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Geoffrey Dierckxsens (Ph.D.) is head of the Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics (IRLaB) at the Department of Applied Ethics and Philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Prague. He is deputy head of the same department and president of the Society f...
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Jose Luis Guerrero is a bioethicist researching the different moral issues arising from the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare settings. Prior to that, he completed his PhD at Oxford Brookes University on the topic of euthanasia and the duty to die. Among his philosophical inter...
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Atefeh Bagherianziarat (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences, working across the Department of Sociology and the Department of Philosophy. Her research focuses on the social implications of digitalization, particularly how digital technologies shape experiences of in...
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Barbora Steinlauf works as a legal expert and bioethics scholar in the IRLaB team, focussing on field work in Czech hospitals on diverse topics in bioethics. She graduated from the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. She holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Legal Sciences. She is also a graduat...
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Petr Kouba studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where he continued his doctoral studies. During his doctoral studies, he studied at the University of Zurich (2000-2001), Duquesne University in Pittsburgh (2001-2002) and the University of Lausanne (2003-2004). After gradua...
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