This UNESCO Chair at UGM concentrates on efforts in accelerating Bioethics growth in
Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region. The 4 main focuses are: (1) integration of Bioethics
education into multiple disciplines at higher education/university level; (2) application of
research ethics in every field of study and disciplines; (3) empowerment of community through
Bioethics related issues; and (4) Bioethics institutional sustainability.
Integration of Bioethics in higher education will be achieved through building collective
commitment, training of trainers to support implementation of Bioethics education into each
study program at UGM, and developing dialog among disciplines related to Bioethics.
Internationalization of Bioethics Master Program UGM will be pursued to expand the project’s
contribution to the growth of Bioethics programs in the Asia-Pacific region.
Application of ethical research conduct in various fields of study will be achieved through
promoting research ethics and scientific integrity among all researchers and scientists in
Indonesia. The programs will support the development of research ethics committees for multidisciplinary sciences particularly Indonesia, and provide support for strategic research projects (especially the translational research) from the research ethics point of view.
Community empowerment through Bioethics will demonstrate the project’s multi-disciplinary
dimension. The UNESCO Chair at UGM will work on the issue of ‘stateless’ society as one of
the vulnerable and underserved society in Indonesia. Development of an online multipurpose
Bioethics platform will enable the general public to access our Bioethics support services.
Institutional sustainability is the key to ensure continued growth of Bioethics. Through the
UNESCO Chair Program, the Centre for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at UGM will be
one of the most active Bioethics centers in Indonesia and aspire to become a ‘center of
excellence’ and take the responsibility for developing Bioethics for all sciences in Indonesia.
