Dr Helen Brown Coverdale
Biography
I joined Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in 2017. I previously taught political thought in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics (LSE) and in the Department of Philosophy at King’s College London. I also led on research ethics teaching for a multidisciplinary course at LSE, and for an undergraduate research programme at LSE in collaboration with Imperial College London.
I hold a PhD in Law from LSE, an MA in Legal & Political Theory from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, and a BA (Econ) Hons specialising in Government from the University of Manchester. Prior to my PhD, I worked in the criminal justice sector, and as a senior parliamentary researcher.
Research
Humans are enmeshed in relationships with technology, which will change as technology, particularly machine learning and AI, develops. I have an emerging interest in the ethical qualities of these relationships and applications of technology using citizens’ data, as well as the implications for democratic legitimacy, basic rights, and the social justice. Several aspects dovetail together to produce the accountability and transparency necessary for democratic legitimacy and explainable, ethical systems: 1) professional ethics and integrity for programmers, data scientists and engineers; and 2) commercial good practice standards and corporate social responsibility formal legal regulation.
Publications
- Journal articles
- Coverdale, H.B. (2022) ‘’,ÌýAnalysis, 82(3), pp. 571–584.
- Coverdale, H.B. and Wringe, B. (2022) ‘’, Philosophy Compass,17(5).
- Coverdale, H.B. (2021) ‘’,ÌýJournal of Applied Philosophy, 38(3), pp. 415–430.
- Coverdale, H.B. and Wringe, B. (2021) ‘’, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 38(3), pp. 357–365.
- Coverdale, H.B. (2020) ‘’,ÌýTheory and Research in Education, 18(1), pp. 32–39.
- Coverdale, H.B. (2018) ‘’, Ethics and Social Welfare, 12(2), pp. 117–132.
- Book chapters
- Coverdale, H.B. (2018) ‘’, in N. Emmerich (ed.) Virtue Ethics in the Conduct and Governance of Social Science Research. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Ltd, pp. 127–140.Â
- Coverdale, H.B. (2018) ‘’, in M. Sellers and S. Kirste (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Dordrecht: Springer.
- Coverdale, H.B. (2012) ‘’, in B. Mahajan and R. Bagga (eds.) Reframing Punishment: Reflections of Culture, Literature & Morals. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Teaching
I teach on: ‘Ethics of Crime & Punishment’ (POLS0030); ‘Contemporary Political Philosophy’ (PUBL0071); ‘Equality Justice & Difference’ (PUBL0023); and ‘Justice: Moral Foundations of Politics’ (POLS0061).
At Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê I have previously also taught: ‘Philosophy, Values and the Social Sciences’; ‘Global Ethics’; ‘Peer Assisted Learning for MA Legal & Political Theory’; ‘Public Ethics’; and ‘Justice and Public Policy’.