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Membership

Information on the members of the Science and Technology Ethics Advisory Committee.

Membership

There are currently 15 members of the Science and Technology Ethics Advisory Committee (STEAC) and a chair.

Members are agreed as public appointments (usually for a term of 3 years), in accordance with guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Chair

  • Professor Richard Guest – Professor of Biometric Technologies, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton

Current members

  • Professor Anne-Maree Farrell – Chair of Medical Jurisprudence, Edinburgh Law School
  • Giles Herdale – Director, Herdale Digital Consulting Ltd
  • Matt James – Associate Professor Bioethics and Medical Law
  • David Lewis - Former Deputy Chief Constable of Dorset and Devon and Cornwall Police, and previous National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for ethics and national lead for forensics performance and standards. Now undertaking a portfolio of roles in governance, regulation, ethics and leadership development.
  • Professor Penney Lewis – Criminal Law Commissioner
  • Elisabeth Mackay – Digital Trust and Cybersecurity Consultant
  • Professor Sarah Morris – Deputy Head of ECS (Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise), University of Southampton
  • Dr Nora Ni Loideain - Associate Professor in Law (Reader) and Director, Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
  • Professor Niamh Nic Daeid – Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee
  • Professor Marion Oswald - Professor in Law, Northumbria University and Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Emerging Technology and Security at the Alan Turing Institute
  • Professor Emeritus Charles Raab - Professor Emeritus, Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor Tom Sorell – Professor of Politics and Philosophy at University of Warwick
  • Professor Denise Syndercombe Court – Professor of Forensic Genetics, Kings College London
  • Dr Peter Waggett – Director of Research IBM UK Ltd, Director LBM Ltd

Full biographies

°Õ³ó±ðÌýregister of interests for members of the STEAC lists their occupations, the organisations they work for and the nature of any interests they might have.

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