Dr Tamar Sharon (The Netherlands)

Dr Tamar Sharon graduated with Masters degrees in Political Science (Tel Aviv University, 2001) and Interdisciplinary Studies (Bar Ilan University, 2007), and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (Bar Ilan University, 2011). She is currently an Associate Professor in Philosophy of Technology at Radboud University in the Netherlands, and co-directs the Center for Privacy, Security and Data Governance there. She has held positions at Maastricht University and a visiting fellowship at the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King’s College London.

Dr. Sharon studies the ethical and societal impacts of new and emerging technologies in the health and medical context, from privacy and AI initiatives in health, to citizen science and the political economy of personal health data sharing. She has carried out research on the human enhancement debate; how citizens and patients engage with genetic testing technologies, reproductive technologies, and mobile devices for health monitoring (Quantified Self); and most recently, the ethical issues raised by the “Googlization of health”, or the role that large consumer technology corporations are beginning to play in data-driven health and medical research. Her research has been funded by the European Research Council, the Netherlands Organization for Science, and the Science and Technology Options Panel of the European Parliament. Dr. Sharon advises the Rathenau Institute on issues related to digital health and is part of the Organization of Dutch Universities’ “Digital Society” program.