Elodie Malbois
Maître-assistante
Élodie Malbois is Maître-assistante at the Institute for Ethics, History and the Humanities. Trained as a philosopher, her doctoral and postdoctoral research focuses on “availability” to others and empathy in medicine, particularly in relation to the use of social robots.
Her current work lies at the intersection of research ethics and biomedical ethics. It addresses issues such as the risks associated with emerging technologies, benefit sharing, and concepts including dignity and ableism.
She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews (UK) and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland, summa cum laude). She was subsequently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark (Department of Robotics) and at the University of Göttingen (Department of Philosophy). Since 2021, she has also been a member of the Transversal Task Force Ethics of the NCCR Evolving Language.
Research
- Biomedical ethics (dignity, ableism, social robots)
- Research ethics (risks of new technologies, benefit sharing)
- Empathy in medicine