About us

Egenis is based at the University of Exeter in the UK, under the directorship of Professor John Dupré. We have a strongly interdisciplinary culture, encompassing a range of perspectives from social science, biology, and philosophy.

Egenis produces first class social science research on the social impact of developments in genomic science, and will make this research visible and available to all those who will be affected by, or will need to respond to, such developments. Egenis also engages with a broad range of users and stakeholders, collaborating with them in the identification of key issues Egenis might address. 

To ensure that our research continues to meet the highest standards of academic excellence, Egenis has developed collaborations nationally and internationally with academics at the forefront of their fields. To promote this collaboration Egenis organises international seminars and arranges visits by leading researchers, while Egenis researchers visit centres of excellence around the world. A strong commitment from the start of the centre in 2002 has been full and serious engagement with the content of the science itself.