Biography

Hi, I’m Catherine Flick! I’m a Reader in Computing and Social Responsibility in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University.

I’m very excited about the social and ethical impact of technologies, and how we can make sure that development of a new technology creates a positive impact.

I am (or have been) a part of several European Commission-funded projects on responsible innovation in technology, computer ethics, and related topics.

I research video games and ethics, ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and anonymous technologies such as Tor and the Darknet in my university-funded research time.

I’ve given talks all over the world, on a variety of social/ethical impact of technology topics, for all kinds of audiences. I also write papers, and have a video games-centred blog and podcast site Not Just a Game. I’m on the ACM’s Committee of Professional Ethics where we are currently rewriting the ACM’s Code of Ethics.

I teach computer ethics, research methods, and give occasional guest lectures and keynotes on responsible innovation, ethics of AI/ML, video games, fanfic, and other social impact of technology topics.

Why “liedra.net”? I’ve had this domain for a very long time and it’s become intertwined with my academic life. So here you get a bit of academia, a bit of me, and some of the fun things I get up to outside of my teaching.

These are the classes I teach (or have taught in the past) at De Montfort University to Business Computing and Informatics students. I use innovative practice where possible such as transformative reflective learning, constructive alignment, and methods such as peer marking and creative learning:

• IMAT2704: Introduction to Research and Ethics
• IMAT3103: Research Methods
• IMAT3901: Computer Ethics (Computer Science students)
• IMAT3902: Computer Ethics

I also have taught the following postgraduate courses for PhD students:

• REST7525: Ethics
• REST7050: Information Systems Doctoral Training Programme

I supervise Final Year Projects. You can find my project proposals here.

Current:

• Michelle Brown (representation of women in video games)
• George Ogoh (responsible innovation in 3D printing)

Completed:

• Job Timmermans (responsible research and innovation in research projects)
• Candace Grant (teaching ethics to computer science students using positive psychology)
• Eric Agyei-Bekoe (e-government in Ghana)
• Yahya Al-Ahareth (e-learning for women in Saudi Arabia)

I dance Cotswold Morris and Molly with Black Annis.

I am walking the Leicestershire Round - 100 miles around Leicestershire - with some friends for charity.

We are raising money for LOROS - Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice.

Here’s a map of some of the photos from our walk!

• cflick@dmu.ac.uk
• @cflick on Keybase.
• Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, United Kingdom
• In term time by appointment only: http://liedra.net/appointments/