Fields of research
Ethics, Bioethics, Neuroethics, Political Philosophy, Ethics in Public Administration, Applied Ethics, Rare Diseases, Public Health, Ethical and Political Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Functional Review in PAR, Astrobiology, the Fermi Paradox in Theoretical Physics, Ethics in Medicine, Disaster Bioethics, Higher education Policies.
Current research projects
Co-Author and leader of CSB projects on rare diseases, continuing bioethics education for physicians, bioethics education of journalists, bioethics education for high school teachers (2015-now)
Biography
The year of receiving the highest degree of professional qualification 1998.
Vojin Rakić, Full Professor, is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics and Head of the European Division of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cooperating Center of the World Medical Association (WMA). He is also Chair of the Cambridge Working Group for Bioethics Education in Serbia. Rakić has a PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University in the United States (1998). He graduated philosophy in Serbia, and has MA degrees in European Studies from the Central European University in Prague and from the Department of Political Science of Rutgers University.
He worked as a senior research fellow at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies at the University of Twente in the Netherlands (1999-2001). Between 2001 and 2003 he was a U.N. Special Adviser to the Government of Serbia. Since 2003 he works as a university professor in Belgrade. Rakić publishes primarily in English. His publications include various books and edited collections (his latest two books on moral enhancement Rakić published in 2021, ed. Springer), as well as numerous articles from the domain of (bio-)ethics, and political philosophy (recent publications: articles in the American Journal of Bioethics; the Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; Bioethics; Journal of Medical Ethics; Annals of Internal Medicine; Nature etc.).
Membership of professional organisations:
- Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics
- Head of the European Division of the International Chair in Bioethics, World Medical Association (WMA) Cooperating Centre
- Secretary General, Continental Divisions of the International Chair in Bioethics, World Medical Association (WMA) Cooperating Centre
- Member, Governing Council of the International Chair in Bioethics (ICB), World Medical Association (WMA) Cooperating Center
- Head of European division of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
- Head of the Serbian unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
- Chair of Cambridge Working Group for Bioethics Education in Serbia
- Ethics committee of the Institute for Social Sciences (President)
- Ethics committee of the Movement for Electronic Privacy
- Center for the Development of Liberalism (Founding President)
- Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP)
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
Scholarships, fellowships, grants
Open Society Foundation (1993-1994)
Rutgers University (1994-1998)
Open Society Institute (1994-1998)
Open Society Institute (1991-2001)
Work in education:
Undergraduate:
– The Nature of Politics (Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A.); taught in English
– Sociology (Lincoln University, California, U.S.A.); taught in English
– Sociology (Faculty of Management of BK University); taught in English and Serbian
– Social Psychology (Faculty of Management of BK University); taught in English and Serbian
– Sociology of Politics (Academy of Diplomacy); taught in English and Serbian
– Political Theory (Academy of Diplomacy); taught in English and Serbian
– Public Administration (Faculty of Management of BK University); taught in English and Serbian
– Human Resources Management (Faculty of Management of BK University); taught in English
– Strategic Management (Faculty of Media and Communications of “Singidunum University); taught in Serbian
– Public Opinion: Social Psychology (Faculty of Media and Communications of “Singidunum University); taught in Serbian
– Public Management (Faculty of Organizational Sciences of Belgrade University); taught in Serbian
– Management in Educational Institutions (Faculty of Organizational Sciences of Belgrade University); taught in Serbian
– Collective Identity (The Alternative Academic Educational Network); taught in Serbian
– Democratic Transitions (The Alternative Academic Educational Network); taught in Serbian
Graduate:
– Ethics in Medicine (School of Medicine of the University of Belgrade; course taught within the framework of the U.S. National Institute of Health Fogarty Grant); taught in English
– Human Resources Management (Faculty of Management of BK University); taught in Serbian
– Communication (Faculty of Pharmacy of Belgrade University); taught in Serbian
SELECTED PROJECTS
– Consultant in ethics reviews of EU projects within the Eureka scheme; 2018
– Co-Author and leader of CSB projects on rare diseases, continuing bioethics education for physicians, bioethics education of journalists, bioethics education for high school teachers (2015-now)
– Participant in COST Action IS1303:” Citizen’s Health through public-private Initiatives: Public health, Market and Ethical perspectives (CHIP ME)”; 2014 – 2018
– Participant and member of Management Committee of COST Action IS1201 “Disaster Bioethics: addressing ethical issues triggered by disasters”; 2012 – 2016
– Lecturer course „Ethics in Medicine“ at the School of Medicine of the University of Belgrade in the framework of the program of the National Institute of Health Fogarty Grant, ICAHN School of Medicine; 2013-now.
– Project “Rare Diseases: Molecular Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities, and Social, Ethical, and Legal Aspects” (project number 41004); Head of subproject of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory “Bioethical Aspects: Morally Acceptable Within the Biotechnologically and Socially Possible”; project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: 2011-2020.
– “Studying Climate Change and its Influence on the Environment: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation” (project number 43007); subproject of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory “Ethics and Environmental Politics: Institutions, Techniques and Norms in the Challenge of Changing the Natural Environment”; project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: 2011-2015.
– Lecturer on project „Ethics for Public Servants“ (Center for Security Studies, Embassy of Finland in Belgrade); 2012-2013.
– Senior expert on GiZ project „Functional Review and Best Practice Models for Local Self-Government Units“ in the framework of the Municipal Support Program IPA 2007 (07SER01/02/11); 2010-2011
– Lecturer on project „Regionalni i evropski aspekti integrativnih procesa u Srbiji: civilizacijske pretpostavke, stvarnost i izgledi za budućnost“ (project number 149031), project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: 2006-2010.
– „The Problem of the Explanatory Gap in Philosophy and Science“ (project number 49010); project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: 2006-2010.
– Senior Consultant of the United Nations in the project “Introduction of a Scheme of Eurocrats in Serbian Public Administration”; in cooperation with the Office for European Intergration of the Government of Serbia; 2007.
– Author and senior consultant in the project “The Training of Civil Servants in the Freedom of Information Act in Serbia”; project funded by the German Marshall Fund; 2005.
– Special Adviser of the United Nations in the Government of Serbia (for public administration reform and functional review) within the project “Strengthening Central Support Functions of Serbian Ministries”; 2003
– Special Adviser of the United Nations in the Government of Serbia (for public administration reform and functional review) within the project “Functional review of the Serbian Ministry of Health”; 2002
– Researcher within OSF project “The Impact of European integration on the issue of convergence of higher education policies of EU member states”; Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente (Netherlands); 1999-2001.
Major publications
Rakić, Vojin (2021) How to Enhance Morality. Dordrecht, NL: Springer.
Rakić, Vojin (2021) The Ultimate Enhancement of Morality. Dordrecht, NL: Springer.
Rakić, Vojin (2022) “Involuntary (Moral) Bioenhancement” Can Add Value to the Debate on Human Germline Genome Editing”. The American Journal of Bioethics 22 (9): 54-56. http://iriss.idn.org.rs/1060/
Rakić Vojin, Deborah Mascalzoni, Heidi Beate Bentzen, Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne, Lee Andrew Bygrave, Jessica Bell, Edward S. Dove, Christian Fuchsberger, Kristian Hveem, Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Viviana Meraviglia, David R. O’Brien, Cristian Pattaro, Peter P. Pramstaller, Alessandra Rossini, Mahsa Shabani, Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Marta Tomasi, Lars Ursin, Matthias Wjst, Jane Kaye. (2019). “Are Requirements to Deposit Data in Research Repositories Compatible With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation?” Annals of Internal Medicine 170(5):332-334.
Rakić, Vojin. (2014). “Voluntary moral enhancement and the survival-at-any-cost bias“. Journal of Medical Ethics 40(4): 246-250.
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