Hakan and Hans discuss how these systems complicate consent, privacy, autonomy, and the researcher–participant relationship. They ask whether existing ethical principles are robust enough for technologies that collect and interpret data continuously, often without active awareness.
Their conversation draws on the AI and Technology Wearables Task and Finish Group Report and Recommendations (2025), commissioned by the UCL Institute of Education Research Ethics Committee and chaired by Hans.
Contributors include Samantha Ahern, Kate Bomford, Nicole Brown, Omar Ceja Salgado, Timothy Clark, Sam Clarke, Mutlu Cukurova, Wayne Holmes, Simon Knight, Alison Lamont, Tim Neumann, Louise Pollock, Uma Pradhan, Sara Price, Flaminia Ronca, and Hans Svennevig.
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