Prof. Dr. Matthew Sample
30159 Hannover
Main Focus
- Philosophy of biology
- General philosophy of science (epistemology & metaphysics)
- Bioethics
- Ethics in science
Matthew Sample (CV) is Professor for Responsible Research and Innovation at Leibniz University Hannover. A philosopher of science and technology, he studies the interactions between ethical and epistemic ideals, emerging technologies, and democratic governance.
Matthew received his PhD (2016) in Philosophy from the University of Washington. Before joining the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Science, Matthew was also a postdoctoral researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute/McGill University (2016-2020) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Science, Technology and Society in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2020-2021).
Matthew’s previous and ongoing research has included projects on the ethics and politics of neural technology, the role of academic neuroethics in society, value-sensitive epistemologies of science, and most recently responsible innovation in bioengineering practice.
For archived research preprints, visit his personal site: http://why.technology/why.technology
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Scientific education
- 2016
PhD in Philosophy, University of Washington | Dissertation: “Evaluating Neural Futures:
Good Technoscience and the Challenge of Co-Production” - Supervisor: Dr. Alison Wylie- 2013
MA in Philosophy, University of Washington
- 2011
MPhil in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science and Technology, University of
Cambridge - Supervisor: Dr. Hasok Chang- 2010
BA, BS in Philosophy and Biology, University of Arkansas
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Scientific Positions
- 2021 - today
Professor: Responsible Research and Innovation, Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover
- 2020 - 2021
Senior Research Fellow: Program on Science, Technology, and Society, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- 2016 - 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher: Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit,Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Brain-Computer Interfaces, McGill University and Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
- 2014 - 2016
Predoctoral Fellow: Program on Science, Technology, and Society, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Memberships
- Committee
International Organizing Committee - 2nd and 3rd Annual Workshops on Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems
Special Advisor - iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition)
- Journal Referee
Philosophy of Science, BioSocieties, Neuron, Neuroethics, Social Epistemology, Social Science & Medicine, Disability and Rehabilitation, Bioethica Forum, AJOB Neuroscience
- Grant Review
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Science Foundation
- Societies
Science and Democracy Network, Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice
- Editorial
Managing Editor: STS&Crisis, issue 1: Pandemic - An Online Media Project Hosted by the Harvard Program on Science, Technology, and Society
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Awards
- 2023-2025
Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur - Cosmopolitanism in a Techno-scientific World: Evaluating New Imaginaries of Science Governance | project budget -314.000 EUR
- 2022-2026
EU HORIZON - PREFERABLE-II Work Package: Ethics of Telehealth Rehabiliation for Cancer Survivors. Work Package Co-lead: Prof. Dr. Nils Hoppe | project budget (shared consortium total) - 6.318.441 EUR
- 2020-2021
SSHRC Connection Grant - Bridging Science, Health, and Society: Problems of Knowledge or Politics? Co-applicants: Kelly Bronson and Eric Racine | project budget - 17.000 CAD
- 2019-2020
(collaborator) Healthy Brains, Health Lives Knowledge Mobilization Grant - Psychiatric Illness in Canadian Youth: Mobilizing Measurement to Improve Clinical Care. Primary Investigators: Eran Tal and Skye Barbic.
- 2019
(co-applicant) with Kelly Bronson. University of Ottawa Campus Conference Grant - Working with Co-Production: STS Methods Workshop.
- 2017-2018
IRCM Foundation Angelo-Pizzagalli Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2016
Postdoctoral Mobility Travel Grant, Technical University of Munich
- 2016
University of Washington Presidential Graduate Fellowship
