PHILOSOPHER · AUTHOR · RESEARCHER
Steven Umbrello
I am Managing Director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and a research fellow at the University of Turin. My research centres on Value Sensitive Design, the theology of Bernard Lonergan, and their application to artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
Selected Works
Recent Publications
Vigilant Hope: Preserving Human Dignity in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
West Chester, PA: Ascension Press
Mediated by Meaning: Consciousness and Conversion in the Thought of Jordan Peterson
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications
Can AI Ever Be Human? Consciousness Explored
Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press
Scholarly Focus
Research Areas
Value Sensitive Design
Embedding human values into technology design processes from inception.
Technology Ethics
Normative frameworks for responsible innovation and emerging technologies.
Artificial Intelligence
Ethical governance and human dignity in AI development and deployment.
Catholic Theology of Technology
Bernard Lonergan’s theological anthropology applied to the digital age.
Affiliations
- Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
- University of Turin
- ERATO, University of Turin
- Collège des Bernardins
- Anima Institute