SSH and ethics expertise - ethics, data compliance, citizen and stakeholder engagement, social perception

Keith Hyams is Professor of Ethics and Political Theory at the University of Warwick, where he works on digital ethics and other topics in applied ethics. He leads projects within the Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group, including on ethics of artificial intelligence, digital ethics, security ethics, emerging technology, climate ethics, green transitions, digital democracy, research ethics and health ethics . He has published many peer reviewed articles and has held over 30 grants as PI or Co-I, including many Horizon Europe grants. In 2015 he was awarded the Inaugural Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy, one of the most prestigious awards in his field. He has held visiting positions at the University of Toronto, the University of Louvain, and the University of Oxford. His policy work includes advising a broad range of NGOs, businesses, and government bodies, including advising the UK Cabinet Office and the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport on the set up of the UK Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.

The University of Warwick is one of the UK’s leading universities with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching, for innovation, and for links with business and industry. It was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education. Warwick has around 22,700 students and 2,300 academic staff. Warwick regularly ranks in the top 10 in all major rankings of British universities, and is in the top 80 worldwide. In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, Warwick was ranked seventh overall in the UK, with 87% of the University’s research rated as 3 (internationally excellent) or 4 (world leading). Warwick is committed to delivering world-class Research Excellence in all disciplines and to be a leader in interdisciplinary research.

Contact: k.d.hyams@warwick.ac.uk