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Associate ProfessorChristopher Mayes

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • +61 3 522 78346 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Christopher Mayes is an Associate Professor in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and the co-convener of the Philosophy and History of
Ideas research group. He joined Deakin in 2017, having previous held research fellowships at the Rock Ethics Institute (Pennsylvania State University) and Sydney Health Ethics (University of Sydney).


He is an interdisciplinary scholar with disciplinary backgrounds in sociology, history and philosophy. His research interests include history and philosophy of healthcare, sociology of health and food, and bioethics. He co-hosts Undisciplinary: a podcast the explores the history, ethics and politics of health. 


Research Groups
Philosophy and the History of Ideas

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Scholar
    Pennsylvania State University, Rock Ethics Institute, State College, United States1 Sep 2011 - 31 Mar 2013
  • Research Associate
    University of Sydney, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney, Australia2 May 2013 - 30 Jun 2017

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy/Sociology
    University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle, Australia18 Jul 2003
  • Bachelor Arts (Hons), Philosophy
    UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia17 Apr 2007
  • PhD, Philosophy/History
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia11 May 2012

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Applied ethics
  • History and philosophy of specific fields
  • Environmental philosophy
  • Social and political philosophy
  • Medical ethics
  • Postcolonial studies
  • Sociology of health

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

AREAS OF EXPERTISE