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Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 July 2026

Life and Mind Building, University of Oxford, UK and Online

#OGHB

We are excited to announce the next Oxford Global Health & Bioethics International Conference will take place on 15 & 16 July 2026.

The conference brings together the global health bioethics community, and provides a platform for sharing research, exchanging ideas and building collaborations. 

The 2026 conference will focus on critical ethical issues in global health policy, practice and research that are most in need of sustained and substantial attention from researchers, funders and policy makers.

The call for abstracts is purposefully broad to enable an inclusive agenda informed by the diverse contexts and priorities of people working in the global health field. Topics addressed by the conference in previous years include ethics and infectious disease, climate change, conflict, decolonisation, emerging technologies, AI, sustainability, gender, migration, polarisation and vulnerability. We are especially keen to highlight ethical issues and perspectives that are under-represented in current global health debates.

    The conference is organised by the Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Infectious Disease Ethics Collaborative (GLIDE), in association with the Global Health Bioethics Network and the University of Oxford Pandemic Sciences Institute. 

    The conference will take place at the Life and Mind Building, University of Oxford, with selected sessions available online.  The conference will include a welcome drinks reception on Tuesday 14 July, conference dinner on Wednesday 15 July, plus a programme for students and early career researchers.

    If you have any questions relating to the conference, please email us at: conference@ethox.ox.ac.uk.

    conference registration

    Registration for the conference will open soon.

    Delegate Rates:

    • In-Person Conference Registration - Standard: £460
    • In-Person Conference Registration - Subsidised*: £325
    • Online Conference Registration - Standard: £100
    • Online Conference Registration - Subsidised*: £70

    Registration deadline: 8th May 2025

    *Subsidised rates are available for students. Please email conference@ethox.ox.ac.uk for a code that is required when booking.

    Accommodation:

    • Accommodation is not included in the Conference Registration.
    • We have some rooms reserved at Linton Lodge. Please contact the hotel directly to enquire about about availability and rates. Email dm@lintonlodge.com and quote reference 'Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference'.
    • Conference Oxford lists availability of accommodation for booking at Oxford University Colleges.

    Further information

    • Financial Support: A funding scheme is available to provide limited support for students and early career researchers from low and middle-income countries, who are unable to obtain funding from their institution, to help with costs related to attending the conference. When you submit your abstract, you will be able to indicate if you would like to request financial support.
    • Early Career Researcher Programme: The conference will include a programme for students and early career researchers. When you submit your abstract you will be able to register your interest in the Early Career Researcher Programme.

    call for abstracts

    The Call for Abstracts is now live. The deadline for submission is 2nd February, 2026.

    Previous Conferences

    View programmes from previous conferences:


    conference programme

    The full programme details will be released in June. Please check back for details.

    conference registration

    Registration for the conference will open soon.

    Contact Us

    conference@ethox.ox.ac.uk

    Conference Committee

    • Adamu Addissie Addis Ababa University
    • Joseph Ali Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Mary Catherine Beach Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Baldeep Dhaliwal Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics 
    • Marlyn Faure Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Alberto Giubilini Uehiro Oxford Institute, University of Oxford
    • Rachel Gur-Arie Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
    • Nankya Harriet Makerere University
    • Jeff Jones Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Sharon Kaur Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
    • Jeff Kahn Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Patricia Kingori Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Florencia Luna CONICET (National Scientific and Technological Research Council) & FLACSO Argentina
    • Anna Mastroianni Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Farirai Mutenherwa Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Mike Parker Ethox Centre, University of Oxford 
    • Jeremy Sugarman Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Hunter Smith Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Halina Suwalowska Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Beatriz Thome Federal University of Sao Paulo

    With recognition and thanks to colleagues involved in 2025 abstract reviewing:

    • Kate Enright Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Sandrena Frischer Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Mackenzie Graham Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Xaroula Kerasidou Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Miranda MacFarlane Kings College London
    • Dinnah Rippon Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Jennifer Roest Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Kate Sahan Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Mark Sheehan Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Mehrunisha Suleman Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    People in a lecture theatre.