CISCHR is a not-for-profit organisation based in Cwmdu ( Rhiangoll Valley ) in the Black Mountains region of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It is dedicated to promoting the international study of cyberethics, through quality research, teaching, publication and advocacy. More specifically, the Centre has been established to encourage informed public debate on human rights issues that relate to the actual or potential misuse of information and communication technologies as well as relevant issues concerning social inclusion.
CISCHR currently focuses on THREE main activities:
» the promotion of cyberethics as a distinct discipline through public lectures and ‘bespoke seminars’ with
educational institutions, statutory bodies and voluntary organisations
» the provision of educational resources on cyberethics at secondary and tertiary level for those engaged in:
• the teaching of extended IT courses
• the teaching of cyberethics as an option within departments of philosophy or humanity
schools
» the undertaking and commissioning of discrete pieces of research relevant to the mission of the Centre
From 2002 onwards CISCHR has established strategic links with relevant schools, departments and research centres at Cardiff University (ranked 16th in the UK for research according to Research Fortnight's RAE 2008 Power Table) including the School of Computer Science & Informatics, the Centre for Applied Ethics, BRASS as well as the Business and Law Schools.
The Centre’s current Director is Dr Ian M. Kenway, formerly Assistant Secretary of the Church of England’s Board for Social Responsibility (1988-1993) and Director of the Centre for Theology and Society at the University of Essex (1993-99). In 2004 he was appointed Honorary Research Fellow in Ethics and ICT at Cardiff University.
Legal Disclaimer: CISCHR is fundamentally committed to the values of personal expression, privacy and freedom of information but takes absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for the content of commended external web sites. Legal actions against this published site are welcome, under appropriate national or international law, if or whenever content is knowingly and persistently published as fraudulent or grossly misleading.
© CISCHR Updated 3 February, 2012