Edward Jacobs
BA MA MSc
DPhil Student
I am a DPhil student working within the NEUROSEC team at the Department of Psychiatry, as well as the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.
I originally joined the team to undertake research that is best characterised as ‘empirical ethics’: using both normative theorising and psychological and sociological data to better understand the nature of morality. For example, as part of the BeGOOD project’s ‘digital diaries’ study, I supported the development of new methodologies to explore how adolescents experience morality on a day-to-day basis.
I found the framework of empirical ethics to be particularly valuable, and am now carrying it - and other approaches - into my DPhil, an interdisciplinary exploration of the Bioethical Dimensions of Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy. A broad overview of the motivation and rationale for my project is available here.
I completed my undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, before continuing to graduate study in Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Neuroscience and Buddhist Studies.
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Key publications
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Journal article
Jacobs E., (2023), Frontiers in Psychology, 14
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Other
Jacobs E. et al, (2023), AJOB Neuroscience, 14, 126 - 129
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Gandy S. et al, (2022), Drug Science, Policy and Law
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Public Attitudes to Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy
Report
Jacobs E., (2021)
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Jacobs E., (2020), Journal of Psychedelic Studies
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Sattler S. et al, (2022), Neuroethics, 15
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Lyreskog DM. et al, (2022), AJOB Empir Bioeth, 1 - 10