Jason Borenstein
Director of Graduate Research Ethics Programs
- School of Public Policy
Overview
Jason Borenstein, Ph.D., is the Director of Graduate Research Ethics Programs. His appointment is divided between the School of Public Policy and the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. He has directed Georgia Tech's Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Program since 2006. He is currently Program Director for Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) at the National Science Foundation. He previously served as Georgia Tech's interim Research Integrity Officer (RIO).
Dr. Borenstein is a member of the IEEE SSIT Technical Committee on Ethics/Human Values. He is an International Editorial Advisory Board member of the Springer journal Science and Engineering Ethics, a Founding Editorial Board member of the Springer journal AI and Ethics, co-editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s Ethics and Information Technology section, and an editorial board member of the journal Accountability in Research. He previously was a member of Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Board of Directors and Chair of the APPE Research Integrity Scholars and Educators (RISE) Consortium. He also served as Editor for Research Ethics for the National Academy of Engineering's Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, and was the founder and formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law.
Dr. Borenstein’s teaching and research interests include robot & artificial intelligence ethics, engineering ethics, research ethics, and bioethics. He was the co-leader of the ethics and trust research efforts for the NSF-funded AI Institute for Collaborative Assistance and Responsive Interaction for Networked Groups (AI-CARING). He has been the Principal Investigator (PI) on projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) including "Broadening Participation in Computing Ethics Curriculum Development" and "Institutional Transformation: The Role of Service Learning and Community Engagement on the Ethical Development of STEM Students and Campus Culture." He was a Co-PI on the NSF-funded projects “Do the Right Thing: Competing Ethical Frameworks Mediated by Moral Emotions in Human-robot Interaction" and “Fairness, Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency (FEAT) in Computer and Information Science and Engineering Workshop” that took place August 29 and 30, 2019 on Georgia Tech's campus. In addition, he was a Co-PI on the Mozilla Responsible Computer Science Challenge funded project “Cultivating an Ethics-Inclusive Mindset Through Role Play in Undergraduate Computer Science Courses.”
His work has appeared in numerous professional journals including the Journal of Engineering Education, AI & Society, Communications of the ACM, Science and Engineering Ethics, Ethics and Information Technology, IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, IEEE Technology & Society Magazine, and Accountability in Research. He has been a grant reviewer for federal agencies including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Borenstein is affiliated faculty at Georgia Tech's Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) and had served as part of the leadership team for the Georgia Tech Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center (ETHICx). From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Georgia State University – Georgia Institute of Technology Joint Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the Regulatory Knowledge & Support Program within the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA).
- M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Miami
- B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Philosophy, Emory University
Distinctions:
- IAC Million Dollar Club/Faculty Research Award, Ivan Allen College, 2023
- IAC Million Dollar Club/Faculty Research Award, Ivan Allen College, 2022
- Gold Star Award, Ivan Allen College, 2021
- Faculty of the Year, School of Public Policy, 2020
Interests
- Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Health
- Inequality and Social Justice
- Assessment
- Bioethics, Bioscience, Biotechnology
- Campus-Community Engagement
- Community engagement
- Education
- Emerging Technologies - Innovation
- Ethical Practices in Contemporary Contexts
- Human/Machine Interaction
- Philosophy
- Problem-Based Learning
- Science and Technology
Courses
- PHIL-3105: Ethical Theories
- PHIL-3109: Engineering Ethics
- PHIL-4811: Special Topics
- PHIL-6000: Responsible Conduct-Res
- PHIL-6010: Biotech Research Ethics
- PHIL-6710: Ethics Biotech Research
- PST-3105: Ethical Theories
- PST-3109: Ethics&Tech Profession
- PST-3127: Sci,Tech & Human Values
- PST-8000: Responsible Condut-Res
- PUBP-8801: Special Topics
- PUBP-8811: Special Topics
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- AI Ethics in the Public, Private, and NGO Sectors: A Review of a Global Document Collection
In: IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- Linking Personal and Professional Social Responsibility Development to Microethics and Macroethics: Observations From Early Undergraduate Education
In: Journal for Engineering Education [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- The Boeing 737 MAX: Lessons for Engineering Ethics
In: Science and Engineering Ethics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2020
- Trust and Pediatric Exoskeletons: A Comparative Study of Clinician and Parental Perspectives
In: IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2020
- Self-Driving Cars and Engineering Ethics: The Need for a System Level Analysis
In: Science and Engineering Ethics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2019
- The Ugly Truth About Ourselves and Our Robot Creations: The Problem of Bias and Social Inequity
In: Science and Engineering Ethics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2018
- Self-Driving Cars: Ethical Responsibilities of Design Engineers
In: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Nudging for Good: Robots and the Ethical Appropriateness of Nurturing Empathy and Charitable Behavior
In: AI & Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2016
- Robotic Nudges: The Ethics of Engineering a More Socially Just Human Being
In: Science and Engineering Ethics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2016
Other Publications
- What’s Next for AI Ethics, Policy, and Governance? A Global Overview
In: SocArXiv
Date: December 2019