Research contents

• Phase 1 - Mapping the terrain
  The aim of our mapping phase is to identify specific topics of mutual interest and expertise, which will form the basis of our collaboration.  The PI and UK collaborators’ current work suggests that there are three key areas around which our core interests converge and which are of national and international relevance.  These are (1) the ethics of end of life care (2) the ethics of reproduction and family healthcare and (3) the ethics of conducting research.  The main theme of this phase is ‘exchange’: exchange of concepts and issues, and consensus/dissension about them – this will be the foundation on which we build our research network.
• Phase 2 - Framing approaches
  The main theme of this phase is ‘collaboration’: finding ways to collaborate using different theoretical approaches, ethical theories, and methodologies.  We will look closely at the aims that bioethics research has and should have, and consider how different methodological and theoretical approaches can be used and combined to meet those aims. We anticipate that a synthesis of Korean and Western concepts and norms will be developed in this phase, which may involve reaffirmation or adjustment/adaption of cultural and disciplinary values.
• Phase 3 - Shaping Bioethics research
  The aim of phase three is to develop the outcomes from phase two into actionable research projects through the generation of funding bids to carry out collaborative research.  By this time, we will have established excellent working relationships and have a track record in publication as a network – which will strengthen our grant seeking activity.