Members

Leicester De Montfort Law School

Dr Simisola Akintoye

Simi is a Senior Lecturer in Law and the Data Protection Officer for the European Union Human Brain Project. Her work involves continuous and up to date research in legal and ethical compliance with privacy and data protection laws. She is interested in law and emerging technologies, privacy, ethics and responsibility.

Project Manager

Dr Nitika Bhalla

Dr Nitika Bhalla is a Project Manager at De Montfort University, working specifically in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility. She is working on managing EU funded proposals and projects with various European stakeholders.

Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility

Professor Laurence Brooks

He is Co-Investigator of the SHERPA project, local co-ordinator for the Horizon CDT (joint with the University of Nottingham), and is local PI for the forthcoming TechEthos project.

Managing Director of ORBIT

Mr Martin de Heaver

Martin is Director of ORBIT, with a background in systems engineering (air traffic control, railway systems, congestion charging/low emissions zones, airport systems, parking), and the commercialization of ICT research (computer vision, IOT, predictive analytics). Formerly a member of the Parliamentary IT committee (PITCOM), and a long-standing member of the Pilgrims Society.

Training and Marketing Manager

Ms. Serena Dolby

Serena is a specialist in learning and development with over 10 years of experience of the whole training cycle within various roles in companies such as British Standards Institute, Volkswagen, Opus Energy and more. She is TAP and CIPD qualified.

Research Fellow

Dr Damian Okaibedi Eke

He is responsible for Data Governance on the EU Human Brain Project and his research activities include work on Data Governance in Africa, Data Ethics, Ethics of Emerging technologies including AI and ICT4D.

Senior Research Fellow

Prof. Malcolm Fisk

Malcolm carries an international reputation in the area of digital health and older age. With a background that includes community activism, local government, the electronics industry and private sector research; he champions technological innovation in a way that endeavours to empower consumers and service users.

Reader in Computing and Social Responsibility

Dr Catherine Flick

Dr Flick is a technology ethicist with specific interests in emerging technologies and video games. She is an expert in the ethics of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, informed consent in technology, ethics in and of video games, and responsible research and innovation.

Project Officer

Yaseen Jakhura

To lead and organise the aspects of ethics management of the Human Brain Project (HBP) by supporting the Principal Investigator and implement administrative support and professional services.

PhD Student

Eirini Kalaitzopoulou

Eirini is currently responsible for administrative support of the following projects: LIV:IN, PREFET and RRING

Online Coordinator

Mr Paul Keene

Paul has more than 18 years of experience in graphic and web design in e-commerce and institutional contexts. He has created online work for clients such as EMI Music and Universal Studios as well as websites for groups such as the Big Innovation Centre and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence.

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

Dr Caroline Khene

Dr Caroline Khene’s research interests are in ICT4D, digital citizen engagement, open data governance, and process mining in the public sector. She is currently Director and Principal Investigator of the MobiSAM and MobiSAfAIDS projects on digital citizen engagement in basic service delivery and sexual reproductive health services in developing countries.

Research Fellow for the Human Brain Project

Dr Willam Knight

Research Assistant

Ms. Tonii Leach

Tonii’s work in the Human Brain Project focuses on societal and ethical issues around Artificial Intelligence, governance of AI, technology transfer, and Responsible Research and Innovation. She also has research interests in AI narratives and imaginaries.

Reader in IT Management

Dr Neil McBride

Neil is a system thinker and ethicist. His work has covered systems theory, qualitative research in information systems, posthumanism and IT service management. His ethical interests include robotics, driverless cars, big data, smart cities and facial recognition.

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

Dr Funmi Obembe

Dr Obembe’s research interests are in technology enhanced learning, open data, data analytics, data science, knowledge management and machine learning/deep learning algorithms for knowledge representations.

Research Fellow

Dr George Ogoh

His research interests cover a wide range of topics in emerging technology ethics including responsible innovation, data governance and data protection.

Senior lecturer in Information Systems and Researcher

Dr Adebowale Owoseni

Adebowale’s research interest considers the socio-economic implications of digital technology uptake, covering themes such as digital innovation, culture and transformation.

Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI

Professor Kathleen Richardson

Kathleen is director of WERAID (Women, Ethics, Robots, AI & Data) and founder of the ethical feminist Campaign Against Sex Robots. She is also co-PI on (forthcoming) Ethnos.

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Achim Rosemann

Achim is the co-leader and coordinator of the social science programme of the Human Brain Project’s work package on bio-based AI and neurorobotics applications. He is also the initiator of the AI Global Governance Group.

Director, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility

Professor Bernd Stahl

He serves as Ethics Director and local PI of the Human Brain Project, coordinator of SHERPA and Co-Principal Investigator of the ORBIT project.

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Inga Ulnicane

Governance of science, technology & innovation; Grand societal challenges; Artificial Intelligence; dual use; European Research Area. PhD students welcome!

Associate Professor Research & Teaching in Information Systems

Dr Kutoma Wakunuma

Dr Wakunuma’s research interests are in Information Communication Technologies for Development, Responsible Innovation, Gender, Computing Ethics, Emerging Technologies and the UN’s SDGs. She is DMU PI on the RRING (Responsible Research and Innovation Networked Globally) project and is Co-PI on the Digital Innovations for Transitioning to a Circular plastic Economy (DITCh Plastic) project. Dr Wakunuma is also Deputy Subject Group Leader IS Group and Programme Leader for MSc Computing.

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Dr Sara Wilford

Dr Wilford’s research interests include Computer and technology ethics, privacy and data protection, surveillance and society, and public policy. She is also an ethics advisor for the European Commission.

Oluyinka Oyeniji

I have a background in Law having practised for almost two decades in Nigeria. I have also been admitted as a Barrister in the United Kingdom. My interest in Technology Law expanded into the Governance of Emerging Technologies. The geometric expansion of the possibilities associated with the deployment of Artificial Intelligence in pursuit of the Fourth Industrial revolution (especially for Developing Countries and the global south) spurred me to studying Science Technology Policy at the Science and Policy Research Unit of the University of Sussex Business School. It is an interesting challenge and rare privilege to research into Ethics of Neuroscience in the Human Brain Project of DMU to critically ascertain challenges of reproducibility for Africa. As much as we will love for innovations to develop and expand for technology, building national innovation systems is a necessary place to start while framing an inclusive, expansive, immersive ethical framework with considerations for cultural background will ensure enforceable standards.

Vincent Bryce

Mature PhD student at the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training in the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham and DMU and senior HR project manager at the University of Nottingham. My research interests are RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) and HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems). I am also an experienced Equality and Diversity practitioner. I am currently developing mixed methods research into the business case for Responsible Research and Innovation using meta-review of published RRI case studies and case studies of HR/HRIS aspects of RRI.

Paschal Ochang

Paschal is a PhD student and the Postgraduate Representative of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility. He is also a member of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) Policy Development Working Group and the Internet Society. His research interests include network privacy and security, multimedia network protocols and architectures, information system ethics and data governance. His current research focuses on brain data governance with a particular focal lens on how cultural, legal and ethical principles influence brain data governance.

LECTURER IN INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Dr. Mahmoud Elbasir

Dr, Mahmoud Elbasir has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, seven of them in Information System Management and Computer Science, at De Montfort University, UK. Among his research interest includes E-service (e.g. E-payment system, e-learning), Mobile learning, Qualitative methodology, and Grounded theory, with main goal of research is to improve the service, effectiveness, efficiency, and teaching style. Dr. Elbasir is currently teaching different modules, and he is the Module Leader for Systems Building: Methods (CTEC3303) and Systems Building Management IMAT3424 .