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DCU Institute for Ethics

PhD Students

Ashitha Bhaskaran

Ethics of nursing care for people with dementia

Ashitha examines ethical decision-making and barriers to ethical practice among nurses caring for patients with dementia in acute hospital settings. In her analysis, she uses the James Rest Four-Component Model approach to ethical decision-making.

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Dr Daniel Crean

Ethics of Teaching Research Integrity

Danny is an assistant professor in Veterinary Medicine in University College Dublin, Ireland. He has a background in the biomedical sciences from undergraduate through to PhD degrees, and more recently completed...

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Melissa Campbell

Ethics of Large Language Models

Melissa's research focuses on ethical issues arising from Large Language Models. She received an applied social data science postgraduate diploma from Trinity College Dublin. 

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Monja Jannet

Ethics of multilingual communication using generative artificial intelligence

Monja holds a BA in Multilingual Communication and an MA in Specialised Translation for English and French from the University of Applied Sciences, Köln, Germany. In her PhD project, she investigates the ethics of generative artificial intelligence in the context of multilingual communication. 

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Mahon McCann

Ethics of Social Media Technology

Mahon McCann was awarded the DCU School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music scholarship for 2022. His background is in philosophy, economics, and writing.

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Nati Sack

Ethics of AI Large Language Models (LLMs) and their impact on human rights

Nati holds a Bachelor’s degree from Maastricht University and a Master’s degree from Utrecht University in Applied Ethics. Their research is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network 'HARNESS – Harnessing AI and Data-Intensive Technologies' funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme.

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Sukanya Shukla

Ethics of nudging as a response to the climate crisis

Sukanya Shukla has recently completed her MSc in Philosophy of Science from London School of Economics. Prior to her postgraduate education at LSE, she obtained an undergraduate degree in Physics from ...

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