Stephen Rainey

Dr. Stephen Rainey has a First Class honours degree and a Master's degree with distinction in philosophy. He obtained his PhD entitled 'A Pragmatic Conception of Rationality' in 2008 from Queen's University, Belfast. He has published articles on topics related to the philosophy of language, group identity, ethics, governance and ICTs, understanding and rationality. Dr. Rainey is a researcher in FP7-funded research projects ETICA, EGAIS and CONSIDER. These projects have involved philosophical treatments of ethics, ICTs, governance and policy, European identity and the role of the citizenry in knowledge societies. His present interests include the philosophy of technology, AI and identity, and the challenges of policy-making. He acts as a consultant to the ethics sector of the European Commission.

Publications

Governance Theory and Practice: The Case of Europe
Governance Theory and Practice: The Case of Europe
Stephen Rainey. © 2015. 17 pages.
European political life involves a productive tension between liberalist and communitarian tendencies. This 'Libero-Communitarianism' in the EU is the backdrop to various...
Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies Development
Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies Development
Fernand Doridot, Penny Duquenoy, Philippe Goujon, Aygen Kurt, Sylvain Lavelle, Norberto Patrignani, Stephen Rainey, Alessia Santuccio. © 2013. 417 pages.
The more integrated technology becomes in our everyday lives and businesses, the more vital it grows that its applications are utilized in an ethical and appropriate way. Ethical...
Governance Theory and Practice: The Case of Europe
Governance Theory and Practice: The Case of Europe
Stephen Rainey. © 2013. 17 pages.
European political life involves a productive tension between liberalist and communitarian tendencies. This ’Libero-Communitarianism’ in the EU is the backdrop to various...
Competing Methodologies: Possibilities from a Point of View
Competing Methodologies: Possibilities from a Point of View
Stephen Rainey. © 2013. 16 pages.
This chapter aims to construct a basis to move toward addressing lacunae in governance approaches in a way that is not merely ad hoc but rather is grounded in theory and that can...
Transformation of Proceduralism from Contextual to Comprehensive
Transformation of Proceduralism from Contextual to Comprehensive
Sylvain Lavelle, Stephen Rainey. © 2013. 32 pages.
Proceduralism has been a major philosophical stream that gathers some outstanding philosophers, such as John Rawls or Jürgen Habermas. The general idea of proceduralism...