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Prof. Dr. Matthew Sample

Prof. Dr. Matthew Sample

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Prof. Dr. Matthew Sample
Address
Otto-Brenner-Str. 1-3
30159 Hannover
Building
Room
802
Matthew_Sample_Bild Matthew_Sample_Bild
Prof. Dr. Matthew Sample
Address
Otto-Brenner-Str. 1-3
30159 Hannover
Building
Room
802

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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