Tijs Vandemeulebroucke
Biographic Data
| ID | 5128486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tijs Vandemeulebroucke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tijs |
| FAMILY NAME | Vandemeulebroucke |
| SIGNATURE | VANDEMEULEBROUCKE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Science and Ethics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5683-6067 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Non-extractivist Technology and Non-Extractivist Thought: A Reply To J. Hopster
Ethical Use of Simulative Technologies for Dementia Care in Long-Term Residential Facilities – A Qualitative Study Protocol
In long-term dementia care, simulative technology such as robotic pets and virtual reality is increasingly used to support psychosocial well-being. While their ethical use has been debated in the literature, the voices of stakeholders, including people living with dementia, family members and care staff have not been meaningfully represented. This protocol paper describes a two-phase qualitative study that aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptio…
The use of social media in social care: A systematic review of the argument-based ethics literature
Digital technologies, especially social media, have become everyday tools. In care settings, the use of social media is considered a possible guarantee to maintain quality practices. This trend is specifically relevant for social care, including social work, psychology, psychiatry, rehabilitation etc., due to their communicative nature. Nevertheless, this use is joined by ethical vulnerabilities. To get insight into these, a systematic review of …
Mind who’s testing: Turing tests and the post-colonial imposition of their implicit conceptions of intelligence
This paper aims to show that dominant conceptions of intelligence used in artificial intelligence (AI) are biased by normative assumptions that originate from the Global North, making it questionable if AI can be uncritically applied elsewhere without risking serious harm to vulnerable people. After the introduction in Sect. 1 we shortly present the history of IQ testing in Sect. 2, focusing on its multiple discriminatory biases. To determine how…
Being Blinded by the Concrete – On the Extractivist Blindspot of the Empirical Turn in Philosophy of Technology
Technological objects have become world objects which becomes increasingly apparent by their different impacts on the global natural environment culminating in current natural crises. We argue that the philosophy of technology, due to its empirical turn to concrete technological objects, cannot provide the necessary conceptual tools to account for these natural impacts and the different uncertainties this creates. In this paper we give an account…
Christian anthropology‐based contributions to the ethics of socially assistive robots in care for older adults
Our society, in general, and health care, in particular, faces notable challenges due to the emergence of innovative digital technologies. The use of socially assistive robots in aged care is a particular digital application that provokes ethical reflection. The answers we give to the ethical questions associated with socially assistive robots are framed by ontological and anthropological considerations of what constitutes human beings and how th…
Towards the Sustainability of AI; Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Investigate the Hidden Costs of AI
Our era is characterized by two major phenomena. On the one hand, we are confronted by climate and environmental crises constituted by, among others, changing weather patterns, loss of biodiversity and natural wildlife, and ecosystem degradation. On the other hand, we are experiencing an ongoing technological evolution culminating in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The popular notion of “AI for Sustainability” constitutes an attempt to …
The ethics of pet robots in dementia care settings: Care professionals’ and organisational leaders’ ethical intuitions
Care professionals and organisational leaders had different opinions on how pet robots are or should be implemented for residents with dementia. Future research should consider involving care practitioners, people with dementia, and their family members in the ethics dialogue to support the sustainable, ethical use of pet robots in practice
Which Framework to Use? A Systematic Review of Ethical Frameworks for the Screening or Evaluation of Health Technology Innovations
‘Yes we hear you. Do you hear us?’. A sociopolitical approach to video-based telepsychiatric consultations
status: Published
Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care: Ethical Orientations Beyond the Care-Romantic and Technology-Deterministic Gaze
The Ethics of Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care. A Focus Group Study With Older Adults in Flanders, Belgium
Perceptions sociohistorically contextualize the ethics of SAR use by older adults' views on societal, organizational, and relational contexts in which aged care takes place. These contexts need to inform the ethical criteria for the design, development, and use of SARs. Focusing on older adults' ethical perceptions creates "normativity in place," viewing participants as moral subjects
Ethics of socially assistive robots in aged-care settings: A Socio-Historical Contextualisation
Different embodiments of technology permeate all layers of public and private domains in society. In the public domain of aged care, attention is increasingly focused on the use of socially assistive robots (SARs) supporting caregivers and older adults to guarantee that older adults receive care. The introduction of SARs in aged-care contexts is joint by intensive empirical and philosophical research. Although these efforts merit praise, current …
Ethics of socially assistive robots in aged-care settings: A Socio-Historical Contextualisation
Different embodiments of technology permeate all layers of public and private domains in society. In the public domain of aged care, attention is increasingly focused on the use of socially assistive robots (SARs) supporting caregivers and older adults to guarantee that older adults receive care. The introduction of SARs in aged-care contexts is joint by intensive empirical and philosophical research. Although these efforts merit praise, current …
Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care: Ethical Orientations Beyond the Care-Romantic and Technology-Deterministic Gaze
The Ethics of Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care. A Focus Group Study With Older Adults in Flanders, Belgium
Perceptions sociohistorically contextualize the ethics of SAR use by older adults' views on societal, organizational, and relational contexts in which aged care takes place. These contexts need to inform the ethical criteria for the design, development, and use of SARs. Focusing on older adults' ethical perceptions creates "normativity in place," viewing participants as moral subjects
The Ethics of Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care. A Focus Group Study With Older Adults in Flanders, Belgium
Perceptions sociohistorically contextualize the ethics of SAR use by older adults' views on societal, organizational, and relational contexts in which aged care takes place. These contexts need to inform the ethical criteria for the design, development, and use of SARs. Focusing on older adults' ethical perceptions creates "normativity in place," viewing participants as moral subjects
Ethics of socially assistive robots in aged-care settings: A Socio-Historical Contextualisation
Different embodiments of technology permeate all layers of public and private domains in society. In the public domain of aged care, attention is increasingly focused on the use of socially assistive robots (SARs) supporting caregivers and older adults to guarantee that older adults receive care. The introduction of SARs in aged-care contexts is joint by intensive empirical and philosophical research. Although these efforts merit praise, current …
Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care: Ethical Orientations Beyond the Care-Romantic and Technology-Deterministic Gaze
Which Framework to Use? A Systematic Review of Ethical Frameworks for the Screening or Evaluation of Health Technology Innovations
‘Yes we hear you. Do you hear us?’. A sociopolitical approach to video-based telepsychiatric consultations
status: Published
Towards the Sustainability of AI; Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Investigate the Hidden Costs of AI
Our era is characterized by two major phenomena. On the one hand, we are confronted by climate and environmental crises constituted by, among others, changing weather patterns, loss of biodiversity and natural wildlife, and ecosystem degradation. On the other hand, we are experiencing an ongoing technological evolution culminating in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The popular notion of “AI for Sustainability” constitutes an attempt to …
The ethics of pet robots in dementia care settings: Care professionals’ and organisational leaders’ ethical intuitions
Care professionals and organisational leaders had different opinions on how pet robots are or should be implemented for residents with dementia. Future research should consider involving care practitioners, people with dementia, and their family members in the ethics dialogue to support the sustainable, ethical use of pet robots in practice
Christian anthropology‐based contributions to the ethics of socially assistive robots in care for older adults
Our society, in general, and health care, in particular, faces notable challenges due to the emergence of innovative digital technologies. The use of socially assistive robots in aged care is a particular digital application that provokes ethical reflection. The answers we give to the ethical questions associated with socially assistive robots are framed by ontological and anthropological considerations of what constitutes human beings and how th…
The use of social media in social care: A systematic review of the argument-based ethics literature
Digital technologies, especially social media, have become everyday tools. In care settings, the use of social media is considered a possible guarantee to maintain quality practices. This trend is specifically relevant for social care, including social work, psychology, psychiatry, rehabilitation etc., due to their communicative nature. Nevertheless, this use is joined by ethical vulnerabilities. To get insight into these, a systematic review of …
Mind who’s testing: Turing tests and the post-colonial imposition of their implicit conceptions of intelligence
This paper aims to show that dominant conceptions of intelligence used in artificial intelligence (AI) are biased by normative assumptions that originate from the Global North, making it questionable if AI can be uncritically applied elsewhere without risking serious harm to vulnerable people. After the introduction in Sect. 1 we shortly present the history of IQ testing in Sect. 2, focusing on its multiple discriminatory biases. To determine how…
Being Blinded by the Concrete – On the Extractivist Blindspot of the Empirical Turn in Philosophy of Technology
Technological objects have become world objects which becomes increasingly apparent by their different impacts on the global natural environment culminating in current natural crises. We argue that the philosophy of technology, due to its empirical turn to concrete technological objects, cannot provide the necessary conceptual tools to account for these natural impacts and the different uncertainties this creates. In this paper we give an account…
Non-extractivist Technology and Non-Extractivist Thought: A Reply To J. Hopster
Ethical Use of Simulative Technologies for Dementia Care in Long-Term Residential Facilities – A Qualitative Study Protocol
In long-term dementia care, simulative technology such as robotic pets and virtual reality is increasingly used to support psychosocial well-being. While their ethical use has been debated in the literature, the voices of stakeholders, including people living with dementia, family members and care staff have not been meaningfully represented. This protocol paper describes a two-phase qualitative study that aims to identify stakeholders’ perceptio…
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Social Robot Interaction and HRI (4 works) · Ethics of care (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works)