Uehiro Oxford InstituteRegistrations for the Annual Uehiro Lectures 2026 are now open: uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2026-lectures-miranda-fricker
This lecture series, titled 'Moral Pressures: Bending Time, Shaping Wills', is going to be given by Prof Miranda Fricker, NYU.
We're delighted to welcome our new Institute Manager, Dr Mark Butler. Mark will be supporting the Institute Director and academic leadership with operations, governance, and professional services.
Welcome to Uehiro, Mark!
#WomeninEthics is taking a short break over the Easter period but we will be back soon! In the meantime you can check out all of the previous reels on our YouTube channel: https://shorturl.at/vQzMs
“Pure egoism, when it threatens human civilisation and even life on earth, cannot be seen as a legitimate method of ethics...”
This week in #WomeninEthics, we feature the wonderful Cinara Nahra.
See our reel on her: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZcdpUPNItG8?feature=share
#Womeninethics Cinara Nahra
“(Medical) ethics often teaches us to focus on individuals, but societies need a solidarity-based, collective approach.” This week in #WomeninEthics, we feature the multifaceted ethicist, Magdalena Eitenberger.
For the reel on her ideas: https://youtube.com/shorts/EvcN4l-MqJI?feature=share
#WomeninEthics Magdalena Eitenberger
We're pleased to invite you to the Essay Prize Final, where finalists will present their entries.
To register: https://bookwhen.com/uehiro/e/ev-s24y8-20260317173000
Where: H B Allen Centre, Lecture Theatre, 25 Banbury Road
When: 17th March, 17:30
The UOI's Director of Public Philosophy, Katrien Devolder, chats with Rebecca Roache in the latest episode of #TheAcademicImperfectionist podcast.
To listen to this episode - where Prof Devolder shows us how laziness is a lot more complicated than most people think - click here: https://shorturl.at/K7flp
#128: Professor Katrien Devolder on why you're wrong about laziness — The Academic Imperfectionist
Is it bad to be called lazy? Prince Harry thinks so: in his memoir, he suggests that it's better to called racist than lazy. But even if you wouldn't go that far, I'm willing to bet that you care deeply about not being viewed as lazy. Perhaps you've worked when you should have ta
This week, for #WomeninEthics, we feature the ethics researcher, Cristina Voinea. Her current research centers the 'quieter shifts' of AI risk - how it steers choices, weakens trust, and reshapes relationships.
See our video feature on her work: https://shorturl.at/URRv6
#WomeninEthics Cristina Voinea
We're pleased to announce the finalists of the #EssayPrize, and to invite you to the Final event where they will be presenting their entries.
When: 17th March 2026, 5:30pm
Where: HB Allen Centre
Register for the event here: shorturl.at/IhLKW
In the lead up to the #PhilosophyFortnight we were proud to showcase #DARCA– a freely available online tool to help establish the moral case for the restitution of cultural objects.
Access DARCA here: https://darca.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #practicalethics
Credits for the first photo: Ana-Maria Herman
