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"Ethical, mindful and responsible researchers need to give careful consideration to the timing and the manner by which research is conducted"

What are the ethics around research during a global pandemic?

Research / 12 May

"The lives of those living today and those living 50 or even 500 years ago share the same struggles, dilemmas and anthropological unique inner structure"

What are Industry 4.0's ethical challenges?

Ethics / 09 Dec 19

"Ethical concerns are essential for designing a bridge that will not collapse"

The ethics of engineering

Engineering / 02 Dec 19

"Boris Johnson is primarily motivated by his own narcissistic desire for power, success, and historical legacy, at whatever cost to anyone else"

The moral case against a no-deal Brexit

Brexit / 02 Sep 19

The surveillance apparatus described in movies like Minority Report is not dissimilar to the surveillance apparatus that controls our very own cities.

How to ensure robots behave nicely in the city

Robots / 28 Jul 19

The ethics of smart cities

technology / 27 Apr 19

"If the use of genetic enhancement becomes widespread, those without will be relatively impoverished"

The risks and rewards of altering human genes

Genetics / 02 Aug 18

What happens in the air doesn't always stay in the air

#PlaneBae: a cautionary tale about privacy, ethics and consent

Social Media / 16 Jul 18

"What is the university's role in ensuring research carried out in its name does not pose a privacy risk to individuals?"

An Irish Cambridge Analytica? Not if we get our ethics in order

Cambridge Analytica / 04 Apr 18

"Bono has wrapped himself for years in the Irish flag, literally and metaphorically"

The trouble with Bono

Tax Avoidance / 21 Mar 18

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