The expertise of the Philosophy of Health and Technology Group spans philosophical disciplines, including philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of minds and brains, and ethics / ethics by design. Researchers in this group work on the following areas and topics:
Philosophy of health and medicine
e.g. evidence-based practice, decision-making (political, medical), gender/women’s health, artificial womb technology, alcohol and nutrition policy advice, institutional responsibilities, drug production and pharmaceutical procedures, preventive medicine, medicalisation, epistemology of medicine
Philosophy of psychology and psychiatry
e.g. psychological impacts of technology, mental health and brain disorders, psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy
Phenomenology of health and objectivication
e.g. pain, well-being, social identities, ability and disabilities, tech affordances, abilities, and capacities, disruptions to care practices, personal information technologies, privacy, health surveillance, and trust
Philosophy of AI in healthcare
e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI models and deep learning models in healthcare, care robots, the internet of things, biomedical technology, femtech, technological diagnostics and detection, legal impacts, converging health technologies, neurotechnology
Ethics and responsible research and innovation
e.g. bias in AI, informed consent, fairness and distribution of benefits and risks, surveillance and privacy, evolution of clinical bioethics, responsibility of designers, institutional responsibility, care and medical relationships, research ethics, neuroethics, trust, patient autonomy, human rights
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