Kevin Macnish

Summary: Kevin shares his time between lecturing on ethics in engineering and computer science, leading modules for the MA APE, and undertaking consultancy work with an ethical focus.

Location: IDEA Centre

Kevin is module leader for IDEA5240M Professional Issues 2: Privacy and Confidentiality on the MA in Applied and Professional Ethics.

Kevin's research is in the ethics of surveillance, security and technology. He is the author of numerous articles on surveillance ethics and has organised two international conferences on this subject at the University of Leeds. Kevin has been interviewed by BBC national radio and television and the Atlantic magazine, and has spoken at both the House of Commons and the House of Lords in relation to his research. A witness to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, he was quoted several times in the committee's final report on social media and data analysis.

Kevin also conducts ethical analysis for security and ICT projects. He has been involved with a number of European Union FP-7 projects and is an independent Ethics Expert with REA, the research arm of the European Commission, for Horizon 2020 projects.

Research interests: Applied ethics in the areas of: surveillance, security, technology, social media; professional ethics in computing and engineering
Kevin tweets about surveillance, privacy and security as @KMacnish.