Steven Umbrello

PHILOSOPHER · AUTHOR · RESEARCHER
I serve as Managing Director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and as 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.

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Selected Works

Recent Publications

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2027 · Book

Artificial Intelligence & Human Dignity

West Chester, PA: Ascension Press

2026 · Book

Mediated by Meaning: Consciousness and Conversion in the Thought of Jordan Peterson

Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock

2026 · Book

Can AI Ever Be Human? Consciousness Explored

Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press

with O'Hara, Paul

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.

Philosophy of Technology

Bernard Lonergan's theological anthropology applied to the digital age.

Affiliations

  • Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
  • University of Turin
  • Collège des Bernardins
  • Delft University of Technology (former)