Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 471 6130
- mike.king@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
- Department
- Bioethics Centre
- Qualifications
- BApplSc(Hons) PhD(Massey) PGDipArts(Otago)
- Research summary
- Animal ethics, animal use in research ethics and policy, ethics of biosciences
- Teaching
Coordinator and lecturer:
Lecturer:
- BITC 407 Advanced Health Research Ethics
- Memberships
National:
- National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee
- Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
- Animal Welfare Network Aotearoa
International:
- Zoo and Aquarium Association Ethics Committee
- International Council for Laboratory Animal Science, Oceania Region
Research
My research draws on my early academic experience in the life sciences as well as moral and political philosophy. A main theme of this research is the ethical treatment of animals in research, farming, veterinary care and as companions.
I have also written on the ethics and regulation of reproductive and enhancement technologies and treatment of novel beings, the treatment of human cadavers, and the ethics of facilitated aid in dying.
Additional details
I am PhD Coordinator for the Bioethics Centre, and am happy to receive any inquiries regarding PhD study at the Centre.
I supervise at all levels on a range of topics, including animal ethics, scientific research ethics, ethics of assisted reproductive technology and ethics of enhancement. I am happy to talk to prospective students about the papers I lecture in and to potential postgraduate students about their research ideas.
I also give lectures and workshops on ethics of animal use in research and teaching, and research ethics, to students in various papers.