Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
At the highest level of description my research interests are political philosophy and applied ethics; I am interested in philosophical arguments with real-world implications. More specifically, I am working in or have worked in: political philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics, media ethics; just war theory; and the ethics of science and technology.
A more-or-less-up-to-date list of my publications with links to copies of (some of) them, can be found here. Copies of all of my published papers are available on request.
Research area keywords
- Applied Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics
- Bioethics
- Philosophy
- Human Enhancement
- PGD
- Intersex Conditions
- Sex
- Sex Selection
- Genetic Relatedness
- Parenthood
- Reproductive Liberty
- Stem Cells
- Therapeutic Cloning
- Military Ethics
- Robotic Weapons
- Robot Ethics
- Cloning
- IVF
- Nanotechnology
Network
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Stakeholder perspectives on Machine learning clinical decision support in epilepsy
Kwan, P., Sparrow, R., Reeder, S., Ge, Z., Foster, E. & Howard, M.
23/08/21 → 23/12/22
Project: Research
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Preventing Mitochondrial Disease Using Genomics - Ethical, Social and Legal Aspects
Mills, C., Sparrow, R., Ludlow, K., Warren, N., Walker, M., Newson, A. J. & Degeling, C.
Department of Health (Australia)
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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The Uses and Abuses of Black Box AI in Emergency Medicine
Sparrow, R., Howard, M. & Hatherley, J.
10/08/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Inheritable Genome Modification in Human Reproduction
Mills, C., Sparrow, R., Ludlow, K. & Warren, N.
11/03/19 → 27/03/20
Project: Research
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Legal and ethical issues in the inheritable genetic modification of humans
Mills, C., Ludlow, K., Sparrow, R. & Warren, N.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
16/06/17 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Gendering the seed: Mitochondrial replacement techniques and the erasure of the maternal
Sparrow, R., Mills, C. & Carroll, J., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Bioethics. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Genome editing: From bioethics to biopolitics
Sparrow, R. & Mills, C., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: BioSocieties. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Human Germline Genome Editing: On the Nature of Our Reasons to Genome Edit
Sparrow, R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: American Journal of Bioethics. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Riskless warfare revisited: Drones, asymmetry, and the just use of force.
Sparrow, R., Jan 2021, Ethics of Drone Strikes: Restraining Remote-Control Killing. Enemark, C. (ed.). Edinburgh UK: Edinburgh University Press, p. 10-30 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Sex robot fantasies
Sparrow, R., 1 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 47, 1, p. 33-34 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (short-term)
Sparrow, Robert (Recipient), 10 Jan 2014
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Activities
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Submission to: Inquiry into the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021
Karinne Ludlow (Fellow), Esther Lestrell (Fellow), Chris Degeling (Fellow), Julian Koplin (Fellow), Catherine Mills (Fellow), ainsley newson (Fellow), Liz Sutton (Fellow), Narelle Warren (Fellow) & Robert Sparrow (Fellow)
23 Jul 2021Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Large Scale Optimisation and Data Fusion. Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project “The Future of Agricultural Technologies” on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies
Mark Howard (Fellow) & Robert Sparrow (Fellow)
2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project “The Future of Agricultural Technologies” on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies
Robert Sparrow (Fellow) & Mark Howard (Fellow)
2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Robotics. Input paper for the Horizon Scanning Project “The Future of Agricultural Technologies” on behalf of the Australian Council of Learned Academies
Robert Sparrow (Fellow) & Mark Howard (Fellow)
2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Industry debate: Robots will manage our entire transport network by 2025
Robert Sparrow (Contributor)
19 Mar 2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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How should mitochondrial donation operate in Australia?
Karinne Ludlow, Julian Koplin, Catherine Mills, Narelle Warren, Liz Sutton, Robert Sparrow, Chris Degeling & Ainsley J. Newson
12/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Researchers say we perceive robots as having race — and there's 'no need for all robots to be white\
25/07/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature