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Professor Adrian Carter is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow on the responsible research and innovation of neuroscience and neurotechnology. He leads the Neuroscience and Society Group at the Monash Bioethics Centre, School of Philosophical, Historical and Indigenous Studies and an Adjunct Fellow of the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University. Adrian’s research examines the impact of neuroscience on our understanding and treatment of addiction, mental illness and neurological disorders, including our agency, identity, and moral responsibility. He has developed ethical guidelines for the research and use of a diverse range of emerging neurotechnologies, including DBS, fMRI, genetic and neurological testing, illicit and pharmaceutical drugs, virtual reality, wearables and smartphones, and direct-to-consumer brain devices (EEG, tDCS). His research has also made a significant impact upon the ethical conduct of neuroscience research, such as consent, coercion, inducements, privacy, patient selection and safety. Adrian’s contribution to bioethics scholarship is evident in >200 publications including in Nature, Lancet Psychiatry, Neuron, and Annual Reviews. Adrian has been the lead researcher on several large reviews of the ethical and public policy implications of addiction neuroscience, including reviews for the World Health Organization (WHO), European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) and Australian Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS). Adrian has received over $4 million in research funding including from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Wellcome Trust. He has received 14 national and international awards including Monash Supervisor of the Year in 2018. He is an elected member of the International Neuroethics Society Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Co-Chairs the Neuroethics and Responsible Research and Innovation Committee for the Australian Brain Alliance, and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Neuroethics (Springer). Adrian has been an advisor to the World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union, Australian Government and United Nations.

Research area keywords

  • neuroethics
  • addiction
  • drugs
  • public policy
  • neurolaw
  • ethics
  • compulsive behaviour
  • impulsivity
  • substance abuse
  • policy
  • bioethics
  • mental health

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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