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Matthew J. Dennis is an Assistant Professor in Ethics of Technology in the Philosophy & Ethics Group. He specialises in the ethics of artificial intelligence, algorithmic fairness, and the future of work. His recent publications focus on how we can live well with emerging technologies. He was previously a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at TU Delft (2019–21) and an Early Career Innovation Fellow at University of Warwick (2019). He received his Joint Monash-Warwick PhD in 2019.
Dr. M. J. Dennis is also a Senior Researcher in Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT), coordinating the STEM line (interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary philosophy) with Prof. Wijnand IJsselsteijn. He has held visiting positions at the University of Oxford's Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (2023), Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (2023), University of Amsterdam's Institute for Advanced Studies (2022), and University of Cambridge's Centre for the Future of Intelligence (2020).
He has published articles in Journal of Value Inquiry, Philosophy & Technology, Inquiry: Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Ethics & Information Technology, Science & Engineering Ethics, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Digital Society, Journal of Moral Education, Journal of Social Epistemology, Journal of Mind & Society, and book chapters by Bloomsbury, Routledge, and Springer. His monograph, Cultivating Our Passionate Attachments, was published by Routledge (2020) and he is the editor of Values for a Post-Pandemic Future (2023).
Dr. M. J. Dennis has collaborated with many non-academic partners, including Royal Bank of Scotland & Natwest Group on fairness in algorithmic credit-scoring, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions on autonomous vehicles, and EIT Digital on gender stereotypes in self-care apps.
Twitter: @mtwjmsdns
Personal website: www.matthewjamesdennis.com
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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ESDiT: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT)
Müller, V. C., Löhr, G., van der Puil, R., Sullivan, E., Spahn, A., Frank, L. E., Bombaerts, G., Nickel, P. J., O'Neill, E., Royakkers, L. M. M., IJsselsteijn, W. A., Hummel, P., Dennis, M. J. & IJsselsteijn, W. A.
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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Towards a Theory of Digital Well-Being: Reimagining Online Life After Lockdown
Dennis, M., 19 May 2021, In: Science and Engineering Ethics. 27, 3, 19 p., 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Attention as Practice: Buddhist Ethics Responses to Persuasive Technologies
Bombaerts, G., Anderson, J., Dennis, M., Gerola, A., Frank, L., Hannes, T., Hopster, J., Marin, L. & Spahn, A., Apr 2023, In: Global Philosophy. 33, 2, 16 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Living Well Together Online: Digital Wellbeing from a Confucian Perspective
Dennis, M. J. & Ziliotti, E., 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Applied Philosophy. 40, 2, p. 263-279 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Emotions and Digital Well-Being: on Social Media’s Emotional Affordances
Steinert, S. & Dennis, M. J., Jun 2022, In: Philosophy and Technology. 35, 2, 21 p., 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Social Robots and Digital Well-Being: How to Design Future Artificial Agents
Dennis, M., Jun 2022, In: Mind & Society. 21, 1, p. 37-50 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Eindhoven University of Technology Postdoctoral Article Award
Dennis, Matthew J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
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Reimagining Persuasive Technologies for Digital Well-Being
Matthew J. Dennis (Speaker)
15 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Attention as practice. Virtue ethical and Buddhist responses to attention controlling technologies
Gunter Bombaerts (Speaker), Joel Anderson (Speaker), Matthew J. Dennis (Speaker), Lily E. Frank (Speaker), Alessio Gerola (Speaker), Tom Hannes (Speaker), J.K.G. (Jeroen) Hopster (Speaker), Lavinia Marin (Speaker) & Andreas Spahn (Speaker)
6 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Intercultural ethics and the design of the attention economy
Gunter Bombaerts (Speaker), Joel Anderson (Speaker), Matthew J. Dennis (Speaker), Lily E. Frank (Speaker), J.K.G. (Jeroen) Hopster (Speaker), Tom Hannes (Speaker) & Andreas Spahn (Speaker)
27 Jan 2022 → 28 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Incremental Solutions to Ecological Challenges: Repurposing Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability
Matthew Dennis (Speaker) & Lily E. Frank (Speaker)
15 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific