Author: Dr Warren Pearce “This is to imagine that there could be a point where ethics and politics could perfectly coincide, and this is precisely what I am denying because it means erasing the violence that is inherent in sociability, violence that no contract or dialogue can eliminate because it constitutes one of their dimensions.” … Continue reading “Public participation, ethical expertise and epistemic authority: lessons from the IPCC”
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How to Avoid Robodebt 2.0: Lessons for Public Sector Ethics
Author: Dr Sarah Ball In August 2025, I had the privilege of joining the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) for a webinar called “How to Avoid Robodebt 2.0.” Held during Social Sciences Week, the session explored the ethical lessons of the Robodebt scandal — a chapter in Australian … Continue reading “How to Avoid Robodebt 2.0: Lessons for Public Sector Ethics”
Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems (Part 2): a potted history
In Part 1, Jessica Pykett has discussed the history of ethics-policy advisory ecosystems. In the second part, she presents some of our research project’s findings and maps of how advisory systems are organised across Australia, Germany, and the UK. Draft institutional maps of ethics advice to governments: UK, Germany and Australia In our current research, … Continue reading “Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems (Part 2): a potted history”
Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems (Part 1): a potted history
Why research how ethics advice is provided to governments? There is little existing evidence of who is providing ethics advice to governments, how this advice is organised and most importantly, what its impacts are. When we began planning this research, we therefore needed to provide a basic description of ethics advisory bodies across our national case … Continue reading “Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems (Part 1): a potted history”