Job: Research Fellow
Faculty: Computing, Engineering and Media
School/department: School of Computer Science and Informatics
Address: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH
T: 0116 366 4384
E: william.knight@dmu.ac.uk
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Dr Knight conducted his PhD on the subject of Hacktivism and Social Movements. He occupies a joint role in the Ethics Support team of the Human Brain Project (HBP), based at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, he is the compliance manager for the project - ensuring that all HBP projects are conducted with the appropriate regulatory approval - and he is also a research fellow on the project with a focus on ethical compliance in EU research projects.
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)
Research interests include ethical compliance in EU and other large scale research projects, research ethics, neuroethics, internet cultures, data ethics and disruptive technologies.