Associate Professor  Chris Degeling is a health social scientist and philosopher, who is interested in the social and political dimensions of disease prevention. He conducts value-based social research to explore health policy problems and inform policy processes. His research interests include: human-animal health interactions; the politics and ethics of infectious disease control; and, the influence of technologies and systems on medical reasoning and public health decision making.

Empirically, his work explores the values and interests of those with a stake in these areas of science and practice. Methodologically, Associate Professor Degeling has developed extensive expertise in deliberative methods, Delphi techniques, qualitative research and applied ethics.