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Luciano Floridi
Professor of Philosophy & UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, University of Hertfordshire/
Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford University
FLORIDI, Luciano
Professor of Philosophy & UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, University of Hertfordshire
Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford University
Luciano Floridi (MA Laurea Rome "La Sapienza," MPhil, PhD Warw, MA Oxon, Dr. h. c. Suceava) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, where he holds the Research Chair in Philosophy of Information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford, where he directs the philosophy of information research group, IEG. In 2009, he was elected Gauss Professor by the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, awarded the Barwise Prize by the American Philosophical Association (APA), and elected Fellow of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). In 2010, he was elected Fellow of the Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and appointed Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy & Technology (Springer). In 2011, he received a laurea honoris causa from the University of Suceava. He is also a member of the Ethics Strategic Panel of the British Computer Society.
He was the principal investigator of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project “The Construction of Personal Identities Online” and scientist in charge of the Marie Curie project “The Ethics of Information Warfare: Risks, Rights and Responsibilities.” He is the principal investigator of the AHRC project “Understanding Information Quality Standards and their Challenges,” in collaboration with Google, UK.
His most recent books are The Philosophy of Information (Oxford University Press, 2011), Information: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010), and The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2010). His forthcoming books are: Information Ethics and The Fourth Revolution—The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Our Lives (both for Oxford University Press).
Professor of Philosophy & UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, University of Hertfordshire
Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford University
Luciano Floridi (MA Laurea Rome "La Sapienza," MPhil, PhD Warw, MA Oxon, Dr. h. c. Suceava) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, where he holds the Research Chair in Philosophy of Information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford, where he directs the philosophy of information research group, IEG. In 2009, he was elected Gauss Professor by the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, awarded the Barwise Prize by the American Philosophical Association (APA), and elected Fellow of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). In 2010, he was elected Fellow of the Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and appointed Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy & Technology (Springer). In 2011, he received a laurea honoris causa from the University of Suceava. He is also a member of the Ethics Strategic Panel of the British Computer Society.
He was the principal investigator of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project “The Construction of Personal Identities Online” and scientist in charge of the Marie Curie project “The Ethics of Information Warfare: Risks, Rights and Responsibilities.” He is the principal investigator of the AHRC project “Understanding Information Quality Standards and their Challenges,” in collaboration with Google, UK.
His most recent books are The Philosophy of Information (Oxford University Press, 2011), Information: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010), and The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2010). His forthcoming books are: Information Ethics and The Fourth Revolution—The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Our Lives (both for Oxford University Press).
