Gillian Brock

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Gillian Greenwall Brock

Alma mater Duke University
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Gillian Greenwall Brock FRSNZ is a New Zealand philosophy and ethics academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland and fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. [1] [2]

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Academic career

After obtaining a BSc and BA(Hons) at Cape Town, Brock completed her PhD at Duke University in 1993. Her thesis was titled 'On the moral importance of needs' . She moved to the University of Auckland and rose to full professor. [1] In 2018, Brock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. [3]

Brock's work relates to the ethical obligations we have to meet the needs of others and has written on issues such as the 'brain drain' [4] [5] and global justice. [1]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Gillian Brock". Arts, The University of Auckland. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. "Gillian Brock". Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. Gillian Brock (23 September 2016). "Solving the problems of medical brain drain". University World News . Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. Robin Anderson (20 December 2015). "Debating the brain drain: an excerpt on emigration | OUPblog". Blog.oup.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.