Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative

An initiative interested in ethics and values based policy-making, located in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

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Putting ethics and values at the heart of policy-making.

About EVPI

The question of ethics and values is crucial to policymaking, particularly in our increasingly connected, globalised and complex world. However, policymaking is often rooted in an evidence-based approach that can exclude issues of ethics and values. We must connect the evidence to ethics and values to confront the fundamental issues facing wider society.To help do this, the PPR Department has created the new Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative. This initiative brings together academic experts and policy actors to explore developing an ethics and values-based framework for evidence-based policy making.

The EVPInitiative will showcase high profile speakers giving public lectures, policymaker forums, engagement with local, regional, and international policy actors and other activities.

Research Themes:

  • The Health theme covers values, ethical, legal and social issues that emerge in public health, biomedical research such as technological advances fundamentally change the possibilities for human reproduction, physical and mental health.

  • The Security theme covers a wide range of topics that examine the ethics and values of complex security challenges that affect people and societies, ranging from seapower and maritime security, AI-based and cyber security, migration laws, the blue economy as well as the changing nature of war, international politics, peace and diplomacy.
  • Equity and Justice covers a wide range of topics that uses a critical lens to examine the (re)production of social inequalities. Research in this theme explicitly focus on race and ethnicity, gender, political economy, policy studies and social movements.

  • The Heritage theme covers the study of religions and what this means for policy and politics. In particular, it highlights how histories, traditions and memories inspires, informs and influence and inspires public debate and policy both directly and indirectly. Topics include classical Sanskrit and some Middle Indic (Prakrit) sources, Christianity and Islamic studies.

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More about the EVPI

EVPI Featured Research

These are some of the publications from our board members on their past and current research relating to ethics, values, and policy-making.

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EVPI Events

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Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy

Tuesday 27 February 2024, 9:00am to Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:00pm
8th May

Women in 19th Century Philosophy: Julia Wedgwood

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

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EVPI News

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‘Keeping the Red Flag Flying’ – researchers put Labour Party under the microscope

Experienced political historians from Lancaster University have examined Labour’s time in opposition since 1922 and show how the party’s time outside government has led to frustration but also creation.
Distinguished Professor Stephen Wilkinson

Leading expert to advise on ethics at national level

A Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University has been appointed to a national working group to assess and advise on the ethical and regulatory issues raised by research using human stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).
Caroline Lucas and her new book, Another England

Green MP will give Lancaster Environment Lecture

Leading environmental campaigner and Britain’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas is all set to deliver the 2024 Lancaster Environment Lecture at Lancaster University.  
Professor Stephen Wilkinson

Lancaster Professor appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Stephen Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Bioethics at Lancaster University, has been appointed to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the UK’s leading independent body for bioethics and policy research.

 
Women in 19th Century Philosophy

Professor Alison Stone is organising a series of online talks on the theme of Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy.

Professor Alison Stone is organising a series of online talks on the theme of Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy. The talks will take place from March to May, and are open to all.

For details and to subscribe to the talks, please visit: https://diversityreadinglist.org/event-series/women-in-nineteenth-century-philosophy/
The Diocese of London’s next Bishop of Edmonton, the Rev Canon Dr Anderson Jeremiah, with the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE.

Lancaster lecturer will be new Bishop for North London and for Racial Justice

A Lancaster University Senior Lecturer has been announced as the Diocese of London’s next Bishop of Edmonton, covering the London Boroughs of Camden, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.

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Email evpi@lancaster.ac.uk to find out more about our work.