Outputs (60)

Embedding RRI in competitive environments: stakeholders, structures, and systemic tensions (2025)
Journal Article
Alday, E. I., Arthur, K. N. A., Blok, V., Garst, J., Owen, R., & Stahl, B. C. (2025). Embedding RRI in competitive environments: stakeholders, structures, and systemic tensions. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2025.2529047

This editorial introduces a special issue examining whether and to what extent Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles can take root within organisations operating in competitive environments. Drawing on Brecht's ‘food first and then mor... Read More about Embedding RRI in competitive environments: stakeholders, structures, and systemic tensions.

The Future of Professional Ethics in Computing (2025)
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Stahl, B. C., & Winter, S. (2025). The Future of Professional Ethics in Computing. Communications of the ACM, https://doi.org/10.1145/3722550

A commitment to the public good is at the core of all professions. This is reflected in the principles and practices of the ACM and prominently displayed in the ACM code of ethics and professional conduct. In this opinion piece, which marks the trans... Read More about The Future of Professional Ethics in Computing.

The Ethics of Data and Its Governance: A Discourse Theoretical Approach (2025)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C. (2025). The Ethics of Data and Its Governance: A Discourse Theoretical Approach. Information, 16(6), Article 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16060497

The rapidly growing amount and importance of data across all aspects of organisations and society have led to urgent calls for better, more comprehensive and applicable approaches to data governance. One key driver of this is the use of data in machi... Read More about The Ethics of Data and Its Governance: A Discourse Theoretical Approach.

Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics (2025)
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Rueda, J., Ausín, T., Coeckelbergh, M., del Valle, J. I., Lara, F., Liedo, B., Llorca Albareda, J., Mertes, H., Ranisch, R., Raposo, V. L., Stahl, B. C., Vilaça, M., & de Miguel, Í. (2025). Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics. Patterns, 6(3), Article 101207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2025.101207

The concept of dignity is proliferating in ethical, legal, and policy discussions of AI, yet dignity is an elusive concept with multiple philosophical interpretations. The authors argue that the unspecific and uncritical employment of the notion of d... Read More about Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics.

The roles of responsible innovation researchers in research projects (2025)
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Stahl, B. C., Owoseni, A., & Ten Holter, C. (2025). The roles of responsible innovation researchers in research projects. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 12(1), Article 2466897. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2025.2466897

The way in which responsible innovation (RI) is interpreted and implemented depends to a significant degree on how the researchers, scholars and practitioners who work on RI see their own work. There have been several contributions to the RI discours... Read More about The roles of responsible innovation researchers in research projects.

Knowledge needs of research ethics committees for the integration of ethics in research and technology development (2025)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C., Aucouturier, E., Lekstutiene, J., Lindemann, T., Maia, M., Marušić, A., Mijatović, A., Naserianhanzaei, E., Ogoh, G., Resseguier, A., Spyrakou, E., Stahl, B. C., Aucouturier, E., Lekstutiene, J., Lindemann, T., Maia, M., Marušić, A., Mijatović, A., Naserianhanzaei, E., Ogoh, G., & Resseguier, A. (2025). Knowledge needs of research ethics committees for the integration of ethics in research and technology development. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 12(1), Article 2466904. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2025.2466904

One well-established way of integrating ethics into the development of emerging technologies is the ethics review process which originated in biomedical research. This relies on an ex-ante review of research proposals through institutional bodies, us... Read More about Knowledge needs of research ethics committees for the integration of ethics in research and technology development.

Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa Case Study Cocreation Workshop Report (2025)
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Ochang, P., Eke, D., Stahl, B., Cameron, H., Buckley, M., Poder, I., & Rodrigues, R. (2025). Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa Case Study Cocreation Workshop Report. ESPRC and RAI UK

The University of Nottingham hosted a co-creational workshop from 29th to 31st January at the Jubilee Hotel & Conference facilities, bringing together participants from the RAISE project’s case studies across the UK and Africa. The workshop focused o... Read More about Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa Case Study Cocreation Workshop Report.

Locating the Ethics of ChatGPT—Ethical Issues as Affordances in AI Ecosystems (2025)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C. (2025). Locating the Ethics of ChatGPT—Ethical Issues as Affordances in AI Ecosystems. Information, 16(2), Article 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16020104

ChatGPT is a high-profile technology that has inspired broad discussions about its capabilities and likely consequences. There has been much debate concerning ethical issues that it raises which are typically described as potentially harmful (or bene... Read More about Locating the Ethics of ChatGPT—Ethical Issues as Affordances in AI Ecosystems.

Navigating the Utopia and Dystopia Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence (2024)
Journal Article
Carroll, N., Holmström, J., Stahl, B. C., & Fabian, N. E. (in press). Navigating the Utopia and Dystopia Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.05533

This article examines the complex implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in societal and commercial contexts and challenges both utopian and dystopian perspectives. It highlights two key areas: AI’s impact on the meaning of labor and on human-m... Read More about Navigating the Utopia and Dystopia Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence.

Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly? (2024)
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Ochang, P., Eke, D., Stahl, B., Buckley, . M., Poder, I., & Hughes, J. (2024). Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly?. ESPRC and RAI UK

Generative AI is changing the way our economies and businesses operate, and SMEs could be receiving more benefits from this transition. Over the past 12 months in the Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa (RAISE) project we have been wo... Read More about Small and medium enterprises will use generative AI. But how can they be helped to implement it properly?.