Dr. Patrik Hummel
Short CV
Dr. Patrik Hummel is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg. He studied Philosophy & Economics (B.A.) in Bayreuth and Philosophy (MLitt, PhD) in St Andrews and Stirling. His doctoral thesis examines the relationship between personal identity and practical reason. During his doctoral studies, he was a member of the Arché Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology. He also worked with the Global Health Ethics Unit of the World Health Organization in Geneva as a Carlo Schmid Fellow (DAAD) and later as a Consultant. His focus there was on ethical issues surrounding infectious diseases. At FAU, he conducts research within the projects „Data Sovereignty in Clinical Big Data Applications. Ethical, Legal, and Governance Challenges“ and „vALID: Artificial-Intelligence-Driven Decision-Making in the Clinic. Ethical, Legal and Societal Challenges“. Throughout 2020, he receives funding from the FAU Emerging Talents Initiative.
Main field of research
- Ethics of biomedical research and clinical care
- Ethics of datafication and automation
- Public health ethics
- Philosophical accounts of personhood, identity, and agency
Selected bibliography
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A Leap of Faith: Is There a Formula for “Trustworthy” AI?
In: Hastings Center Report 51 (2021), p. 1-6
ISSN: 0093-0334
DOI: 10.1002/hast.1207
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hast.1207 - , , , :
Data sovereignty: A review
In: Big Data & Society (2021)
ISSN: 2053-9517
DOI: 10.1177/2053951720982012 - , :
Just data? Solidarity and justice in data-driven medicine
In: Life Sciences, Society and Policy 16 (2020), Article No.: 8
ISSN: 2195-7819
DOI: 10.1186/s40504-020-00101-7
URL: https://lsspjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40504-020-00101-7 - , :
Contact-tracing apps: contested answers to ethical questions
In: Nature 583 (2020), p. 360
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02084-z
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02084-z - , , :
Own Data? Ethical Reflections on Data Ownership
In: Philosophy & Technology (2020)
ISSN: 2210-5433
DOI: 10.1007/s13347-020-00404-9
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00404-9 - , , :
Ethical issues surrounding childhood tuberculosis
In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 24 (2020), p. 27-31
ISSN: 1027-3719
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0806
URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iuatld/ijtld/2020/00000024/a00105s1/art00006# - , , , :
A Primer on an Ethics of AI based decision support systems in the clinic
In: Journal of Medical Ethics (2020)
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105860 - :
Survival by Redescription: Parfit on Consolation and Death
In: Argumenta 5 (2019), p. 71-84
ISSN: 2465-2334
DOI: 10.14275/2465-2334/20199.hum
URL: https://www.argumenta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/4-Argumenta-51-Patrik-Hummel-Survival-by-Redescription.pdf - , , , :
Sovereignty and Data Sharing
In: ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries 2 (2018)
ISSN: 2616-8375
Open Access: https://www.itu.int/en/journal/002/Pages/11.aspx
URL: https://www.itu.int/en/journal/002/Documents/ITU2018-11.pdf - , , :
Rapid qualitative review of ethical issues surrounding healthcare for pregnant women or women of reproductive age in epidemic outbreaks
In: Epidemiology and Health 40 (2018)
ISSN: 2092-7193
DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2018003
URL: https://www.e-epih.org/journal/view.php?number=955 - :
Against the complex versus simple distinction
In: Erkenntnis 82 (2017), p. 363-378
ISSN: 0165-0106
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-016-9822-x
URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10670-016-9822-x.pdf
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Data Donations As Exercises Of Sovereignty
In: Jenny Krutzinna, Luciano Floridi (ed.): The Ethics of Medical Data Donation, Cham: Springer, 2019, p. 23-54 (Philosophical Studies Series, Vol.137)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04363-6_3 - , , :
Das Gute und das Gerechte als Pole einer Ethik der daten- und algorithmengetriebenen Forschung
In: Mathwig, F., Meireis, T., Werren, M. (ed.): Zwischen Ungleichheit und Gerechtigkeit. Grundlagen und Konkretionen im Gesundheitswesen, Zürich: TVZ, 2019, p. 57-76
ISBN: 978-3-290-18213-7
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Datensouveränität. Governance-Ansätze für den Gesundheitsbereich
Wiesbaden: 2021