The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology
Edited by Shannon Vallor
Author Information
Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also appointed in Philosophy. Professor Vallor's research explores how new technologies, especially AI, robotics, and data science, reshape human moral character, habits, and practices. She regularly advises policymakers and industry on the ethical design and use of AI. In addition to her many articles on the ethics of new technologies, she is the author of Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting (Oxford University Press, 2016). In 2015 she received the World Technology Award in Ethics from the World Technology Network.
Contributors:
Keith Abney is Senior Research Fellow of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and senior lecturer in the Philosophy Department.
Alison Adam is Professor Emerita of Science, Technology and Society at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Ciano Aydin is Professor of Philosophy of Technology, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS) at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Philip Brey is Professor of philosophy and ethics of technology at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Adam Briggle is Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas.
Sage Cammers-Goodwin is a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands.
Mark Coeckelbergh is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education at the University of Vienna.
John Danaher is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, NUI Galway, Ireland.
Massimo Durante is Professor in Philosophy of Law and Legal Informatics at the Department of Law, University of Turin.
Charles Ess is Professor Emeritus, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway.
Maarten Franssen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Delft University of Technology.
Barbro Fröding is Docent and Senior Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden.
Julia D. Gibson is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the APPLE (Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics) consortium at Queen's University.
Anna Gotlib is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College CUNY, specializing in feminist bioethics/medical ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of law.
A.S. Aurora Hoel is Professor of Media Studies and Visual Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Anna Lauren Hoffmann is Assistant Professor at The Information School of the University of Washington, an affiliate faculty member with the UW DataLab, and a senior fellow with the Center for Applied Transgender Studies.
Wybo Houkes is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Don Howard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, past director of Notre Dame's Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, and an affiliate of the new Notre Dame Center for Technology Ethics.
Deborah G. Johnson is the Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, Emeritus at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Sanna Lehtinen (PhD 2015, Univ. of Helsinki) is a Research Fellow in the Transdisciplinary Arts Studies unit (TAS) at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Anthonie Meijers is emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Carl Mitcham is International Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China and Emeritus Professor of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines.
Samantha Noll is Assistant Professor in The School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (PPPA) at Washington State University.
Beth Preston is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia (US).
Robert Rosenberger is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Public Policy.
Ashley Shew is an Associate Professor in Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech where she works in philosophy of technology at the intersection of disability studies, biotech ethics, animal studies, and emerging technologies.
Grant Tavinor is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lincoln University in New Zealand.
Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also appointed as Professor in the Department of Philosophy.
Peter-Paul Verbeek is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, where is also co-director of the DesignLab.
Pieter E. Vermaas is a Professor of Philosopher of Technology at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Aimee van Wynsberghe is Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Applied Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bonn in Germany.
Kyle Whyte is George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.
D.E. Wittkower is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University, where he teaches on philosophy of technology, information ethics, and cybersecurity.
Pak-Hang Wong is formerly a Research Associate at the Research Group for Ethics in IT in the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, Germany.