Cian O’donovan
Biographic Data
| ID | 80805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cian O’donovan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cian |
| FAMILY NAME | O’donovan |
| SIGNATURE | O’DONOVAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4467-9687 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Modern worldmaking and the 21st century colonial genocide in Gaza
Commonplace analyses of responsibility for Israel’s genocide against Gaza come in concentric circles. In the innermost circle, responsibility is attributed to Israel’s ruling politicians. The circle is widened to include the Israeli military, its settler-colonial political culture, the US’s massive military aid, and (most broadly) Western imperialism and racial capitalism. Extending the latter analyses, we situate this genocide in the globally he…
Providing ethics advice in a pandemic, in theory and in practice: A taxonomy of ethics advice
The pandemic significantly raised the stakes for the translation of bioethics insights into policy. The novelty, range and sheer quantity of the ethical problems that needed to be addressed urgently within public policy were unprecedented and required high‐bandwidth two‐way transfer of insights between academic bioethics and policy. Countries such as the United Kingdom, which do not have a National Ethics Committee, faced particular challenges in…
University Campus Living Labs: Unpacking Multiple Dimensions of an Emerging Phenomenon
Universities and their changing role in society is a source of perennial debate. In this article, we examine the emergent phenomenon of University Campus Living Labs (UCLL), the set of practices by which universities use their own buildings, streets or energy infrastructure as experimental settings in order to support applied teaching, research and co-creation with society. While most existing studies of UCLLs focus on them as sustainability inst…
Accountability and neglect in UK social care innovation
Innovation alters who is accountable for social care and how they are held to account. This article shows how organisational, institutional and technological innovation in infrastructures of social care can reconfigure accountability instruments and propel change between distinct modes of accountability. However, innovation also sustains neglect, both in terms of issues, objects and subjects missing from research, and in terms of low levels of in…
What is robotics made of? The interdisciplinary politics of robotics research
Under framings of grand challenges, robotics has been proposed as a solution to a wide range of societal issues such as road safety, ageing society, economic productivity and climate change. However, what exactly is robotics research? From its inception, robotics has been an inherently interdisciplinary field, bringing together diverse domains such as engineering, cognitive science, computer science and, more recently, knowledge from social scien…
Public Trust, Deliberative Engagement and Health Data Projects: Beyond Legal Provisions
In England, a new scheme for collating and sharing General Practitioners’ data has faced resistance from various quarters and has been deferred twice. While insufficient communication and ambiguous safeguards explain the widespread dissatisfaction expressed by the public and experts, we argue how dwindling public trust can be the most damaging variable in this picture - with implications not only for this scheme, but for any future project that a…
Technology and Human Capabilities in UK Makerspaces
The relationship between technology and human capabilities is an ambivalent one. The same technology can expand capabilities for some users under certain circumstances, whilst diminishing capabilities for others situated differently. In this paper we analyse human capabilities in relation to digital design and fabrication technologies as configured, sociotechnically, in makerspaces in the UK. Through a combination of methods, the study identifies…
Technology and Human Capabilities in UK Makerspaces
The relationship between technology and human capabilities is an ambivalent one. The same technology can expand capabilities for some users under certain circumstances, whilst diminishing capabilities for others situated differently. In this paper we analyse human capabilities in relation to digital design and fabrication technologies as configured, sociotechnically, in makerspaces in the UK. Through a combination of methods, the study identifies…
Technology and Human Capabilities in UK Makerspaces
The relationship between technology and human capabilities is an ambivalent one. The same technology can expand capabilities for some users under certain circumstances, whilst diminishing capabilities for others situated differently. In this paper we analyse human capabilities in relation to digital design and fabrication technologies as configured, sociotechnically, in makerspaces in the UK. Through a combination of methods, the study identifies…
What is robotics made of? The interdisciplinary politics of robotics research
Under framings of grand challenges, robotics has been proposed as a solution to a wide range of societal issues such as road safety, ageing society, economic productivity and climate change. However, what exactly is robotics research? From its inception, robotics has been an inherently interdisciplinary field, bringing together diverse domains such as engineering, cognitive science, computer science and, more recently, knowledge from social scien…
Public Trust, Deliberative Engagement and Health Data Projects: Beyond Legal Provisions
In England, a new scheme for collating and sharing General Practitioners’ data has faced resistance from various quarters and has been deferred twice. While insufficient communication and ambiguous safeguards explain the widespread dissatisfaction expressed by the public and experts, we argue how dwindling public trust can be the most damaging variable in this picture - with implications not only for this scheme, but for any future project that a…
Accountability and neglect in UK social care innovation
Innovation alters who is accountable for social care and how they are held to account. This article shows how organisational, institutional and technological innovation in infrastructures of social care can reconfigure accountability instruments and propel change between distinct modes of accountability. However, innovation also sustains neglect, both in terms of issues, objects and subjects missing from research, and in terms of low levels of in…
University Campus Living Labs: Unpacking Multiple Dimensions of an Emerging Phenomenon
Universities and their changing role in society is a source of perennial debate. In this article, we examine the emergent phenomenon of University Campus Living Labs (UCLL), the set of practices by which universities use their own buildings, streets or energy infrastructure as experimental settings in order to support applied teaching, research and co-creation with society. While most existing studies of UCLLs focus on them as sustainability inst…
Providing ethics advice in a pandemic, in theory and in practice: A taxonomy of ethics advice
The pandemic significantly raised the stakes for the translation of bioethics insights into policy. The novelty, range and sheer quantity of the ethical problems that needed to be addressed urgently within public policy were unprecedented and required high‐bandwidth two‐way transfer of insights between academic bioethics and policy. Countries such as the United Kingdom, which do not have a National Ethics Committee, faced particular challenges in…
Modern worldmaking and the 21st century colonial genocide in Gaza
Commonplace analyses of responsibility for Israel’s genocide against Gaza come in concentric circles. In the innermost circle, responsibility is attributed to Israel’s ruling politicians. The circle is widened to include the Israeli military, its settler-colonial political culture, the US’s massive military aid, and (most broadly) Western imperialism and racial capitalism. Extending the latter analyses, we situate this genocide in the globally he…
Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)