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.
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):
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
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Agriculture: Social and ethical issues
Sparrow, R., Degeling, C. & Mayes, C.
15/06/22 → 15/06/25
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 and Aged Care (Australia)
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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EXPOsing the future of learning: innovative robot-based approaches to education
Cappuccio, M., Alnajjar, F., Chabrak, N., Velonaki, M., Galliott, J., Mubin, O., Flores Sandoval, E., Pagnucco, M., Eid , M. & Sparrow, R.
13/10/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
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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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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
Research output
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Ethical implementation of mitochondrial donation in Australia
Koplin, J., Lestrell, E., Mills, C., Degeling, C., Kneebone, E., Ludlow, K., Newson, A., Sparrow, R., Sutton, L. & Warren, N., 2022, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 62, 6, p. 921-924 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Gendering the seed: mitochondrial replacement techniques and the erasure of the maternal
Sparrow, R., Mills, C. & Carroll, J., Sep 2021, In: Bioethics. 35, 7, p. 608-614 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. 17, p. 485-505 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Human germline genome editing: on the nature of our reasons to genome edit
Sparrow, R., 2021, In: American Journal of Bioethics. 22, 9, p. 4-15 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile23 Citations (Scopus) -
Managing the risks of artificial intelligence in agriculture
Sparrow, R., Howard, M. & Degeling, C., 2021, In: NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences. 93, 1, p. 172-196 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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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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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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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Australasian Ethics Network Conference 2018
Robert Sparrow (Invited speaker)
28 Sep 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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