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BIOUNCERTAINTY - ERC Starting Grant no. 805498

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The goal of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (INCET) at the Jagiellonian University is to encourage and support research activities in philosophy and ethics, in particular research on the classic bioethical dilemmas (e.g. reproductive or end-of-life decisions, organ transplantation, clinical decision making) and on topics that emerge from recent technological, social, and scientific developments (e.g. regulating scientific research, genetic engineering, human enhancement, new healthcare and reproductive technologies, evidence based medicine, preventive medicine, big data, artificial intelligence, algorithmic decision-making). See more

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A new project funded by the National Science Centre: Emerging reproductive technologies meet philosophy: the non-identity problem, harm, and counterfactuals

On 1st of October 2023 we begin new research project funded by Poland's National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) entitled "Emerging reproductive technologies meet philosophy: the non-identity problem, harm, and counterfactuals" as part of the Preludium BIS call, number: 2022/47/O/HS1/02794, head of the project: dr hab. Tomasz Żuradzki, prof. UJ.

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23rd of March 2023 – Mariusz Maziarz – Overcoming the plurality of causal pluralisms

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week Mariusz Maziarz will give a talk: "Overcoming the plurality of causal pluralisms". The seminar will take place on Thursday 23rd of March at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

Tomasz Żuradzki appointed to the Bioethics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences Presidium

Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences appointed Tomasz Żuradzki, principal investigator ot the BIOUNCERTAINTY project, to the Bioethics Committee of the PAS Presidium for the term 2023-2026

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16th of March 2023 roku – Vilius Dranseika – The Duality of Value: A Corpus Study

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week Vilius Dranseika will give a talk: "The Duality of Value: A Corpus Study". The seminar will take place on Thursday 16th of March at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

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9th of March 2023 – Giulio Fornaroli – Making the Beneficiary Pay: Distributive, Not Corrective

We have the pleasure to invite you to another research seminar in the ‘BIOUNCERTAINTY’ research project. This week Giulio Fornaroli a new post-doctoral researcher at INCET will give a talk: "Making the Beneficiary Pay: Distributive, Not Corrective". The seminar will take place on Thursday 9th of March at 5:30 p.m. in the room 25 on Grodzka Street and via MS Teams.

Short visiting fellowships at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (INCET) at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków welcomes applications for short (no longer than about two weeks) visiting fellowships for the year 2023. Submissions from Ukrainian scholars are especially welcome. We particularly support applications from scholars who plan to come to Kraków to work jointly with us on applications to secure funding for a research project. We will review applications on an ongoing basis.

Lista 2315 publikacji zgłoszonych przez polskie instytucje naukowe do ewaluacji w dyscyplinie filozofia

Publikujemy „Listę osiągnięć naukowych ocenianych w dyscyplinie filozofia ramach kryterium I ewaluacji jakości działalności naukowej za lata 2017-2021”, którą otrzymaliśmy od Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki na podstawie Ustawy o dostępie do informacji publicznej.

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Recent publications

Agent‐based modelling for SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemic prediction and intervention assessment: A methodological appraisal - a new article by Mariusz Maziarz and Martin Zach

Our purpose is to assess epidemiological agent‐based models—or ABMs—of the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic methodologically. The rapid spread of the outbreak requires fast‐paced decision‐making regarding mitigation measures.

Non-Epistemological Values in Collaborative Research in Neuroscience: The Case of Alleged Differences Between Human Populations - a new peer commentary by Joanna K. Malinowska and Tomasz Żuradzki in AJOB Neuroscience

What constitutes bias?; how biases may be embedded in the selection of research programs?; is it possible to conduct completely unbiased research? Joanna K. Malinowska and Tomasz Żuradzki try to notice possible answers to these questions in their commentary "Non-Epistemological Values in Collaborative Research in Neuroscience: The Case of Alleged Differences Between Human Populations".