BOOKS
Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics.
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PHD DISSERTATION
Duty, Death and the Republic: The Career of Maurice Papon from Vichy France to the Algerian War. London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008.
BOOK CHAPTERS
ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS
Also a Harvard Business Review case study.
ONLINE ANALYSIS/OP-EDS
‘Facial recognition endangers us all without a clear legal basis,’ Computer Weekly, 28 March 2024
‘Kate Crawford: Exposing Artificial Intelligence’s True Costs’, Baillie Gifford, October 2023
“Transparency Can Tame the ESG Wild West,” WIRED World in 2023, January 2023
“Chip War: Why Semiconductors Run the World — interview with Chris Miller, author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology (FT Business Book of the Year)”, Baillie Gifford, 5 December 2022
‘Sheryl Sandberg’s Influence Reaches Us All. But It’s a Troubling Legacy”, Observer/Guardian, 5 June 2022
‘Face Up to It — This Surveillance of Kids in School is Creepy’, Observer/Guardian, 9 May 2022
‘Your Face Is Now a Weapon of War’, The National Interest, 26 April 2022
‘The Rise of AI Could Be a British Story. But Let’s Do It the Right Way,” Observer, 13 February 2022.
‘Give pause before you raise a glass to the prospect of a vaccine passport’, Observer, 27 March 2021
‘Rethinking Resilience’, WIRED World in 2021
“When there’s an app that can save lives, there will be no need to download it out of a sense of duty”, Guardian/Observer, 31 May 2020
“Will London Become the Next Orwellian Surveillance City? We’re About to Find Out”, The Washington Post, 29 January 2020
“It’s Time for AI Ethics to Grow Up”, WIRED World in 2020, 8 January 2020
“The Ethics of Facial Recognition”, WHICH? , December 2019
“These new rules were supposed to protect our privacy. They don’t work”, Guardian/Observer, 10 November 2019
“Facial Recognition Is Now Rampant. The Implications for Our Freedoms Are Chilling”, Guardian/Observer, 18 August 2019
“What Is It Like When Police Go Rogue in a Liberal Democracy? Look to Britain”, The Washington Post, 14 August 2019
“Why I hate meetings — and how to make them better”, BBC Online, 23 October 2018
“Scotland should lead, not lag, on UK biometrics”, The Herald, 20 September 2018
"We must face up to the threat posed by biometrics", Financial Times, 8 August 2018
"Our Bodies or Ourselves: How the unchecked use of biometrics is changing the relationship between citizens and the state", co-authored with Anne-Marie Slaughter, Project Syndicate, 23 July 2018
"Le Pen's cynical Holocaust remarks could re-open old wounds in France, but will they influence the election?", CNN, 11 April 2017
"France's deported Jews deserve justice", Guardian, 17 February 2009
"Nazi collaborator: I did my duty", BBC Online, 18 February 2007
RADIO SPECIAL REPORTS
I researched, wrote and presented the following radio special reports for broadcast on BBC World Service “Tech Tent”:
“Parliament’s failure to update biometrics regulation risks unlawful use and allows inequality of rights for people — especially children — across the United Kingdom”, 21 September 2018 (from 11:08)
“Could the pioneering female code-breakers of World War 2 inspire a new generation of women and girls into cyber-security work?”, 4 May 2018
RADIO ESSAYS
For BBC World Service “World Business Report” and BBC Radio 4 “Business Matters”:
‘Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Sparks Wider Conversation about Business Ethics and ESG”, 17 March 2022
‘Ireland Makes History — and Possibly the Future — with a Basic Income for the Arts’, 10 January 2022
‘What Is the Best Use of Our Time?’, 2 November 2021
‘Aesthetics at Work: How to Use Your Senses to Improve the Experience’,13 October 2021
‘The Art of Storytelling at Work’, 20 September 2021
‘How to Give and Receive Feedback that’s Actually Useful’, 10 August 2021
‘How a Good Rivalry Can Help Us to Reach Our Best’, 24 June 2021
‘Kids’ advice on how to bring a sense of play to work’, 19 May 2021
‘Before the Art of the Deal Comes the Art of the Meal’, 3 May 2021
‘How a to Give a Good Pep Talk ’, 9 March 2021
‘Bereavement in the Workplace’, 15 February 2021
‘Losing a Job — and Getting Back in the Game”, 24 November 2020
‘Why Companies Need a Moral Compass’, 2 November 2020
‘Training to Teach Yoga during a Pandemic’, 1 September 2020
‘Leaders’ Summer Holiday Reading’, 27 July 2020
‘Summer Holidays in a Pandemic’, 29 June 2020
‘Losing Your Job — Or Letting a Colleague Go — over Zoom’, 9 June 2020
‘Coronavirus at Work’, 9 March 2020
‘What Desk Workers Can Learn from People Who Work with Their Body”, 27 January 2020
‘Burnout: How to Spot It, Treat It, and Prevent It’, 16 December 2019
‘Be Your Own Boss: The Dream vs the Reality’, 7 October 2019
‘So You’re Looking for a Mentor: Tips on Who and What to Consider’, 29 July 2019
‘Don’t Just Give a Talk, Put on a Show: Tips on Public Speaking’, 25 June 2019
‘Bring A Kid to Work Day’, 6 May 2019
‘Workplace Surveillance Technologies: You, Your Boss and Your Intimate Data’, 8 April 2019
‘How to Thrive as a Night Owl in a World Made for Morning People’, 18 February 2019
‘What To Do When You’re Sent Back To The Drawing Board’, 28 January 2019
‘Men: Who Are Your Female Role Models Working in Technology?’, 26 November 2018
‘Preparing for Retirement, Emotionally’, 5 November 2018
‘How to Run a Good Meeting, If You Really Must Have One’, 15 October 2018 (also published on BBC online as an article on 23 October 2018)
‘The Side Hustle: Turning Your Passion(s) into Profits’, 17 September 2018
'Lost in Translation: Why Humans Will Keep Learning Languages', 27 August 2018
'The Gender Pay Gap at Home: Why some American couples lie when wives earn more than husbands', 6 August 2018
'Work Your Mojo: The British Government Wants to Stimulate Your Creativity', 16 July 2018
'The Strength to be Vulnerable: How Business Leaders Can Transform Mental Health at Work', 26 June 2018
'Conspicuous Exercise: The Fitness Habits of Business and World Leaders', 12 June 2018
'It Pays to Disobey: MIT Media Lab's $250,000 Prize for Ethical Disobedience', 21 May 2018
GUEST EDITOR
Exponential View, “Biometric Surveillance, Caring Robots, Objective Science, Near-Death Experience, and Ketamine++ #224”, 30 June 2019
BOOK REVIEWS
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane, 2023) in The Critic, 2023.
Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed by Martin Evans and John Phillips (Yale University Press, 2008) in History Today, 2009.
French Writers and the Politics of Complicity: Crises of Democracy in the 1940s and the 1990s edited by Richard J. Golsan in French History, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 December 2006, pp. 468–471