Dr Michael Selgelid
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public
Ethics (CAPPE);
Director/Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics;
Deputy Director, National Centre for Biosecurity; The Australian
National University.
Tel: +61 (0)2 6125 4355
Email michael.selgelid@anu.edu.au
Summary
Michael J. Selgelid earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a PhD in Philosophy
from the University of California, San Diego. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied
Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) at the Australian National University, where he is also Director of a
World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics and Deputy Director of the National
Centre for Biosecurity. He has held previous appointments at the University of Sydney and the University of
the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His research focuses on ethical issues associated with
infectious disease and genetics. He co-authored Ethical and Philosophical Consideration of the Dual-Use
Dilemma in the Biological Sciences (Springer, 2008) and co-edited Ethics and Infectious Disease (Blackwell,
2006).
Selected Publications
 Selgelid, M.J. (2010) Ethics Engagement of the Dual Use Dilemma: Progress and Potential. In Education
and Ethics in the Life Sciences: Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons, ed. by Brian
Rappert. Canberra: ANU E Press, 2010, pp. 23-34.
http://epress.anu.edu.au/education_ethics/pdf/ch01.pdf
 Selgelid, M. J. and Weir, L. (2010) Reflections on the Synthetic Production of Poliovirus, Bulletin of
Atomic Scientists, 66(3).
 Selgelid, M. J. and Weir, L. (2010) The Mousepox Experience: An Interview with Ronald Jackson and Ian
Ramshaw on Dual-use Research, EMBO Reports 11(1) , pp. 18-24
 Selgelid, M. J. (2009) Dual-Use Research Codes of Conduct: Lessons from the Life Sciences, NanoEthics,
3(3), pp. 175-183. Click here:
http://springerlink.com/content/05m15768xm0v7120/?p=504ae984070d483ea999b8ab02e9f18a&pi=0
 Lorna Weir & Michael J. Selgelid. (2009), Professionalization as a Governance Strategy for Synthetic
Biology, Syst Synth Biol, 3:91–97.
 Michael J Selgelid (2009). Dual-Use Dilemmas, National Regulations and Ethics. In Dimensiones Éticas de
las Regulaciones en Salud, ed. by Fernando Lolas. Santiago, Chile: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en
Bioética - Universidad de Chile Programa de Bioética - OPS/OMS (Pan American Health
Oganization/World Health Organization), 2009, pp. 277-286.
 Michael J Selgelid (2009). Governance of Dual-use Research: An Ethical Dilemma, Bulletin of the World
Health Organization (BLT), 87(9), pp. 720-723.
Selected Presentations
 29/1/2010 “Ethics Engagement of the Dual Use Dilemma: Progress and Potential”. ‘Promoting Dual Use
Ethics’ Workshop, The Australian National University, Canberra.
 7/10/2009 “Dual-Use and the Life Sciences”. National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
Johannesburg, South Africa. With Chandré Gould and Emmanuelle Tuerlings.
 217/8/2009 “The Dual Use Dilemma in the Life Sciences”. Queensland Institute for Medical Research,
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane. With Christian Enemark and Belinda Herring.
 4/8/2009 “Ethical and Legal Implementation”. The first FBI conference on Synthetic Biology: “Building
Bridges Around Building Genomes”; organized by FBI WMD Directorate, US Department of Health and
Human Services, US Department of State, and the AAAS; San Francisco, California.
 23/7/2009 “The Dual Use Dilemma in the Life Sciences”. Centre for Infectious Diseases and
Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney. With Christian Enemark and Belinda Herring.
 22/7/2009 “Dual-Use Research Codes of Conduct: Lessons from Life Sciences”. Conference on:
“Converging Technologies: Some Pressing Ethical Issues”, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public
Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University and The Australian National University, Canberra
 9/6/2009 “The Dual Use Dilemma in the Life Sciences”. Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Melbourne. With Christian Enemark and Belinda Herring.
 25/4/2009 “Dual-Use Dilemmas and National Regulations”. International Conference: Health
Regulation Ethics, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO),
Santiago, Chile.
Selected Conference & Events
 Track Chair, Security Technology: Terrorism, Warfare, and Emerging Military Technologies. 17th
International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), May 26-29, 2011,
University of North Texas.
 Co-organiser, with Michael Barr, Symposium on Biosecurity and Globalization: Ethical Issues in Infectious
Disease and Dual Use Research, 10th World Congress of Bioethics, 28-31 July 2010, Singapore
 Co-organiser, with Brian Rappert, Wellcome Trust Promoting Dual Use Ethics Workshop, Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), 28-29 January, Canberra, Australia. See:
http://www.cappe.edu.au/docs/Dual%20Use%20Workshop%20Program%20-%201%20Feb%202010.pdf
Selected Audio-Visual material
 Dr Michael Selgelid a bioethicists from the Australian National University
discusses the current Wellcome Trust Dual use Bioethics project, the concept
of dual use research and the significance of bioethics in this debate about
dual use.
Click here to view Dr
Selgelid’s YouTube video