Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society

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The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society spearheads interdisciplinary research in bioethics, social aspects of medicine, and the medical humanities.

The Centre’s interdisciplinary research themes are:

• Beyond Bodies The theme explores how ‘the body’ is understood and transformed through interaction between biomedicine and publics, and between human and health-related technologies.

• Beyond Data The theme examines how data are changing the epistemic, social, ethical, legal, and economic relations of biomedicine.

• Beyond Disease The theme examines how developments in biomedicine challenge established ideas about particular diseases and raises questions about what counts as disease and how disease fits within society and culture.

• Beyond Engagement The theme critically examines different approaches of public engagement with science, biomedicine, and governance.

• Beyond Global The theme explores how inequalities in power and resources affect the geographical and social distribution of health and illness and the development and implementation of health interventions across the globe.

• Beyond Regulation The theme seeks to understand and develop responsible and responsive regulatory approaches to healthcare and medical practice.

• Beyond Sex The theme explores how and where sexual and reproductive rights and social justice intersect with biomedicine, health and wellbeing by paying attention to bodies, illness, technologies and mobilities.

The Centre is located in Usher Institute and Edinburgh Medical School. Members specialise in creating dialogue between academics, practitioners, and policymakers from across the social sciences and humanities.

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University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL