Technologies Program:
This program deals with risks and responsibilities relating to research into technologies that combine with or add to existing technologies, including ethical issues in bio/nanotechnology, computing and IT.
Health Program:
This program will conduct research in relation to a range of interconnected ethical issues in the public health domain.
Ecology Program:
This program examines a range of issues in environmental ethics, including ethical issues related to existing and potential anthropogenic climate change.
Economy Program:
This program focuses on a number of central ethical issues arising in the economic sphere, including corporate responsibility and economic corruption.
Security Program:
This program focuses on the ethical dimensions of a range of current domestic and international security problems, including ethical issues pertaining to terrorism, crime, and humanitarian intervention.
Postgraduate Programs
RUOA’s unique Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) is designed for those working in government, industry and the professions, and is a pathway to a Ph.D. in Professional and Applied Ethics.
The program is available to students worldwide via online delivery or in-person in Canberra and Melbourne
RUOA can also provide supervision to PhD, MPhil and MA by research students across a wide range of topics.