Service: EU Ethics Advisory
EIC and EU Horizon Ethics Advisor
From compliance to leadership: I guide you towards ethical R&D and product excellence.
Why is this important?
The EU Commission requires ethics advisors to ensure that EU-funded research projects align with fundamental ethical principles, protecting the rights and interests of research participants and society.
Ethics advisors are essential for building trust between the scientific community and the public, improving the quality of research, ensuring proper consideration of social implications, and ultimately helping research have a positive societal impact
I work with you so that this process is not just an ethics checkbox exercise, but a value-driven implementation of ethics and responsibility from the ground up.
I have accompanied European R&D and R&I projects for many years, including start-ups, SMEs, and large EU consortia, with 17 EU-funded projects to date under Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, and the EIC. I ensure that ethics oversight brings tangible benefit to your project: I work with tried ethics-by-design approaches and complete all work against the relevant regulatory instruments and standards, including the GDPR, the EU AI Act, CTR 536/2014, and ISO/IEC 42001.
How I will support you
Assess and advise: Evaluate the ethical aspects of a project, identify potential issues, and provide recommendations to ensure compliance with ethical standards.
Offer guidance: Support your team and consortium partners with complex ethical decision-making and problem-solving.
Facilitate communication: Promote open dialogue on ethical concerns between researchers, engineers, developers, and other project stakeholders.
Educate and train: Increase awareness about ethical research practices through training sessions or workshops.
Monitor progress: Track project activities to ensure ongoing adherence to ethical guidelines and principles.
Report and recommend: Provide ethics reports and recommendations to the EU funding agency regarding ethics compliance and potential improvements.
Read my full guide on Horizon Europe ethics advisors here.
Value
Assurance
I provide independent assurance and ethics due diligence: documented procedures, evidence tested against stated criteria.
Advice
I work with you to leverage organizational ethics best-practices and standards to add value to your research project.
Execution
I bring a professional strategy consulting approach, that is bespoke to your situation, structured, and to the point.
Who I am
I'm a leading ethics advisor and consultant
Areas of expertise: Philosophy, AI Ethics and Digital Ethics, Corporate Social and Digital Responsibility (CSR and CDR), and Ethics and Compliance with a focus on culture.
My approach is rigorous, clear, and to the point.
My role as an ethics advisor, consultant propels me into the boardrooms of Fortune 500s and startups alike, translating philosophical rigour into actionable strategies that drive real-world business impact. Whether it has been collaborating with Google's Responsible Innovation team or bringing my expertise to forward-thinking startups as an advisor and executive, I excel in ensuring that even the most leading-edge technologies are guided by ethical principles.
At LMU and the MCML, I currently serve as a Research Group Lead in the Ethics of AI, leading a team focused on the ethics of AI and digital ethics. I hold an Associate Researcher Position at the Oxford Uehiro Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Zentrum für Ethik und Philosophie in der Praxis (ZEPP) at LMU. I received my PhD in Moral Philosophy from the University of Oxford.
Over the past ten years, combining research with consultancy has enabled me to bridge the theory-practice gap. While my consultancy work places me at the forefront of industry trends, I remain rooted in academia.
My ultimate aim, whether guiding an organisation’s approach to a culture of ethics, is to champion a future where progressive innovation is always in tandem with integrity and responsibility.
I have published dozens of articles and chapters in world-leading venues in AI ethics, philosophy and business ethics. My work has been featured in national and international media, including, the ZDF heute journal, CBS News, and Business Insider, among others. I have also advised the European Commission as an independent expert.
What is an Ethics Advisor or Ethics Board?
As defined by the European Commission:
An “Ethics Advisor” (EA) is an individual ethics expert giving advice on issues of ethical gravity that relate to the planned and/or ongoing research in the context of an EU-funded project, and, if required, report to the Commission/Executive Agency/Funding Body. An “Ethics Advisory Board” (EAB) consists of three or more ethics experts, working together as panel in performing these tasks. The provision to appoint an EA/EAB might arise as a requirement following the ethics review (and be a contractual obligation for the Beneficiary) or might be set forth by the Applicant/Beneficiary at its own initiative, as part of the original research proposal.
For more information, see these Ethics Advisors and Ethics Advisory Boards Roles and Function in EU-funded Projects guidelines.
Do you need an ethics advisor or ethics board member?
Send me your Ethics Summary Report (or the ethics section of your Grant Agreement). I will reply with a short note on scope, the likely shape of the engagement, and whether I'm the right fit. No obligation.