Dorian Accoe

dorian.accoe@ugent.be

Department

Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences

Research group(s)

BIG - Bioethics Institute Ghent

Research Focus

Ethics and morality

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About

Dorian Accoe is a PhD researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University. He is secretary of the Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG) and a member of Metamedica. His research focuses on the ethics of reproductive medicine, in particular on issues related to the management of (suspected) genetic conditions in gamete donation.

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

Management of genetic mutations in (sperm) donor conception. Current practice, stakeholder experiences, ethical analysis and good practice recommendations (2023 - 2027)

Publications

Most recent publications

Accoe, Dorian, et al. “Risk Management and the Further Use of Gametes from a Donor with a Known Pathogenic Variant.” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, 2026, doi:10.1136/jme-2025-111508.
Accoe, Dorian, et al. “Reproducing Guilt : Challenging the ‘inappropriateness’ of Guilt after Pregnancy Loss.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FEMINIST APPROACHES TO BIOETHICS, vol. 19, no. 1, 2026, pp. 101–21, doi:10.3138/ijfab-2025-0006.
Segers, Seppe, and Dorian Accoe. “Critical Bioethics : On False Hope, Normative Assumptions, and Re-Negotiation in the Ethical Debate about IVG.” Revolutionizing Reproduction : The Ethical Landscape of in Vitro Gametogenesis, edited by Christopher Gyngell et al., Oxford University Press, 2026, pp. 233–51, doi:10.1093/9780197810415.003.0014.
Accoe, Dorian, et al. “Speculation as an Argument : Artificial Placenta Technology, Clinical Translation, and the Ethical Debate about the Ethical Debate.” MONASH BIOETHICS REVIEW, 2026, pp. 1–10, doi:10.1007/s40592-025-00261-2.
Segers, Seppe, and Dorian Accoe. “Mortality, Morbidity and Speculation : Ethical Considerations about the Lever for Ectogestation.” Ectogestation and the Future of Reproductive Rights : Technology, Justice, and Abortion, edited by Christopher Stratman and Joona Räsänen, Routledge, 2026, pp. 41–56, doi:10.4324/9781003791669-4.

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Teaching

Ethiek, techniek en samenleving (E075310)
Grondige studie van vraagstukken uit de moraalwetenschap (A002392)