Alex Broadbent

Professor Alex Broadbent is a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His work bridges philosophy, epidemiology, and public health, focusing on causation, causal inference, and ethical implications of health policies.

• Key Research Areas: Causation and causal inference, philosophy of epidemiology, public and global health ethics, philosophy of law, and prediction in complex systems.
• Recent Contributions: Critically analyzing lockdown policies, methodological pluralism in epidemiological modeling, and epistemological challenges in public health interventions.

Academic Outputs: Authored/edited 53 research items including books like The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health (2022, 2023) and Philosophy of Medicine (2019), alongside numerous journal articles on health inequalities, causal inference, and pandemic response strategies.

Collaborations: Regular collaborations with researchers like Pieter Streicher, focusing on global health challenges and philosophical frameworks for epidemiology.