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“My research focuses on trust, agency, and human reliance, particularly in the context of technology. We rely on and through technology in most of our pursuits — but when do we have reason to trust it?”
Research profile
Philip Nickel specializes on philosophical aspects of our reliance on others, including trust, consent, and testimonial belief. Much of his research is in the domain of biomedical ethics, focusing on issues of consent and the mediation of care through technology and data.
Data collection and analysis promises to transform the practice of medicine and improve health. How can we introduce this transformation in a way that also promotes other values besides health, such as fairness, and the human need for knowledge and understanding? How do we have to re-think traditional values in biomedical ethics such as trust and consent, in view of these changes? Current teaching topics related to this research program include risk and safety, as well as the ethics of technology.
Academic background
Nickel received his doctorate in 2002 from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2008 he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many articles on trust, epistemic agency, and the ethics of biomedical research and a regular guest speaker. Philip has spoken on invitation of University of Oxford, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport, the Oxford Internet Institute, VU Amsterdam and elsewhere.
In 2017, he began a multi-year interdisciplinary project in which the values of trust and consent are reconsidered in the context of mobile health care. This project, entitled ‘Mobile Support Systems for Behavior Change’, examines network-based telecare systems (technologies and services that deliver health care to patients via software in the form of knowledge, coaching, persuasion, and self-monitoring). This was preceded by a project on trust in web-based telecare systems which ran in 2013-2014.
Affiliated with
- Data Science Center Eindhoven 4TU Centre for Ethics and Technology Society for Philosophy and Technology American Philosophical Association
Partners in (semi-)industry
- Philips
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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NAP4DIVE: Non-Animal Platform for Nanoparticle-Based Delivery across the blood-brain barrier Interface with Vehicle Evolution
Nickel, P. J. (Project Manager) & Hummel, P. (Project member)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Third tier
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ESDiT: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT)
Müller, V. C. (Project Manager), Spahn, A. (Project communication officer), van der Puil, R. (Project member), Frank, L. E. (Project communication officer), Bombaerts, G. (Project communication officer), Nickel, P. J. (Project communication officer), O'Neill, E. (Project communication officer), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project communication officer), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Hummel, P. (Project member), Dennis, M. (Project communication officer), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Sullivan, E. (Project member), Perugia, G. (Project communication officer), Matzat, U. (Project communication officer), Dennis, M. (Project member), Spahn, A. (Project Manager), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project member), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project member), Müller, V. C. (Project member), Sullivan, E. (Project member), van der Puil, R. (Project member), Dennis, M. (Project member), Hummel, P. (Project member), Perugia, G. (Project member), Bombaerts, G. (Project member), Frank, L. E. (Project member), Nickel, P. J. (Project member) & Bahçeci, B. (Project member)
1/01/19 → 31/12/28
Project: Second tier
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Mobile Support Systems for Behavior Change
Meijers, A. W. M. (Project Manager), Loosman, I. (Project member), Nickel, P. J. (Project communication officer) & Frank, L. E. (Project communication officer)
21/06/17 → 31/08/23
Project: Research direct
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Medical Trust Beyond Clinical Walls ( 313-99-012 )
Nickel, P. J. (Project Manager)
1/01/13 → 31/12/14
Project: Research direct
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Justice and empowerment through digital health: ethical challenges and opportunities
Nickel, P. J. (Corresponding author), Loosman, I., Frank, L. E. & Vinnikova, A., 10 Oct 2023, In: Digital Society. 2, 15 p., 42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Trust in medical artificial intelligence: a discretionary account
Nickel, P. J. (Corresponding author), Mar 2022, In: Ethics and Information Technology. 24, 10 p., 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Moral uncertainty in technomoral change: Bridging the Expl anatory Gap
Nickel, P. J., Kudina, O. & van de Poel, I., 2 Apr 2022, In: Perspectives on Science. 30, 2, p. 260-283 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Disruptive Innovation and Moral Uncertainty
Nickel, P. J. (Corresponding author), Dec 2020, In: NanoEthics. 14, 3, p. 259-269 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Trust in medicine
Nickel, P. J. & Frank, L. E., 12 Jun 2020, Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy. Simon, J. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 367-377 11 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Guest Lecture: The Practical Philosophy of Uncertainty, Study Program Zorg, Gezondheid, en Samenleving, University of Utrecht
Nickel, P. J. (Speaker)
22 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Invited Talk: Ethics for Digital Transformation, 4th Digital Transformation Event, TU Eindhoven
Nickel, P. J. (Speaker)
4 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Ethical Virtues for Deep Uncertainty, ESDiT-4TU.Ethics Conference, University of Twente
Nickel, P. J. (Speaker)
4 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Ethical Virtues for Deep Uncertainty; Intl Conference on Virtue Ethics & Technology
Nickel, P. J. (Speaker)
20 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Ethical Virtues for Deep Uncertainty; OZSW Conference 2024
Nickel, P. J. (Speaker)
31 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Courses
Press/Media
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How can society prepare for the moral norms of tomorrow?
11/08/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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