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The study of human genetic differences is rapidly changing science, but how can we study these differences without promoting racism and social harm?

The Human Genomics without Racism (HUGERA) project brings together geneticists, philosophers, and social scientists to create tools for an ethically sound science of human variation.

Latest News

• Online Lecture Series
  by HUGERA Team
  October 24, 2025
  HUGERA started a series of online talks reflecting on the social dimensions of human genomics. You can register to each talk here.
• New Paper!
  by HUGERA Team
  October 17, 2025
  Lauren Wilson just published a bioethics paper in collaboration with Carl Elliott. In this paper, they discuss ethical issues around clinical trials, research guidelines, and governmental mandates in the case of the “Ketamine Studies”.
• New Paper!
  by HUGERA Team
  September 10, 2025
  Celso Neto just published a new paper on the concept of social constructionism about race.
• EPSA 2025
  by HUGERA Team
  August 11, 2025
  On August 28th (09:00-11:00), HUGERA presents the symposium “Race Across Sciences” at the Biannual Meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association 2025. The meeting takes place in Groningen, Netherlands. In the symposium, Celso Neto talks about “Avoiding Race in Genomics: Should scientists embrace similarity talk?”, and Lauren Wilson presents on “Behavioral Genetics, Race, and… Read more: EPSA 2025
• New Paper!
  by HUGERA Team
  August 1, 2025
  Celso Neto just published a paper on the ethical problems of philosophical theories about biological race. Check it out in our publication section!

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