Activities
Celebrating 20 years
2011 is the 20th anniversary of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, making it one of the longest running bioethics committees of its kind. In that time it has published 20 reports and discussion papers on a wide range of bioethics issues.
read more »Events
The Council organises and takes part in a number of conferences and events to raise awareness of its work and promote debate of the issues considered in its reports.
read more »Consultations
The Council holds a public consultation during each of its projects to find out views and evidence from a wider community.
read more »Education
The Council engages in a number of educational activities to encourage discussion of bioethics issues among young people.
read more »Informing policy
The Council engages with government officials, parliamentarians and others to inform policy and promote debate about bioethics issues.
read more »International
Members of the Council participate in a wide range of international meetings and activities.
read more »Explore by topic
- agriculture
- alcohol
- animals in research
- autonomy
- behaviour
- biobanks
- biofuels
- bioinformation
- biotechnology
- carers
- clinical practice
- clinical research
- consent
- dementia
- developing countries
- DNA
- e-health
- forensics
- gamete donation
- genetic screening
- genetic testing
- germline therapies
- global health
- GM crops
- human rights
- human tissue
- incentives
- infectious disease
- intellectual property
- mental health
- mitochondrial donation
- neonatal medicine
- neurotechnology
- obesity
- organ donation
- patenting DNA
- patient confidentiality
- personalised healthcare
- pharmacogenetics
- plant genetics
- premature babies
- privacy
- public health
- solidarity
- stem cells
- synthetic biology
- xenotransplantation