Interdisciplinary research centre based at Edinburgh Law School focused on ethics and law at the interface between health, medicine and the life sciences.
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**MI Essay Competition - UG Category Winners Announced**
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Mason Institute Essay Competition for the undergraduate category on our website.
See the most recent undergraduate winners here:
law.ed.ac.uk/research/resear…
**PhD Researcher Spotlight**
We are thrilled to announce that Destiny Noble, PG Tutor and graduate of the on-campus LLM in Medical Law and Ethics programme, has been awarded a 4-year PhD position funded by the ESRC.
Read about the project : sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/destiny-n…
**New Article Published**
Ruby Reed-Berendt and Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra have published a new article in the Medical Law Review:
'The Relationship Between Capacity and Credibility: Implications for Epistemic Injustice'
Read the article here: academic.oup.com/medlaw/arti…
MI Director, Prof Anne-Maree Farrell, contributes to Scottish Abortion Law Review.
The Expert Group was commissioned to review the existing law and ensure that abortion services are safe and treated first and foremost as a healthcare matter for women.
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/new…
Dr Annie Sorbie and Dr Mary Tumelty publish policy brief as part of joint project, 'Regulating for the Workforce of the Future: Addressing the Healthcare Workforce Crisis in Scotland and Ireland.'
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/new…
Dr Catriona McMillan wins RSE Dame Muriel Spark Medal for Pioneering Work in Femtech by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The award recognises exceptional contributions in the arts, humanities, and social sciences by early career researchers.
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/new…
*** New Publication in PLOS Global Public Health ***
"Vulnerable and strong at the same time": Forcibly displaced young women's lived experiences of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHS) as unaccompanied girls seeking asylum in Sweden.
journals.plos.org/globalpubl…
MI Webinar Recording - Now Available!
'The Law on Consent and Reasonable Treatment Options: Examining McCulloch and Montgomery'
This presentation explores how the law on consent in relation to medical treatment has developed in Scotland.
media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mason+I…
MI Webinar Recording - Now Available!
'Ethics and Priority Setting for Health Research'
This presentation gives an overview of the ethics of health research priority setting, including current key challenges and possible ways forward.
media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mason+I…
MI Webinar Recording - Now Available!
'Should Medicine Be Colour Blind?'
This webinar explored the tensions between striving for equity and the challenges of implicit bias, systemic racism, and methodological imprecision in medicine.
media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mason+I…
Join us on Tues 25 November 2025 from 13:00 - 14:00 for the first MI Webinar of this academic year:
'Regulating for the Workforce of the Future: Addressing the Healthcare Workforce Crisis in Scotland and Ireland'
Register here:
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/eve…
Join us on Thurs, 18 Sept 2025 from 17:00 - 18:30 for the MI discussion, 'What Makes a "Good" Death and for Whom? End of Life in the UK and France' followed by a reception from 18:30 - 19:30.
RSVP by 10 Sept to [email protected] to reserve your space.
New Paper Available - 'Mental Health and Capacity Laws in Northern Ireland: Examining the Position of Children and Young People'
MI Director, Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, has co-authored a new paper in the Medical Law Review.
Read the article here: academic.oup.com/medlaw/arti…
Join us for a public lecture and Q&A presented by Dr Josephine Greenbrook that explores physicians' lived experiences of law in encounters with undocumented migration. All are welcome!
Tue 13 May 2025 | 11:00am - 12:15pm
Details and registration:
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/eve…
Join us on Monday 12 May from 16:00 - 17:30 in person or online for the joint Mason Institute and Empirical Legal Research Network talk presented by MI Deputy Director, Dr Josephine T.V. Greenbrook.
Details and registration:
law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/eve…
New Student Blog Published - 'Silenced by the Lockdown: A Critique of the British Government's Approach to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) During the COVID-19 Pandemic'
You can read the new student blog post on the Mason Institute Blog here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institu…
New Student Blog Published - 'Ectogenesis: Equality or Captivity for Women?'
The MI Student Blog Series publishes the excellent work undertaken by Edinburgh postgraduate students on the LLM in Medical Law and Ethics.
Read the blog post here:
blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institu…
The Mason Institute Student Essay Competition 2025 is now open!
Winners will receive a cash prize of £200.
Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
See the link below for eligibility details:
law.ed.ac.uk/research/resear…
