Engineering Ethics biographies

Dr Kevin Macnish, Assistant Professor, University of Twente, Netherlands

Kevin Macnish is Assistant Professor in Ethics and Tehnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Previously, Kevin was Teaching Fellow and Consultant in Applied Ethics at the IDEA Centre. His research is in the ethics of surveillance, security and automation, and he has published a book and several articles on surveillance ethics. Kevin has been interviewed by BBC national television and radio and has spoken at both the House of Commons and the House of Lords in relation to his research.

A witness to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, he was quoted several times in the committee’s final report on social media and data analysis. Kevin also conducts ethical analysis for security and ICT projects. He has been involved with several European Union FP7 and Horizon2020 projects and is an independent Ethics Expert with the European Commission.

Full biography: https://people.utwente.nl/k.macnish