Edward Hockings

Lecturer, researcher and campaigner. I have taught social sciences and humanities at European and Asian universities. I currently lecture in philosophy at Hoa Sen university, Ho Chi Minh City.

I am the Founder and director of EthicsAndGenetics.org, an independent, not-for-profit, organisation. We campaign for responsible life science governance through public consultation, engagement and education.

I have published academic articles and book chapters in ethics and philosophy, as well as articles on a range of topics that have been published widely, including the the Guardian and Newsweek. In 2017, I was invited to give expert advice at the UK Parliament about gene editing and genomics.

Here are some examples -

https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2015/mar/10/privacy-and-the-100000-genome-project
https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2016/mar/15/the-government-seem-more-interested-in
https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2014/jan/31/why-we-should-opt-out-of-the-governments-new-patient-database
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/17/gene-genetic-database-nhs-genewatch-our-genes-than-our-voices