Joanna Różyńska

Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethics of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw

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Research interests:

• ethics of biomedical research, in particular: normative models of risk-benefit analysis, acceptable risk thresholds in biomedical research without the potential for clinical benefit; ethics of research payments;
• human rights and biomedicine; right to bodily and mental integrity;
• reproductive rights & ethics, especially ethics of assisted reproduction, and problem of parental responsibility for the quality of life of the future offspring;
• clinical ethics consultations;

Projects:

     Current:

• The right to bodily and mental integrity in the era of biomedicine and neurotechnologies – an integrative bioethical analysis (NCN SONATA BIS) – Principal Investigator
• Indecent proposal? Ethics of paying participants of biomedical research (NCN OPUS) – Principal Investigator

     Completed: 

• Protecting the “inner citadel” in the age of neurotechnologies. An ethical analysis of the right to mental integrity (UW IDUB-POB IV) – Principal Investigator
• Ethical analysis of risks and potential benefits in biomedical research (NCN OPUS 8) – Principal Investigator
• Body, Person, and Informed Consent. Ethics of Using Human Body in Medicine and Research (NCN) – Investigator
• Development of Participatory Bioethics (NPRH)– Investigator

Publications:

• List of publications
• ORCID: 0000-0002-5235-3700
• Academia.edu
• Researchgate
• Polska Bibliografia Naukowa

    Books:

• Konsultacje etyczne w praktyce klinicznej (Warszawa 2023, ed.)
• Bioetyka  (Warszawa 2013; ed. with W. Chańska)
• Badania naukowe z udziałem ludzi w biomedycynie. Standardy międzynarodowe  (Warszawa 2012, ed. with M. Waligórą)
• Od zygoty do osoby. Potencjalność, identyczność i przerywanie ciąży  (Gdańsk 2008)
• Świadoma zgoda na udział w eksperymencie medycznym. Poradnik dla badacza  (Warszawa 2008; with M. Czarkowskim)

Positions/services:

• Director of Master Programme in Bioethics (Univeristy of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy)
• Member of the WHO Research Ethics Review Committee (WHO ERC)
• Member of the Compassionate Use Advisory Committee (CompAC), NYU School of Medicine
• Head of the Polish Unit of the International Network in Bioethics (WMA Cooperation Centre)
• Chair of the Committee for Bioethics at the Presidum of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Member of National Transplantation Council
• Vice-chair and Member of the Rector’s Committee for Ethics of Research with Human Participants at the University of Warsaw
• Member of the Bioethics Committee at the Univeristy of Warsaw
• Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw
• Member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw
• Member of the Board of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare
• Member of the International Advisory Committee of the VOLRETHICS Association
• Member of the Editorial Board of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy and Revista Romana de Bioetica
• Academic editor of Przeglad Prawa Medycznego 
• Academic editor of Etyka scholarly journal

      Completed: 

      International level

• [2025-2025] Vice-chairperson of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC)
• [2018-2025] Member of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC)
• [2024-2025] Członkini WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) of the WHO Guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse people
• [2017-2018] Chair of the Working Group for Poland of the Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education
• [2007-2017] Senior faculty member of the Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics funded by the Fogarty International Center, NIH USA
• [2012-2016] Member of the Management Committee of the ISCH COST Action IS1201 Disaster Bioethics: Addressing Ethical Issues Triggered by Disaster
• [2012-2014] Członkini the International Bioethics Association

      National and institutional level 

• [2021-2024] Vice-chairperson of the Council for Scientific Discipline: Philosophy, University of Warsaw
• [2020-2024] Member of the Didactic Council of the Faculty of Philosophy, Univeristy of Warsaw
• [2008-2020] Member of the Senate’s Committee for Research Ethics at the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw
• [2011-2018] Scientific Secretary and Member of the Committee for Bioethics at the Presidum of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• [2011-2018] Member of the National Committee for Cooperation with European Network of Commissions for Academic Good Practice ENRIO of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• [2013-2015] Member of the Committee on Ethics in Healthcare System at the Ministry of Health

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy (2010)
• Master of Science in Bioethics (2009)
• Advanced Certificate in Research Ethics (2007)
• MA in Philosophy (2005)
• Certificate in Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution  (2003)
• MA in Sociology (2003)
• MA in Law and Administration (2003)
• Certificate in American Law Studies (2001)