philosophy of Education, American Pragmatism
j.buckley2nuigalway.ie

Marion Ward, MA Student, Dept. of Philosophy, NUI Galway
Research Area: Bioethics, Research Ethics, special focus on ethical issues in children’s research
marion.wardnuigalway.ie

Associates

Dr. Stephen Wilkinson, Dept. of Philosophy, Keele University (UK)
Research Areas: Logic, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Science, applied ethics especially on the topics of the allocation of health service resources, the commercialisation of the human body, and the nature of mental illness.
s.wilkinsonkeele.ac.uk

Dr. Angus Dawson, Dept. of Philosophy, Keele University (UK)
Research Areas: Medical ethics, especially in the area of consent (particularly competence), psychiatry, genetics and public health (particularly screening programmes).
a.j.dawsonkeele.ac.uk

Mr. Joe Mahon, Dept. of Philosophy
Research areas: Ethics; Existentialism; Marxism, Political Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology; Simone de Beauvoir.
Telephone: Ext. 2574.

Prof. Marcus Worner, Dept. of Philosophy
Research areas: Wisdom as a philosophical concept, Philosophy of Language (Rhetoric), Hermeneutics, Aristotle; Aquinas.
markus.woernernuigalway.ie

Dr. Ricca Edmondson, Dept.of Political Science & Sociology
Research areas: Sociology of the environment, sociology of ageing, sociology of knowledge and argumentation, sociology of culture.
ricca.edmondsonnuigalway.ie

Dr. Peter Morriss, Dept.of Political Science & Sociology
Research areas: Contemporary political philosophy, applied public policy, the morality of abortion.
pete.morrissnuigalway.ie

Dr. Felix O Murchadha, Dept. of Philosophy
Research areas: Philosophical Approaches to Violence, Phenomenology; Philosophy of Time; Philosophy of Religion, Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur.
Felix.OMurchadhanuigalway.ie

Contact Us

If you require further information about COBRA's research and activities, please contact us by e-mail at:

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Centre of Bioethical Research & Analysis (COBRA)
Department of Philosophy
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Ireland

Centre Of Bioethical Research & Analysis (COBRA)
This page was last updated Thursday, December 18, 2008