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

The register 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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