Adam Shriver is a philosopher who specializes in biomedical ethics and agricultural ethics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Iowa State University as well as a Ph.D. from the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Shriver’s research has appeared in academic journals such as PLoS ONE, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Neuroethics, and The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and he has presented at the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Health. Dr. Shriver previously was a Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at University of Oxford, and he is currently working on a project at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia.
At the Harkin Institute, Dr. Shriver will be focusing on collaborative scholarship exploring the relationship between the food system and health and wellness, and in particular will be investigating opportunities for the Harkin Institute to build academic and policy networks connecting sustainable agriculture practices to health policy.
