Dr Denise Russell

Email: deniser@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 3387

Denise Russell is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Philosophy Program. Her former position was Associate Professor and Head of Department at the University of Sydney. Her research interests include: environmental philosophy, animals and ethics, epistemology, philosophy of psychology/psychiatry and feminist philosophy.

Denise is the founding editor of the journal Animal Ethics: Philosophical and ethical issues related to human/animal interactions and author of the book Women, Madness and Medicine published by Polity Press in 1995, reprinted 1998.

In 2010 Pluto Press, London published her book, Who Rules the Waves? Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans. This work examines a range of contemporary concerns including indigenous sea rights and the position of sea gypsies. It presents a critical analysis of the Law of the Sea and proposals for a new form of ocean governance.

Denise has published numerous articles in her research areas. Some recent articles are:

'Psychiatric Diagnoses as a Precusor to Research Difficulties in Mental Health', Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol 9, No 1, 2007.

‘Piracy on the high seas: an analysis of Bratton's sea ethic', Ethics and the Environment, Vol 12, No 2, Fall/Winter, 2007.

‘Ethical obligations to cetaceans: a case study for Singer’s animal ethics’ in R. Younis (ed.) On the ethical life, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholarly Press, 2010.

‘The Law of the Sea and international conflict over undersea mining: Which way is up?, The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (forthcoming).

She has given a public lecture at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas (2009) and was interviewed for the Philosopher’s Zone on ABC radio (2009).

With Dr. Melissa Boyde, Denise set up the web-site: Replace Animals. This is an information resource on alternatives to using animals in scientific and medical research and an emerging network of people and organisations working towards replacement of animals in research.

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/research/raat/index.html