About Pat McConville

Pat McConville is a philosopher and bioethicist based in nipaluna Hobart, in lutruwita Tasmania. He is currently Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia.

He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Tasmania, before beginning Master of Bioethics and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at Monash University, Australia. He completed his doctoral studies with a dissertation entitled Phenomenology and Artificial Hearts, and has published in the fields of phenomenology, bioethics, and aesthetics.

Outside academia, he has worked as a ministerial and parliamentary advisor, Divisional Secretary of the higher education labour union, the National Tertiary Education Union, and curator of a university’s public education programmes. He has no formal expertise in art but finds the connection between his own and others’ work and art to be fascinating.

He is a committed father, partner, and unionist.

Pat McConville is a philosopher and bioethicist based in nipaluna Hobart, in lutruwita Tasmania. He is currently Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Pat:

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar

November 17, 2024

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation

Dalia Nassar
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Cambridge UP, 2022) …

Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin

October 27, 2024

Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction

Lucy Benjamin
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin. Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on…

Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons with Annie Sandrussi

September 11, 2024

Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons

Annie Sandrussi
Hosted by Pat McConville

Dr Annie Sandrussi applies phenomenological and gender-based methods to examine how everyday and public understandings are underpinned by ontological …

Gold, Silver, and Bronze with Yuri Cath

August 12, 2024

Gold, Silver, and Bronze

Yuri Cath
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Yuri Cath. Dr Yuri Cath's work explores epistemological questions about the nature and sources of different kinds …

Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction with Pei-hua Huang

July 19, 2024

Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction

Pei-hua Huang
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested …

Lifestyle and Death with Christopher Mayes

June 10, 2024

Lifestyle and Death with Christopher Mayes

Christopher Mayes
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Christopher Mayes. Dr Mayes is an interdisciplinary scholar with backgrounds in sociology, history and philosophy. …

Dancing Parkinson's and Queering Science with John Noel Viaña

May 14, 2024

Dancing Parkinson's and Queering Science

John Noel Viaña
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr John Noel Viaña. Dr John Noel Viaña’s work is focused on the social and ethical aspects of neuroscience and biotec…

Enactivism, Embodiment, and the Gorier Stuff with Marilyn Stendera

April 7, 2024

Enactivism, Embodiment, and the Gorier Stuff

Marilyn Stendera
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Marilyn Stendera, co-author (with Emily Hughes) of Heidegger’s Alternative History of Time (Routledge, 2024). Dr S…

Caste, Music, and Microinequities with Supriya Subramani

March 23, 2024

Caste, Music, and Microinequities

Supriya Subramani
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode, Pat speaks with Dr Supriya Subramani. Dr Subramani's interest in morality and ethics has led her to explore morality, behaviour, and…