Expertise: Stephen Milford began his studies in theology at the University of Johannesburg and went on to complete a masters degree at Trinty College, Dublin. In 2011 he completed a second masters at Oxford University, before spending two years reading at King’s College London. In 2017 he completed his PhD at the Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands in the area of anthropology, human dignity, value, relational ontology and postliberal studies. His research interests lie in questions of identity, human rights and ethics, all with a focus on relational ontology, human uniqueness and unsubstitutability.

He is currently involved in a number of project at the IBMB including AI in healthcare; the ethical questions raised by AVs; loneliness and pandemic management plans and will soon PI a project on NLP AIs in Health Care.

Awards: Won the DUX award for academic excellence in 2005 and was invited to join the Golden Key society in 2004. KZS fund (51500 CHF) 2023.

Roles: Stephen Milford is currently undertaking his second PhD in biomedical ethics at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics (University of Basel) and is also an extra-ordinary researcher with North-West University (South Africa).