ethics
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2026
Democracy and Health. Mapping the Field & Developing Design Principles for Democratizing Healthcare Governance
Abstract Democratic ideals are invoked frequently in debates on health and healthcare governance, yet the meaning and practical implications of “democracy” in this context often remain underspecified. This workshop builds…
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The Future of Bioethics Publishing: Ethical Risks and Infrastructural Power
Interested in Bioethics Commons? Register your interest and co-dream it with us (~3 min): https://survey.borant.eu/s/bioethics-commons-wcb Academic publishing is not a neutral vehicle for bioethical knowledge: it embeds implicit and explicit value…
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The making of digital ghosts: designing ethical AI afterlives
The rapid proliferation of AI-mediated digital afterlife technologies, from chatbots trained on personal data to voice clones and posthumous avatars, has generated a substantial body of ethical literature identifying the…
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Analyzing freedom: Understanding swiss COVID-19 narratives through NLP analysis
Background Beyond the public health challenges it posed, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of public discourses, particularly regarding moral key terms such as freedom. Understanding how these terms, including…
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Moral contentions in the COVID-19 discourses: a qualitative content analysis of Moral Key Terms in Swiss public discourses
Moral Key Terms (MKTs) have been used in public discourses to challenge or support efforts to manage COVID-19. We developed four themes that illustrate this through a theory-driven qualitative content…
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The phenomenon of ‘value extraction’ in Open Access
Background Open Access (OA) agreements were introduced to remove financial barriers to scientific dissemination and promote equity in knowledge access. As Article Processing Charges (APCs) have shifted from individual researchers…
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Analyzing Misinformation and Disinformation: Understanding Swiss COVID-19 Narratives Through Natural Language Processing Analysis
Abstract Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the challenges posed by the rapid spread of misinformation and disinformation, exacerbating societal polarization and institutional distrust. Understanding how misinformation and disinformation is understood…
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Financial Burden in Adults With Chronic Illness in Switzerland: A Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Interviews Using Natural Language Processing and Topic Modeling
Abstract Background:Chronic illness may cause a financial burden that affects patients, their caregivers, and families. While international research, mostly from the United States, has largely focused on cancer-related financial hardship,…
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The ethical risks of open-access agreements being used for authorship leverage
Transformative agreements — contracts between institutions and publishers that help to fund open-access (OA) systems — are widely presented as tools to advance equity in scientific publishing. But they can…
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Perceptions of Proportionality
The principle of proportionality is enshrined in Swiss law to ensure that the fundamental human rights guaranteed by the constitution cannot be abusively restricted in cases in which the overriding…