Mgr. Prof. Emmanuel Agius is the former Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta. He studied philosophy and theology at undergraduate (S.Th.B.) and postgraduate (S.Th.L.) levels at the University of Malta and then at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, where he obtained an M.A. in philosophy and S.Th.D. He pursued post-doctoral research in the field of bioethics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany as a fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung; at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. as a Fulbright scholar; and at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with the assistance of Theodore Hesburgh scholarship. He is professor of Moral Theology and Philosophical Ethics at the University of Malta. He is the former Head of the Department of Moral Theology at Faculty of Theology, a member of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), which is an advisory interdisciplinary group to the European Commission, and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is the moderator of the Commission on Ethics within the Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE). For many years, he was an active member of the National Consultative Bioethics Committee, the coordinator of the Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Intercultural Dialogue, Human Rights, and the Future Generations Programme, which was supported by UNESCO. H.G. the Archbishop, Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna, appointed Mgr. Agius member of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter on 25th January 2018 and member of The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation on 1st August 2019. On 13th December 2020, Prof Agius received Malta’s highest honour (Midalja ghall-Qadi tar-Repubblika) for his sterling service in the area of bioethics and professional ethics, both in his native country and on the international scene. Prof. Agius is the author and co-editor of a number of publications. Several of his articles on bioethical, social and environmental issues, marriage and sexuality have appeared in a number of international peer-reviewed academic journals.

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