Helena Ward

AREAS OF SPECIALISATION: moral philosophy, practical ethics, privacy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE: moral psychology, social philosophy, logic

EDUCATION
2023-2026   DPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford - Supervisor: Carissa Véliz
2021-2023   MPhil in Philosophy, UCL - Thesis: Technologies of the Self: Diachronic Privacy and Self-Presentational Autonomy  - Supervisor: Robert Simpson
2016-2019   BA (Hons) in Philosophy (First Class), UCL
2014-2016   A-Levels (A Grades), Ipswich School - Subjects: Biology, History and Philosophy, Religion and Ethics

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARHSIPS
2023   Jacobsen Prize in Philosophy, I was one of three winners of the Jacobsen Essay Prize for an essay titled ‘Privacy in Public?’. The 2023 Prize was open to all current students registered for a research degree (e.g. MPhil; PhD; MPhilStud) in the University of London.
2023   Ethics in AI Scholarship, Full funding for three years to undertake the DPhil in Philosophy at The University of Oxford.
2023   PhD Studentship full funding to undertake the PhD at LSE (declined).
2023   Research Excellence Scholarship to undertake the PhD at UCL (declined).
2022   Letter of Congratulations, for receiving first class grades in all of my essays.
2022   Keeling Bursary funding to the value of £6500 awarded on the basis of academic merit, financial need, and research project potential.
2021   Jacobsen Scholarship Awarded a scholarship to the value of £9500 from their limited resources to undertake the MPhil programme at UCL.
2019   Dawes Hicks Prize For being among the Top 5% in Arts and Humanities at UCL
2018   AJ Ayer Scholarship For ‘the best performance in second year’ at UCL.
2017   Dawes Hicks Prize Awarded for ‘excellent performance in second year’ at UCL.

NON-ACADEMIC WRITING
Research Papers
•   Understanding the Ethical Outcomes for Operationalising Principles in AI development, (working paper) AI For Good Asia
•   Quantifying the Value of AI lead ESG projects for shareholder value (whitepaper, forthcoming) AI For Good Asia
•   Literature Review on AI Ethics (forthcoming) AI For Good Asia

Articles
•   What is the Accountability Gap? And how do we close it? Blog, Ethical Intelligence
•   Value Alignment and Its Impact on Investing, The Equation, Ethical Intelligence
•   What is Ethics as a Service?, The Equation, Ethical Intelligence