Ravelijn

prof.dr. P.A.E. Brey (Philip)

Full Professor
BMS-TPS-PHIL
Ravelijn 4202
p.a.e.brey@utwente.nl
+31534894426
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Philip Brey (PhD: University of California, San Diego) is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, the Netherlands. He is programme leader of ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, www.esdit.nl), a ten-year interdisciplinary research programme (2020ā€“2029, ā‚¬27 million) involving seven universities and over sixty researchers. He is a former president of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology and the Society for Philosophy and Technology, and former scientific director of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology.

His research focuses on the ethics of emerging and digital technologies, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, computational systems, and technology design. He has developed influential frameworks including anticipatory technology ethics, ethical impact assessment, disclosive computer ethics, and Ethics by Design for AI, the latter of which is used in the EU Horizon Europe ethics review procedure. He has led major national and European research projects, including the NWO Vici project on new media and quality of life, and the EU projects SATORI and SIENNA. He is the recipient of the 2022 INSEIT Weizenbaum Award for excellence in digital ethics.

Expertise

  • Arts and Humanities

    • Philosophy
    • Philosophy of Technology

  • Computer Science

    • Information Technology
    • Design
    • Artifacts
    • Roles

  • Social Sciences

    • Research
    • Analysis

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Ancillary activities

  • UWVVoorzitterschap Commissie Data Ethiek UWV

In his research, Philip Brey investigates ethical aspects of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on information technology, robotics, biomedical technology and environmental technologies. He has developed major new approaches in ethics of information technology, including the anticipatory technology ethics (ATE) approach for assessing ethical implications of new and emerging technologies, the disclosive computer ethics approach for studying values in design, and new approaches for studying the implications of technology for well-being. He has been the first, or amongst the first, to do thorough academic studies of the ethical implications of emerging technologies like the World Wide Web, virtual reality technology, ambient intelligence, facial recognition systems, and 3D printing. Particular research interests of his include the ethical assessment of emerging technology, ethical aspects of design, innovative approaches to research ethics, the relation between technology, culture and globalization, and the relation between technology and well-being, especially in relation to digital technologies.

All publications, incl. downloadable preprints, can be found on Prof. Brey's 4TU.Ethics website:Ā  https://www.4tu.nl/ethics/members/philip-brey/Ā 

Publications

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2026

Ethical Impact Assessment: Theoretical Foundations, Methodology, and Applications (2026)Science and engineering ethics, 32(1). Article 6. Brey, P. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00574-9

2025

A societal readiness tool for responsible product innovation (2025)Technology in society, 85. Article 103183 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Francis, B., Schepers, T., Porcari, A. & Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103183Rethinking Platform Technologies: Moral Values, Politics, and Radical Technologies (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology. Spier, S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036569262Augmented reality and ethics: key issues (2025)Virtual reality, 29(3). Article 122. Werner, L., Brey, P. & Henschke, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-025-01172-7The Historical Development of Ethics of Emerging Technologies (2025)Minds and machines, 35(2). Article 21. Brey, P. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-025-09720-5The Metaverse: A Critical Assessment (2025)[Book/Report › Book]. Springer. Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93471-1

2024

Response to letter ā€œEthical considerations of cognitive enhancement technologies: Expanding the discussion on hippocampal cognitive prosthesesā€ (2024)Artificial organs, 48(12), 1554-1555. Erden, Y. J. & Brey, P. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14881Ethics by design for artificial intelligence (2024)AI and Ethics, 4(4). Brey, P. & Dainow, B.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-023-00330-4Privacy and machine learning-based artificial intelligence: Philosophical, legal, and technical investigations (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Asgarinia, H.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560122mHealth Apps and Structural Injustice (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Rossmaier, L. W. S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558990

2023

Commercial mHealth Apps and the Providersā€™ Responsibility for Hope (2023)Digital Society, 2. Article 39. Rossmaier, L., Saghai, Y. & Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44206-023-00071-11: Introduction (2023)In Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies: An Introduction. Poel, I. v. d., Hopster, J., Löhr, G., Ziliotti, E., Buijsman, S. & Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0366.016. Conceptual Disruption and the Ethics of Technology (2023)In Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies: An Introduction (pp. 141-162). Hopster, J., Brey, P., Klenk, M., Löhr, G., Marchiori, S., Lundgren, B. & Scharp, K.https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0366.06Neurotechnology and ethics guidelines for human enhancement: The case of the hippocampal cognitive prosthesis (2023)Artificial organs, 47(8), 1235-1241. Erden, Y. J. & Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14615Responsible Innovation in Business: A Framework and Strategic Proposal (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Gurzawska, A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556415The power of computer vision: A critical analysis (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Waelen, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557948

2022

Ethics guidelines for human enhancement R&D: Technologies to improve human performance raise ethical concerns (2022)Science, 378(6622), 835-838. Erden, Y. J. & Brey, P. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add9079SIENNA D6.1: Generalised methodology for ethical assessment of emerging technologies (2022)[Book/Report › Report]. Zenodo. Brey, P., King, O., Jansen, P., Dainow, B., Erden, Y. J., Rodrigues, R., Resseguier, A., Rituerto, M. D., Hatzakis, T. & Matar, A.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7266895Ethical Dimensions of Facial Recognition and Video Analytics in Surveillance (2022)In Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age (pp. 217-231). Rowman & Littlefield. Waelen, R. & Brey, P. A. E.Research Ethics Guidelines for the Engineering Sciences and Computer and Information Sciences (2022)In Codes of Ethics and Ethical Guidelines: Emerging Technologies, Changing Fields (pp. 15-34) (International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology; Vol. 23). Springer. Brey, P.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86201-5_2

Research profiles

ESDiTLĀ  http://www.esdit.nl

PROTECT (Marie Curie Innovative Training Network).Ā  No website.

SIENNA:Ā  http://www.sienna-project.eu/

NEWEL:Ā  https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/onderzoeksprojecten/i/29/26829.html

SATORI:Ā  http://satoriproject.eu/Ā 

Responsible Industry:Ā  http://www.responsible-industry.eu/

Vici project: New Media and the Quality of Life

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