PREPARED at the 2023 Cyprus Forum
Dr Orla Drummond is a senior research analyst and human rights lawyer at Trilateral Research Prof Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou is the head of the School of Law at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus and the Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods (ICLAIM) At the 2023 Cyprus Forum, […]
Leaks and spills: Biorisk management during global crisis
Enya O’Connell-Hussey is the communications officer for PREPARED Dr Johannes Rath is the International Biorisk Management Advisor for the European Commission, UN, and OSCE Have you ever played the glitter game? It’s a simple concept — give a child a tub of open glitter, let them dip their hands in it, and set them loose for […]
Respectful, polite and humble – The Nobel Prize recognises a transformation in the world of medicine
Prof Doris Schroeder, UCLan Cyprus . A senior friend of mine, who hosts academics at an elite college for short stays, once told me something surprising. She said that Nobel Laureates are the easiest to deal with on their scholarly visits. The ones she had met, she said, had all been respectful, polite and humble. […]
PREPARED at the UNESCO Headquarters
Prof. Doris Schroeder and Dr Nadia Kornioti, UCLan Cyprus In June 2023, 50 PREPARED members and distinguished invite-only guests travelled to Paris for a 3-day conference. We were lucky enough to be hosted at the UNESCO headquarters by Chief of Bioethics Dr Dafna Feinholz and her very efficient staff — a special thanks to Raji […]
Policy Briefs, the PREPARED way
. Prof. Doris Schroeder, professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus, and Dr Michael Makanga, Executive Director of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership . Policy briefs come in two main forms – advocacy policy briefs, which argue for a particular course of action, and overview or objective policy […]
Empathy in science: Ethics of Care in the Philippines
Prof. Fatima Alvarez-Castillo is the former Dean of University of the Philippines Manila, and a gender and equity specialist. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, almost one fourth of Filipino families lived below the poverty line. Over half of Filipinos considered themselves food insecure. About 17 million lived in slums, many in shanties, in one small room where whole families […]
What will the PREPARED values be?
Doris Schroeder, Vilma Lukaševičienė, Kate Chatfield, Natalie Evans, Eugenijus Gefenas Many legal documents and ethics codes include moral values or principles. For instance, dignity, equal rights, freedom, justice and peace are the values introducing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The TRUST Code (2018) for equitable research partnerships is founded upon fairness, respect, care and honesty and the Singapore […]
The TRUST Code — Research equity gets a new name
In 2018, the TRUST consortium launched the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings in the European Parliament. Five years later and the Code is successfully used all over the world to promote equitable research partnerships, having been adopted across the research cycle by funders (e.g. European Commission), research organisations and publishers (e.g. NATURE). © Stelios Kouloglou […]
Should new trials be started during military conflicts?
Dr Aliukonis is a practising doctor-surgeon and a former clinical research specialist for the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee. He teaches medical ethics at Vilnius University. The outbreak of war introduces unforeseen challenges for clinical trials, whether they are already underway or in development. Military conflicts can cause supply chain disruptions, challenges in recruiting and retaining staff, […]
Under pressure: research needs in a sudden crisis
Lisa Tambornino is a researcher and research manager at EUREC, the European Network of Research Ethics Committees. Carly Seedall is a research analyst at EUREC, focused on cross-national research ethics. Reliable research is always important. But it is especially important in a global crisis. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, decision-makers knew very little […]
