Data and Computational Ethics Research Group

Data and Computational Ethics Research Group

About

The Data and Computational Ethics Research Group consists of staff and postgraduate students in the Stellenbosch University Philosophy Department, as well as various research affiliates from around the University and beyond. The aim of the group is to connect researchers specialising in Data and Computational Ethics and closely related subjects, such as the metaphysics and epistemology of data and computational technologies.

Meet the Team

Academic staff

Dr Tanya de Villiers-Botha

Group Coordinator; Data Ethics; Ethics of AI; Machine Ethics; Robot Ethics

Dr Susan Hall

Data in Bioethics

Prof. Johan Hattingh

Big Data Analytics and Governance

Mr Phila Msimang

Data Ethics, Ethics of AI, Machine Ethics, Metaphysics of Data and Computational Processes

Dr Andrea Palk

Data and Biomedical Research Ethics

Prof. Vasti Roodt

Trust and Big Data

Prof. JP Smit

Privacy and Big Data

Prof. Anton van Niekerk

Ethics and AI

Prof. Minka Woermann

Business and Big Data: Obligations, Rights and Responsibilities

External Collaborators

Fabio Tollon

Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy at Bielefeld University

Ethics of AI, Machine Ethics

Dr Niël Conradie

Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ethics, RWTH Aachen University

Responsibility, Ethics of Technology, AI Ethics

Dr Filippos Stamatiou

Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, Stellenbosch University

 

Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, and Cognitive Science

 

Lize Alberts

Doctoral candidate in Computer Science, University of Oxford

Human Centred Computing