Zümrüt ALPINAR- ŞENCAN zumrut.alpinar@ethik.uzh.ch Communication Address: University of Zurich Institute of Biomedical Ethics Pestalozzistrasse 24 CH - 8032 Zurich SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 44 634 4153 Fax: +41 44 634 8389 EDUCATION 2010 Current University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Ethics PhD- Candidate and Research Fellow 2011 Current Working in the Network Human Dignity in Practical Contexts on the project Human Dignity and Autonomy The Limits of Self- Ownership. 2006 2009: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1. Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy 2. Language of Instruction: English 3. Graduated with GPA: 3.29/4.00 4. The Degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Philosophy 5. The Heading of Thesis: Expansion of Rawls Theory of Justice as Fairness to Health Care (August, 2009) 2004 2006: Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey 1 Major in Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy 2 Language of Instruction: English 3 Graduated with GPA: 3.05/4.00 2001 2004: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1 Major in Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy 2 Language of Instruction: English
3 Undergraduate transfer to Boğaziçi University at the beginning of 2004 (spring term of the second year of major studying) 1999 2001: F.M.V. Özel Ayazağa Işık Lisesi 1 Language of Instruction: English RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Medical Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Health Care Ethics, Social Justice, Political Philosophy. M.A THESIS Expansion of Rawls Theory of Justice as Fairness to Health Care The thesis aimed to contribute to Norman Daniels expansion of Rawls theory of Justice as Fairness to health care by considering individual responsibility in maintaining and restoring health. The thesis considered transplantation as a special case and developed a Rawlsian model for transplantation. Keywords: Fairness, Health, Inequality, John Rawls, Justice, Norman Daniels Transplantation. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Sol Examining Committee Members: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ş. Halil TURAN (METU, Philosophy), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan SOL (METU, Philosophy), Prof. Dr. Yasemin OĞUZ (ANKARA UNIVERSITY, Medical Faculty). PUBLICATIONS Publication List Alpinar, Z. (2014). A Social Understanding of Dignity: A Promising Approach in the Organ Selling Debate. Bioethica Forum (in press). Biller- Andorno, N., Alpinar, Z. (2014). Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism. H.A.M.J. ten Have, B. Gordijn (eds.), Handbook of Global Bioethics. Dordrecht: Springer, 771-783. DOI 10.1007/978-94- 007-2512- 6_122 Alpınar, Z. (2012). Bir Bilimsel Felsefeci Olarak Yaman Örs ün Etik ve Biyoetik e Yaklaşımı. A Scientific Philosopher s Approach to Ethics and Bioethics. Y. I. Ülman, S. V.
Genç (eds.), Biyoetik Araştırmaları, (Bioethics Studies). Türkiye Biyoetik Derneği Yayın No. XVI, ISBN: 978-975- 7041-07- 8, Istanbul, 101 108. Alpınar, Z., Civaner, M., Örs, Y. (2010). Rationing Healthcare: Should Life- Style Be Used as a Criterion?. Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi. 10: 4, 367-371. Civaner, M., Alpınar, Z., Örs, Y. (2010). Why Would Opt- Out System for Organ Procurement Be More Fair?. Synthesis Philosophica. 50: 25, 367-376. Alpınar, Z. (2009). Expansion of Rawls Theory of Justice as Fairness to Healthcare. Thesis Submitted to Graduate School of Social Sciences of Middle East Technical University for the Degree of Master of Art in the Department of Philosophy; Available from the governmental website: http://tez2.yok.gov.tr/ Alpınar, Z., Sol, A. (2007). Fairness by Inequity in Transplantation and General Health Care. The First International Congress on Medical Ethics and Law (Antalya, Turkey, 17-20 October 2007). In A. Demirhan Erdemir, Ö. Özcel, Z. Zeytin, H. Öztürk Türkmen, S. Erer, H. Erkin and E. Atıcı (Eds.). Problems of Medical Ethics and Law in Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Istanbul: Nobel Matbaacılık, 731-739. Alpınar, Z. (2007). Evrimde Olanaklılık. Possibility in Evolution. TMMOB Türkiye Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası, Haber Bülteni. Nisan- Mayıs- Haziran, No: 2, 38-39. Edited Books Örs, Y. (2011). Bir Bilimsel Felsefeci Olarak Yaman Örs ün Yaklaşımıyla Etik in Anlamı ve Anlmasızlığı. The Meaning and Meaninglessness of Ethics From The Perspective of a Scientific Philosopher Yaman Örs. Z. Alpınar (Ed.), Ankara: Efil Yayinevi. Book Reviews May 2013. Zümrüt Alpinar. Review of: Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Responsibility. The New Language of Global Bioethics and Biolaw. (2012) Barilan Y. M.: Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. In Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, May 2013, 16(2). Translations Sober, E. (2009). Philosophy of Biology. A. Sol, C. Yağız, D. Sugorakova, E. Keskin, G. Akbay, M. Elgin, O. Aslan, Ş. Yalçın, Z. Alpınar (Trans.), Ankara: İmge Yayınevi. PAPERS PRESENTED Naples 2013. Violating Dignity by Offering Organs For Sale? A Critical Evaluation of Dignity in The Current Debate. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 9th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Helath Law, Royal Continental Congress Center, Italy. (Nov). Turku 2013. Violating Dignity by Offering Organs for Sale: Not Necessarily? Invited Speaker, University of Turku, Section of Philosophy, Finland. (August, 27).
Zurich 2012. Social Justice and the Commercialization of Organs. Meeting The Authors: Ruth Faden and Madison Powers, University of Zurich, Switzerland. (Jun) Istanbul 2010. Bir Bilimsel Felsefeci Olarak Yaman Örs ün Etik ve Biyoetik e Yaklaşımı (A Scientific Philosopher s Approach to Ethics and Bioethics), The VI. Congress of Medical Ethics, Biyoetik te Yeni Ufuklar, The Dedeman Hotel, Turkey. (Nov) Rijeka 2008. Rationing Healthcare: Should Life- Style Be Used as a Criterion? The IX. World Congress of Bioethics. Grand Hotel Bonavia, Croatia. (Alpinar, Civaner & Örs) (Sep) Antalya 2007. Fairness by Inequity in Transplantation and General Health Care. The 1 st International Congress on Medical Ethics and Law: Problems of Medical Ethics and Law in Organ and Tissue Transplantation. The Falez Hotel, Turkey. (Alpinar & Sol) (Oct) PARTICIPATED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING COURSES: The Role of Human Dignity in Assisted Suicide, Workshop, Centre for Ethics, University of Zurich, February 4-5, 2014. UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 9th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Helath Law, Royal Continental Congress Center, Naples, Italy, November 19-21, 2013. Society for Applied Philosophy, Annual Conference, University of Zurich, June 28-30, 2013. Social Gradients in Health: Empirical, Normative & Policy Perspectives, International Workshop, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 24, 2013. 7th Quadrennial International Fellows Conference, Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Mugla, Turkey, June 12-14, 2012. Meeting The Authors: Ruth Faden and Madison Powers, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, June 4-5, 2012. The Winter School: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, The Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy (NSRPP), Soesterberg, Netherlands, March 19-23, 2012. Embedded Universalism: Moral Cosmopolitanism in a Pragmatic Perspective, Workshop, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, June 16-17, 2011. The VI. Congress of Medical Ethics, Biyoetik te Yeni Ufuklar, The Turkish Bioethics Association, İstanbul, November 25-26, 2010. The Role of Health Technology Asessment Agencies in National Rationing Policies: Towards Elements for Best Practice, International Workshop, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, October 25-26, 2010.
Pathology and Ethics Meeting, Ankara Üniversitesi Faculty of Medicine, Morfoloji Binası, Ankara, Turkey, December 5, 2009. The VII. Symposium of Medical Ethics Yeni Üreme Teknikleri Yeni Annelikler, The Turkish Bioethics Association, İstanbul Tabip Odası, İstanbul, Turkey, March 9, 2009. Congress of Meaning. Middle East Technical University, Philosophy Department Congress of Meaning, Ankara, Turkey, December 17-19, 2008. The V. Congress of Medical Ethics Tıp Etiğinden Biyoetiğe, The Turkish Bioethics Association, Ankara, Turkey, November 13-15, 2008. Geriatri ve Etik Kursu (Geriatrics and Ethics Training Course), Ankara Üniversitesi, Faculty of Medicine, Deontology Department, Ankara, Turkey, November 12, 2008. The IX. World Congress of Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September, 3-8, 2008. Tarihte ve Etikte 40 Yıl: 1968-2008 Akademik Bir Söyleşi, Prof. Dr. Yaman Örs, Ankara Üniversitesi, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, June 5, 2008. Medicine and Ethics Meeting, Bayındır Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey, May 16, 2008. UNESO Türkiye Milli Komisyonu Biyoetik Kurulları Harmonizasyon Sempozyumu, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, Turkey, May 12, 2008. UNESCO Türkiye Milli Komisyonu Küresel Isınma Baskısı Altında Toplumsal ve Etik Sorunlar, Middle East Technical University Culture and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey, November 1, 2007. The 1 st International Congress on Medical Ethics and Law: Problems of Medical Ethics and Law in Organ and Tissue Transplantation, Antalya, Turkey, October 17-20, 2007. The II. National Applied Ethics Congress, Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Ankara, Turkey, October 18-20, 2006. The XXI. World Congress of Philosophy, İstanbul, Turkey, August 10-17, 2003. WORK EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, Human Dignity in Practical Contexts (Network Project), funded by the University of Zurich Research Priority Program for Ethics (URPP for Ethics) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), in University of Zurich, Centre for Ethics, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2011 August 2014. Organizer and Coordinator of Consciousness, Life and Death Symposium, Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Ankara, Turkey, April 26, 2008. (Organizer)
HONORS and CERTIFICATES: 1 Graduated from high school with certificate of commendation 2 One high honor and one honor degrees in the dean s list according to the GPAs in Middle East Technical University 3 Graduted with honor degree from Boğaziçi University MEMBERSHIPS: 2009- Current 2008- Current The Turkish Bioethics Association The European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare