Andrew Crowden is a bioethicist and philosopher with extensive experience in health ethics. Andrew has Master of Bioethics and Ph.D. degrees from the Monash Bioethics Centre. He is Honorary Professor in Philosophy at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry where he is Chairperson of the University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG). Andrew is Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) where he is Chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). He is Executive member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Research Ethics Committee, a member of CSIRO’s Australian Health Biobank (AHB) Advisory Group, a member of the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Philosophy in the Community Committee (PiCC) and is Director and Lead Consultant at Crowden Consultants (ABN 27914792136).
Andrew was a foundation board member of the Australasian Association of Bioethics, foundation research ethics stream leader for the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL), Chairperson of the UniSC Animal Ethics Committee (AEC), Chairperson of Townsville Hospital and Health Service HREC, Chairperson of Mater Health Services HREC, member of the Mater Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC), member of NHMRC’s Harmonisation of Multi-Centre Ethical Review (HoMER) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Research Group and the HoMER Monitoring Subgroup, Deputy Chair of the Victorian Government Ministerial Consultative Council for Human Research Ethics, Chairperson of Austin Health HREC, Bioethicist on Northeast Health HREC, the appointed Ethicist on the South Australian Government Human Research Subcommittee, Chair of the Rural Health Academic Centre’s Human Ethics Advisory Group at the University of Melbourne, and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Dean’s nominee to Deakin University HREC.
Andrew’s recent research in practical ethics and the philosophical and ethics dimensions of genomics, data science and health has been funded by the University of Queensland, the Queensland Genomic Health Alliance and the John Templeton Foundation in collaboration with the University of Virginia and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Journal Article: Ukrainization and the effect of Russian language on the web: the Google trends case study
Yao, Hui, Crowden, Andrew and Vaisman, Radislav (2023). Ukrainization and the effect of Russian language on the web: the Google trends case study. Problems of Post-Communism, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10758216.2023.2224568
Book: Philosophy of Place: Finding Place and Self in the World
Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden eds. (2022). Philosophy of Place: Finding Place and Self in the World. Bristol, United Kingdom: Peter Lang AG. doi: 10.3726/b18959
Book Chapter: Book summary and new insights
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2022). Book summary and new insights. Philosophy of place: finding place and self in the world. (pp. 139-167) edited by Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden. Lausanne, Switzerland: Peter Lang.
(2017–2019) Queensland Institute of Medical Research
ResTeach Funding 2012 0 FTE School of HPRC
(2012–2014) UQ ResTeach
Trust, Consent, and Privacy in the Surveillance Economy
Doctor Philosophy
The Virtuous Humanitarian
Doctor Philosophy
In Cricket, Should the Batter Walk? Fairness and Ethical Decision-Making in Sport
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Philosophy of Place: Finding Place and Self in the World
Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden eds. (2022). Philosophy of Place: Finding Place and Self in the World. Bristol, United Kingdom: Peter Lang AG. doi: 10.3726/b18959
WorkSafe Safety Development Fund, Aggression Prevention and Management Project, Final Report
Crowden, A., Saunders, D., Liaw, S-T. and Faye, P. (2009). WorkSafe Safety Development Fund, Aggression Prevention and Management Project, Final Report.
WorkSafe Safety Development Fund, Aggression Prevention and Management Project, Progress Report
Liaw, S-T., Crowden, A., Saunders, D. and Faye, P. (2007). WorkSafe Safety Development Fund, Aggression Prevention and Management Project, Progress Report.
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2022). Book summary and new insights. Philosophy of place: finding place and self in the world. (pp. 139-167) edited by Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden. Lausanne, Switzerland: Peter Lang.
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2022). Book summary and new insights. Philosophy of place: finding place and self in the world. (pp. 183-221) edited by Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang .
Introduction to the philosophy of place
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2022). Introduction to the philosophy of place. Philosophy of place: finding place and self in the world. (pp. 1-31) edited by Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang .
Crowden, Andrew and Gildersleeve, Matthew (2022). Neurotechnology, consent, place, and the ethics of data science genomics in the precision medicine clinic. Protecting the mind: challenges in law, neuroprotection, and neurorights. (pp. 113-127) edited by Pablo López-Silva and Luca Valera. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-94032-4_10
Philosophy of place and bioethics
Crowden, Andrew (2022). Philosophy of place and bioethics. Philosophy of place: finding place and self in the world. (pp. 135-156) edited by Matthew Gildersleeve and Andrew Crowden. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang .
Teaching bioethics to scientists
Crowden, Andrew and Gildersleeve, Matthew (2021). Teaching bioethics to scientists. Educating for ethical survival. (pp. 153-160) edited by Michael Schwartz, Howard Harris, Charmayne Highfield and Hugh Breakey. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/s1529-209620200000024013
Research ethics and N-of-1 trials
Crowden, Andrew, Guyatt, Gordon, Stepanov, Nikola and Vohra, Sunita (2015). Research ethics and N-of-1 trials. The essential guide to N-of-1 trials in health. (pp. 125-133) edited by Jane Nikles and Geoffrey Mitchell. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-7200-6_11
Ethics and Indigenous health care: cultural competencies, protocols and integrity
Crowden, Andrew (2013). Ethics and Indigenous health care: cultural competencies, protocols and integrity. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 114-129) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Supporting rural health professionals and their families
Dury, Angela, Malcolm, Helen, Critchley, Jennifer and Crowden, Andrew (2008). Supporting rural health professionals and their families. A textbook of Australian rural health. (pp. 129-137) edited by Siaw-Teng Liaw and Sue Kilpatrick. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Rural Health Education Network.
Ukrainization and the effect of Russian language on the web: the Google trends case study
Yao, Hui, Crowden, Andrew and Vaisman, Radislav (2023). Ukrainization and the effect of Russian language on the web: the Google trends case study. Problems of Post-Communism, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10758216.2023.2224568
Thinking about the idea of consent in data science genomics: how 'informed' is it?
Greenwood, Jennifer and Crowden, Andrew (2021). Thinking about the idea of consent in data science genomics: how 'informed' is it?. Nursing Philosophy, 22 (3) e12347, e12347. doi: 10.1111/nup.12347
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2020). “Now it’s your choice”: nondirective genetic counseling, other minds, place and counselee empowerment. Agathos, 11 (1), 317-355.
Spiritual synchronicity and place: II. Heidegger, waiting and Zizek
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2020). Spiritual synchronicity and place: II. Heidegger, waiting and Zizek. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 20 (1), 7-19.
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2020). "Now it's your choice": Nondirective genetic counseling, other minds, place and counselee empowerment. Agathos, 11 (1), 317-355.
Close, Eliana, Parker, Malcolm, Willmott, Lindy, White, Ben and Crowden, Andrew (2019). Australian Policies on "Futile" or "Non-beneficial" Treatment at the End of Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis. Journal of Law and Medicine, 27 (2), 415-439.
Spiritual synchronicity and place: I. A psychoanalytic perspective
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2019) Spiritual synchronicity and place: I. A psychoanalytic perspective. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 19 2: 121-142.
Place, virtue ethics and physician-researcher dual-role consent in clinical research
Crowden, Andrew and Gildersleeve, Matthew (2019). Place, virtue ethics and physician-researcher dual-role consent in clinical research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 19 (4), 37-39. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1572818
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2019). Genetic Determinism and Place. Nova prisutnost, 17 (1), 139-162. doi: 10.31192/np.17.1.9
Close, Eliana, Parker, Malcolm, Willmott, Lindy, White, Ben and Crowden, Andrew (2019). Australian Policies on "Futile" or "Non-beneficial" Treatment at the End of Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis. Journal of Law and Medicine, 27 (2), 401-425.
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2018). Place and psychoanalysis. Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Practical Philosophy, X (1), 77-103.
Indigenous health care, bioethics and the influence of place
Crowden, Andrew (2016). Indigenous health care, bioethics and the influence of place. American Journal of Bioethics, 16 (5), 56-58. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1159754
Research integrity in the tropical north: supporting research through good governance
Crowden, Andrew (2014). Research integrity in the tropical north: supporting research through good governance. Annals of the ACTM, 15 (3), 45-46.
The benefit of narrative analysis to patient-centred practice in medicine
Crowden, Janet and Crowden, Andrew (2014). The benefit of narrative analysis to patient-centred practice in medicine. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 267-268. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9536-1
Clinical trials are useful – here’s how we can ensure they stay so
Crowden, Andrew (2013, 09 05). Clinical trials are useful – here’s how we can ensure they stay so
Researcher engagement and research integrity in Australia
Crowden, Andrew (2010). Researcher engagement and research integrity in Australia. Australian Universities’ Review, 52 (2), 64-65.
Virtue ethics and rural professional healthcare roles
Crowden, Andrew (2010). Virtue ethics and rural professional healthcare roles. Rural Society, 20 (1), 64-75. doi: 10.5172/rsj.20.1.64
Crowden, Andrew (2009). Ethical and legal dimensions of factitious disorder, commentary for De Witt D.E., Ward A., Prabhu S., Warton B., 'Patient privacy versus protecting the patient and health system from harm: a case study'. Medical Journal of Australia, 191 (4), 216-216.
Crowden, Andrew (2008). Professional boundaries and the ethics of dual and multiple overlapping relationships in psychotherapy. Monash Bioethics Review, 27 (4), 10-27. doi: 10.1007/BF03351302
Crowden, Andrew (2008). Distinct rural ethics. American Journal of Bioethics, 8 (4), 65-67. doi: 10.1080/15265160802147207
The debate continues: unique ethics for psychiatry
Crowden, Andrew (2004). The debate continues: unique ethics for psychiatry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38 (3), 111-114. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2004.01323.x
Ethically sensitive mental health care: is there a need for a unique ethics for psychiatry?
Crowden, Andrew (2003). Ethically sensitive mental health care: is there a need for a unique ethics for psychiatry?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37 (2), 143-149. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01113.x
Review 'Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and concepts' by R.J. Devettere
Crowden, Andrew (2001). Review 'Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and concepts' by R.J. Devettere. Monash Bioethics Review, 21, 39-40.
Response to 'Of Nurses, Voluntary Euthanasia, and Professional Journals', Johnstone et al.
Crowden, Andrew (1998). Response to 'Of Nurses, Voluntary Euthanasia, and Professional Journals', Johnstone et al.. Monash Bioethics Review, 17 (1), 27-28.
Review of 'Competence to Consent' by Becky Cox White
Crowden, Andrew (1997). Review of 'Competence to Consent' by Becky Cox White. Bioethics, 11 (1), 88-89. doi: 10.1111/1467-8519.t01-1-00045
Informed consent: Patient autonomy and physician beneficence within clinical medicine - Wear, S.
Crowden, A. (1996). Informed consent: Patient autonomy and physician beneficence within clinical medicine - Wear, S.. Bioethics, 10 (1), 83-86.
On the moral nature of nursing practice
Crowden, Andrew (1994). On the moral nature of nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 20 (6), 1104-1110. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20061104.x
Review of 'Psychiatric Ethics, 2nd ed.' edited by S. Bloch and P. Chodoff
Crowden, Andrew (1992). Review of 'Psychiatric Ethics, 2nd ed.' edited by S. Bloch and P. Chodoff. Bioethics, 6 (1), 83-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.1992.tb00184.x
Genetic determinism, psychiatry and place
Gildersleeve, Matthew and Crowden, Andrew (2019). Genetic determinism, psychiatry and place. 27th European Congress of Psychiatry, Warsaw, Poland, 6-9 April, 2019. Issy les Moulineaux, France: Elsevier .
Ethical Governance of Human Research Data in the Age of Genomics
Crowden, A., Mackay, G., Smith-Moloney C., Muller L., Roylance R. and Smith C. (2018). Ethical Governance of Human Research Data in the Age of Genomics. Australasian Ethics Network, Townsville, QLD, Australia, September 2018..
Keeping Secrets: Trust and confidentiality in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Crowden, A. and Crowden, J. (2018). Keeping Secrets: Trust and confidentiality in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Townsville, QLD, Australia, September 23, 2018.
Medical Futility at the End of Life: an Australian Policy Analysis
Close, E., Parker, M, Crowden, A., Willmott, L., White, B.P., Gallois, C., Graves, N., Winch, S. and Calloway, L. (2018). Medical Futility at the End of Life: an Australian Policy Analysis. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Townsville, QLD Australia, 24 September 2018.
Big data: a tool for innovation
Crowden, Andrew and Xue, Li (2017). Big data: a tool for innovation. Global Leadership Series, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 27 September 2017.
Lies, damned lies, statistics and data: do data scientists need a code of professional ethics?
Crowden, Andrew (2017). Lies, damned lies, statistics and data: do data scientists need a code of professional ethics?. The 24th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE) conference, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney, 22-24 June 2017..
Crowden, Andrew and Lamont, Julian (2017). Seven key challenges associated with the ethical governance of new [global] hybrid genomic data infrastructures (genomic biobanks). Human Genetics Society of Australia, 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane QLD, Australia, 5-8 August 2017.
Ethical governance of biobanking and genomic research
Crowden, Andrew, Devereux, John and Lamont, Julian (2016). Ethical governance of biobanking and genomic research. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Melbourne, 24-26 November 2016.
Character ethics and the influence of ‘place’ in mental health practice
Crowden, Andrew (2015). Character ethics and the influence of ‘place’ in mental health practice. XXXIVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 July 2015.
Rural practitioners’ creative solutions to overlapping relationships
Anderson, R., Pierce, D. and Crowden, A. (2011). Rural practitioners’ creative solutions to overlapping relationships. 3rd Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference, Ballarat, Australia, 14-16 November, 2011. Ballarat, Australia: Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference.
Anderson, R., Pierce, D. and Crowden, A. (2011). Should we play basketball with our patients? Professional Boundaries and overlapping relationships in Australia. 11th National Rural Health Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 13-16 March, 2011. Perth, WA, Australia: National Rural Health Alliance.
Experiences of pathways to care for first episode psychosis: Four case studies
Fry, P., Crowden, A., Andrews, F., Roy, D. and Metcalf, M. (2006). Experiences of pathways to care for first episode psychosis: Four case studies. 5th International Conference on Early Psychosis, Birmingham England, Oct 04-06, 2006. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(06)70355-3
Feasibility of Establishing a HREC Credentialing System for Multi-site Clinical Trials in Australia
Stepanov, N ., Crowden, Andrew, Jenkins-Marsh, Sue and Parker, Malcolm (2015). Feasibility of Establishing a HREC Credentialing System for Multi-site Clinical Trials in Australia.
(2017–2019) Queensland Institute of Medical Research
ResTeach Funding 2012 0 FTE School of HPRC
(2012–2014) UQ ResTeach
Trust, Consent, and Privacy in the Surveillance Economy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Virtuous Humanitarian
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Digital ethics in a big data age: the challenges of privacy and consent
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Surveillance capitalism and the challenge to liberalism
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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In Cricket, Should the Batter Walk? Fairness and Ethical Decision-Making in Sport
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Morality by Design: Scientific Morality and Its Implications for Social Institutions
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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