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Dr Jessica Stockdale

Dr Jessica Stockdale (BA, MA, AFHEA)

Assistant Professor in Research Methods
E: J.Stockdale@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Department of Medical Education, Watson Building, University of Brighton, Falmer BN1 9PH

Other Positions: Research Fellow (Life Sciences, University of Sussex); Fellow (Sussex Sustainability Research Centre, University of Sussex); Associate (Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex)

Areas of expertise: Philosophy, Medical Research Methods, Anthropology

Research Areas: Ethics, Sustainability, Social & Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Data Governance

Bluesky: @drjastockdale
Instagram: @drjastockdale
Linkedin: in/drjastockdale

Biography

Jessica gained her PhD in the philosophy of medicine at the University of Sussex in 2023, investigating research integrity with a special focus on how epistemological and ethical issues affect medical research. Following this, Jessica joined Brighton and Sussex Medical School as an assistant professor in research methods. Her current work focuses on sustainability, health and autonomy.

Alongside her philosophical work, Jessica is also a professional photographer who works on long term reportage and documentary projects linked to her research. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including London, Dusseldorf and Montreal.

Research

Jessica is an applied philosopher who utilises social research methods and photographic approaches to explore critical issues relating to healthcare and the environment both nationally and internationally. As part of this, Jessica’s work aims to tackle real world challenges relating to sustainability, health and autonomy.

Current research concerns the ethical, political and economic dimensions of using real-world health data in research and development; justice-based issues in planetary health, an emerging field which aims to safeguard both human health and the natural systems underpinning it; and indigenous philosophical perspectives on the environment and land rights in Papua New Guinea.

BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR PANEL

Teaching

Jessica has extensive experience teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the supervision of student research. Over her career, she has shown a strong commitment to providing research-informed teaching. This includes leading on innovative courses that take a critical philosophical approach to real world challenges across science, clinical practice and sustainability, as well as delivering key teaching on quantitative and qualitative research methods.

In addition to these activities, Jessica also supervises student research projects on applied philosophy topics including science & technology, environment & sustainability, mind & cognition, and social & political thought. She welcomes expressions of interest from prospective students.

Selected publications

Stockdale, J., J. Middleton, R. Aina, G. Cherake, F. Dem, W. Ferea, A. Hane-Nou, W. Huanduo, A. Kik, V. Novotny, B. Ruli, P. Yearwood, J. Cassell, A. Eldridge, J. Fairhead, J. Winchester, A. Stewart. (2024) Mobilising Papua New Guinea’s conservation humanities: Research, teaching, capacity building, future directions. Conservation & Society, 22(2): 86-96.

Middleton, J., G. Colthart, F. Dem, A. Elkins, J. Fairhead, R. Hazell, M. Head, J. Inacio, M. Jimbudo, C. Jones M. Laman, H. MacGregor, V. Novotny M. Peck, J. Philip, J. Paliau, W. Pomat, J. Stockdale, S. Sui, A. Stewart, R. Umari, S. Walker, J. Cassell. (2023) Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guinea’s Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases. BMJ Open, 13: e075946.

Spithoff S., J. Stockdale, R. Rowe, B. McPhail, N. Persaud. (2022) The commercialization of patient data in Canada: Ethics, privacy and policy. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 194(3): e95-e97.

Stockdale J., J. Cassell, E. Ford. (2019) “Giving something back”: A systematic review and ethical enquiry into public views on the use of patient data for research in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Wellcome Open Research, 3(6): 1-24.

Ford, E., J. Stockdale, R. Jackson, J. Cassell. For the greater good? Patient and public attitudes to use of medical free text data in research. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(1): 229.

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