Dr Richard Byron Gibson

Richard B. Gibson joined the Aston Law School in September 2024.

He has a BA(Hons) in Philosophy from the University of the West of England and an MA in Bioethics & Society from King's College London. He received his PhD in Bioethics & Medical Jurisprudence from the Univeristy of Manchester in 2021. While undertaking his PhD, he also spent time as a Visiting Scholar at The Hastings Center in New York.

Before joining Aston University, Richard was a Teaching Associate at the University of Manchester and a Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Richard is the Research and Diversity/Inclusion Beat Editor for the American Philosophical Association Blog, the Emerging Technologies Discipline Editor for the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, and a News Analyst for The Prindle Post.

Richard has a broad set of research interests in applied ethics, the philosophy of medicine, and the intersection of bioethics and the law. His PhD considered the implications of providing therapeutic, healthy limb amputations to those suffering from Body Integrity Dysphoria. More recently, his work has shifted focus to the ethical, social, and legal concerns surrounding emerging technologies, and he has published on this subject in leading journals, including Medical Law International, the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and the Journal of Medical Ethics.

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