Jonathan Marks' research interests and projects include:

- the relationship between professional ethics and human rights (with a particular interest in health professionals and interrogation in the war on terror);

- the impact of industry funding on medical research and health-related food research, and the resulting ethical, legal and regulatory challenges;

- neuroethics and "neurolaw" (with a 'neuroskeptical' interest in national security neuroscience!) 

- the implications of behavioral psychology and behavioral economics for public policy, especially counterterrorism and catastrophe planning

- the tension between human rights and public health in planning for and responding to catastrophe.

During the 2010-11 academic year, Jonathan will be a residential fellow in the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Lab on Institutional Corruption at Harvard University.  He will be working on a research project that seeks to develop a normative framework to identify and address the impact of industry-funding on scientific research and professional practice, with a focus on food and nutrition research. 

Recently Organized Events

In August 2007, Jonathan co-organized an international neuroethics conference at Penn State.  For more information about the conference and to watch the conference sessions, click here.  

In March 2008, he also co-organized a workshop at Penn State on the ethical and regulatory challenges of industry-sponsored health-related food research.  The workshop focused on so-called 'nutraceuticals.'

In 2008 - 9, Jonathan is running a lecture series at the Rock Ethics Institute entitled "Bioethics Without Borders."  For more information, click here.