Professor Janet Radcliffe-Richards

Janet Radcliffe-Richards is professor of practical philosophy and distinguished research fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre. Until 2007 she was director of bioethics in the medical school at University College London, and was previously a member of the Philosophy Department of The Open University. She originally worked on metaphysics and philosophy of science, but for many years now has concentrated on the practical applications of philosophy, with books on topics such as feminism (The Sceptical Feminist, 1980), discrimination and inequality (Philosophical Problems of Equality, 1996) and the implications of Darwinian theory (Human Nature after Darwin, 2000). She is currently preparing her UCL work on medical ethics for publication, but is looking to return afterwards to her work on discrimination and equality, the complex connections between science and ethics, and the techniques of practical reasoning.
Janet has published a wide range of academic articles on feminism, equality, and, more recently, biomedical ethics. She's also a frequent broadcaster on controversial philosophical, moral and scientific issues.