Bioethics Education International (BEI) advances policy and intercultural bioethics debates from the beginning to the end of life.
Who We Are
BEI is a 501c3 tax exempt not-for-profit international organization incorporated in the State of New York, located in Manhattan.
Who will benefit from BEI’s programs and activities?
The organization benefits students, professionals and policy makers from various fields, such as healthcare, the humanities, and the law, as well as policy makers and the public at large. It aims to provide stakeholders with resources to understand and find solutions to issues in global health, health care, new medical technologies, and the life sciences.
How will BEI achieve its educational and outreach purposes?
Through an online bioethics hub, BEI is offering engaging and interactive e-learning courses, webinars, and training sessions. The hub will offer timely topics in bioethics in creative ways, incorporating an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to confronting ethical issues in medicine, bioscience, medical technology, life sciences, and the environment. BEI provides public access to international bioethics education, facilitates collaborative learning, networking and community debates across the life course around the globe.
News and Articles
The Convergence of Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, and the Viability of a Noetic Neuroethics.
We are honored to have Dr. James Giordano PhD DPhil as your guest speaker at the upcoming school online. The convergence of neuroscientific methods and knowledge with iteratively autonomous agentic AI systems engenders profound epistemic, [...]
Artificial Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword in Support and Subversion of the Biological Weapons Convention Part One: Framing the Issues
The recent announcement that artificial intelligence (AI) will be employed to surveille and support compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) reflects both the capabilities for data collection, integration and analysis that such systems enable, [...]
Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Consciousness Science: Ethical and Policy Reflections
The convergence of AI and consciousness science demands anticipatory, globally inclusive governance to promote ethical progress and address issues of neuroprivacy, bias, and equity. Scientific interest in consciousness is rapidly accelerating, propelled by new neuroimaging, electrophysiological, [...]
Germany’s quantum MRI scanned body at atomic resolution, as military applications raise dual-use concerns
Physicists have recently developed an MRI scanner that uses quantum-based detection that can reveal molecular interactions, detect singular cancer cells, and achieves processes previously only visible under electron microscopes. However, this new technology has implications [...]