my name’s josh. i am an academic researcher and educator in ethics and philosophy. i received my ph.d. in philosophy in 2024 from monash university, where my dissertation — data over dialogue: why artificial intelligence is unlikely to humanise medicine — won the school prize for “best ph.d. thesis in philosophy and bioethics”

i am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the university of copenhagen's center for philosophy of AI. previously, i was a postdoctoral fellow in the section for philosophy and history of ideas at aarhus university. in june 2026, i will join macquarie university’s ethics and agency research centre as a macquarie lighthouse fellow, where i will lead a three-year project titled “in the AI of the beholder: the ethics of AI beauty assessments in aesthetic medicine.”

i have been awarded visiting research fellowships at the university of zurich’s institute for biomedical ethics and history of medicine and at FAU erlangen’s centre for philosophy and AI research. i also hold research affiliations with the university of copenhagen's pioneer centre for artificial intelligence and with the australian research council's centre of excellence for automated decision-making and society

i’m primarily interested in normative questions that emerge at the intersection of ethics, technology, and healthcare: how should the introduction of AI change the moral landscape of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making? do these changes necessitate revisions to our understandings of familiar moral concepts (e.g. trust, agency, fairness)? where should we — that is, patients, citizens, and users — welcome or resist the deployment, design, or application of these technologies? my work aims to address these and other questions in a manner that is practically motivated, accessibly presented, conceptually rigorous, and empirically engaged

i am available for interview, speaking, and consulting engagements. you can contact me via email (see website footer)