Bioethics Research: Interdisciplinary Group of Early Career Researchers: Bristol-Kyoto-Yonsei

BRIDGES:BKY aims to benefit earlier career researchers in bioethics, through sharing learning about theories and approaches in bioethics, and encouraging collaborative work to address bioethical challenges. This collaborative project seeks to build bridges between:

· Early career researchers working in bioethics in the UK, Japan, South Korea, and beyond;

· The different disciplines that make up bioethics; and

· Bioethical theory and healthcare practice.

BRIDGES:BKY has a broad outlook but will particularly focus on:

· Ageing and end-of-life care;

· Clinical ethics support;

· Reproduction and genomics; and

· Theories and approaches in bioethics.

These are areas in which theoretical and practical challenges arise – both nationally and internationally. They include shared, global challenges, such as those relating to ageing populations, end-of-life care, genetics, and, of course, the covid-19 pandemic. They also encompass opportunities for learning from different approaches, such as the different approaches to undertaking research in bioethics.

BRIDGES:BKY is a collaboration between bioethics researchers in Bristol (UK), Yonsei (Seoul, Korea), and Kyoto (Japan). The project is led by Professor Richard Huxtable (Bristol), working closely with Dr Satoshi Kodama (Kyoto), Dr Ilhak Lee (Yonsei), and Professor Jonathan Ives (Bristol). BRIDGES:BKY extends the BRIDGES collaboration between the teams in Bristol, Yonsei and Kyoto, which began in 2014. The collaboration has previously been supported by funding from the University of Bristol, Kyoto University, and the Korean Global Research Network.