He is also member of the faculty of Medical History and Bioethics, faculty affiliate of the UW Law School, and on the steering committee of the Holtz Center for Science, Technology, and Society. His research concerns information ethics and policy, including issues related to surveillance and privacy, intellectual freedom, and democratic processes. His current projects include issues of identity and privacy in the context of neurotechnologies and the effects of surveillance, mass data collection, and algorithmic decision making on agency and on democratic legitimacy.