Stephan​ Guttinger​

Stephan Guttinger is a lecturer in Philosophy of Data and Data Ethics at the University of Exeter, UK. He is co-lead of the Data, Knowledge and AI research strand at the Egenis Centre and Head of Research of the Ethical Data Initiative in Exeter. Stephan’s research is investigating the production of trustworthy data in the biological laboratory, focusing on issues such as experimental control, reproducibility, and the increasing use of robot science (or “machine learning-enabled automation”). Before joining Exeter in 2021 he worked as a teaching fellow at Durham University and as a guest teacher at the London School of Economics. From 2014 to 2018 he was a postdoctoral research fellow on the ERC-funded project “A process ontology for biology”, led by John Dupré. Stephan obtained an MSc in Philosophy of Science from London School of Economics and holds a PhD in biochemistry from ETH Zurich.