Matthew James Dennis

Matthew J. Dennis is an Assistant Professor in Ethics of Technology at TU Eindhoven. He serves as Co-Director of the Eindhoven Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (ECPAI) and as a Senior Research Fellow with the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT) consortium. His research examines how emerging technologies intersect with human values like fairness, autonomy, well-being, and creativity.

• University of Oxford (Visiting Fellow, 2023)
• University of Amsterdam (Visiting Fellow, 2022)
• University of Cambridge (Visiting Fellow, 2020)

Matthew specializes in digital well-being, self-directed character change, and experimental philosophy. His work spans ethical design of social media platforms, synthetic content creation via AI, and cross-cultural approaches to digital ethics. Recent articles highlight Buddhist and Confucian frameworks for evaluating persuasive technologies and pandemic-era digital practices.

His research trends emphasize ethical self-cultivation, algorithmic fairness, and the interplay between digital environments and human flourishing. Key subfields include attention economy critiques, emotional affordances in social media, and intercultural ethical guidelines for AI.

Scientific awards include the Eindhoven Postdoctoral Article Award (2021) and Australian Society of Continental Philosophy Prize (2017). Non-academic collaborations span the European Parliament's Science-Media Hub, Royal Bank of Scotland, and EIT Digital on topics like algorithmic credit-scoring and gender stereotypes in mental health apps.