Christian Ethics and Research Methods
Buki has a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Science and Religion from the University of Oxford. Her doctoral research brought together her degrees in Microbiology (BSc); Theology (BA); and Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science (MSc). After her DPhil, she remains a member of the Common Room at Wolfson College Oxford, and she is a Fellow of Oxford’s Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion. She is also publicity officer for the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) and is a member of the Ancient World Research Cluster at Wolfson College Oxford.
Buki is an associate member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, conducting research in philosophy of cognitive neuroscience and religion. She has a keen interest in memory and imagination and how these cognitive abilities interact with, motivate, and give rise to an agent's actions. She is on the Faculty's Tuition List for the following papers, Ethics I: Christian Moral Reasoning; Science and Religion; Further Studies in Science and Religion; Philosophy of Religion.
At Cuddesdon, Buki oversees the college’s postgraduate programme as well as teaches Christian Ethics and Research and Reflection: Resources and Methods. Her previous teaching experience includes a visiting lectureship at University of Chester, a research fellowship and tutorship at St Augustine’s College of Theology and an associate lectureship at the University of Durham. At St Augustine’s, where she remains a Research Fellow, she was part of a team that obtained a grant from ECLAS (Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science). Buki, as Project Manager, oversaw the College’s curriculum-wide delivery of their science-engaged theology programme.
She despises, speaks out against, and tries to mitigate societal injustices particularly in relation to minoritised groups. She was co-President of Wolfson College Feminist Society at Oxford. As a representative on the Faculty’s Equality and Diversity committee, Buki helped organise University of Oxford’s inaugural Women in Theology colloquium, celebrating the invaluable and continued contributions of women to the study of theology and religion.
Buki is an ordained priest in the Church of England, licensed in London Diocese and with a Permission to Officiate in Oxford Diocese. During her ordination training, she was Assistant Chaplain at Magdalen College Oxford. In her spare time, she enjoys cardio, yoga, music, sewing, and is passionate about art (especially abstract).