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Tuesday 8 & Wednesday 9 July 2025

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Online

#OGHB

We are excited to announce the next Oxford Global Health & Bioethics International Conference will take place on 8 & 9 July 2025.

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

The 2025 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 Mathematics Institute, University of Oxford, with selected sessions available online.  The conference will include a welcome drinks reception on Monday 7 July, conference dinner on Tuesday 8 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

    To register to attend the conference please visit the University of Oxford Online Store.

    Delegate Rates:

    • In-Person Conference Registration - Standard: £450
    • In-Person Conference Registration - Subsidised*: £315
    • Online Conference Registration - Standard: £100
    • Online Conference Registration - Subsidised*: £70

    *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 a limited number of rooms (without breakfast) reserved at St Catherine's College. Please visit the University Rooms website to book using code OGHBI25. 
    • We also 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 closed. Abstracts are currently being reviewed and we will be in touch with everyone who has submitted an abstract regarding the outcome in early March.

    Previous Conferences

    View programmes from previous conferences:

    Pandemic Sciences Institute Conference

    Registration is now open for International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025. Representatives from academia, industry, civil society, and the public sector are invited to register for the International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025, taking place in Oxford and online from 30 June to 1 July 2025.

    Visit the conference website for full details.

    conference registration

    To register to attend the conference please visit the University of Oxford Online Store.

    Contact Us

    conference@ethox.ox.ac.uk

    Conference Committee

    • Joseph Ali Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Daima Bukini Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science
    • Marlyn Faure Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Alberto Giubilini The Uehiro Institute, University of Oxford
    • Rachel Gur-Arie Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
    • Tess Johnson Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Jeff Jones Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Jeff Kahn Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Safura Abdool Karim Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Sharon Kaur Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
    • Patricia Kingori Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Sapfo Lignou Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Florencia Luna CONICET (National Scientific and Technological Research Council) & FLACSO Argentina
    • Anna Mastroianni Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Chelsea Modlin Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Aimi Nadia Mohd Yusof Universiti Teknologi MARA
    • Farirai Mutenherwa Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Mike Parker Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Nelson Sewankambo Makere University, School of Medicine 
    • Hunter Smith Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Jeremy Sugarman Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Halina Suwalowska Ethox Centre, University of Oxford

    With recognition and thanks to colleagues involved in 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.