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- Published: 2020-09-28T14:42:03+00:00

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PHILOSOPHER · AUTHOR · RESEARCHER

# Steven Umbrello

I am Managing Director at the [Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies](https://ieet.org/)
and a research fellow at the [University of Turin](https://www.dfe.unito.it/persone/steven.umbrello).
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

 [ Full Bibliography → ](https://stevenumbrello.com/peer-reviewed-publications)

2026 · Book

### Vigilant Hope: Preserving Human Dignity in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

West Chester, PA: Ascension Press

2026 · Book

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

Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications

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.

### Catholic Theology of Technology

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

Mediated by Meaning

## Latest Essays

 [All Essays →](https://mediatedbymeaning.substack.com/archive)

Affiliations

 * [Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies](https://ieet.org/)
 * [University of Turin](https://www.dfe.unito.it/persone/steven.umbrello)
 * [ERATO, University of Turin](https://erato.unito.it/)
 * [Collège des Bernardins](https://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/intervenant/steven-umbrello)
 * [Anima Institute](https://www.animainstitute.ai/)

Steven Umbrello

 Managing Director, [Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies](https://ieet.org/).
Research Fellow, [University of Turin](https://www.dfe.unito.it/persone/steven.umbrello).

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RESEARCH FOCUS

 * [Value Sensitive Design](https://stevenumbrello.com/#research-areas)
 * [Technology Ethics](https://ieet.org/)
 * [AI Ethics](https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-of-technoethics/1116)
 * [Theology of Technology](https://stevenumbrello.com/mediated/)
 * [Bernard Lonergan](https://stevenumbrello.com/lonergan-lectures/)

 Meaning requires method. © Steven Umbrello 2027

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