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Research interests
I have broad interests in the nexus between science, risk and governance. My work focuses on issues relating to the nature of expert authority, and the role of experts in debates about environmental and technological risk. I work closely with the Science and Technology Studies (STS), and the Sociology of Knowledge literatures in this regard.
In previous work I have looked at engineering debates about testing, safety and regulation in the civil aviation and nuclear spheres. My current research focuses on the risks of complex technological infrastructures (particularly nuclear power), and on the technopolitics of environmental debates (particularly radiological pollution).
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- Health and Wellbeing
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Projects
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Regulatory requirements for evolving functionality in autonomous systems
1/04/21 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node In Functionality
Windsor, S. P., Ives, J. C. S., Downer, J. R., Rossiter, J. M., Eder, K. I. & Hauert, S.
1/11/20 → 30/04/24
Project: Research, Parent
Research output
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Clinicians and AI use: Where is the professional guidance?
Smith, H., Downer, J. R. & Ives, J. C. S., 22 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Medical Ethics. jme-2022-108831.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Soft Gripping: Specifying for Trustworthiness
Abeywickrama, D. B., Le, N. H., Chance, G., Winter, P., Manzini, A., Partridge, A. J., Ives, J. C. S., Downer, J. R., Deacon, G., Rossiter, J. M., Eder, K. I. & Windsor, S. P., 3 Jul 2023, arXiv.org, 9 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Trustworthy Swarms
Wilson, J. S., Chance, G., Winter, P., Lee, S., Milner, E., Abeywickrama, D. B., Windsor, S. P., Downer, J. R., Eder, K. I., Ives, J. C. S. & Hauert, S., 11 Jul 2023, First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS ’23). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
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