Hossein Dabbagh

Mohammad Hossein Haj Farajollah Dabbagh, known as Hossein Dabbagh, born in 1986 in Tehran, is a researcher in applied philosophy, particularly in the fields of ethics, politics, and law, public policy, moral psychology and neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and cognitive linguistics. He is the son of Abdolkarim Soroush and the brother of Soroush Dabbagh.

Dabbagh studied management and economics, Western philosophy, and Islamic philosophy in Iran, and then completed a PhD in moral philosophy with a focus on moral psychology and neuroscience at the University of Reading and the University of Oxford (under the supervision of professors Brad Hooker, Philip Stratton-Lake, and Regina Rini). In subsequent years, he has taught and conducted research at institutions and universities in Iran, the UK, and Qatar, including the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies in Tehran, the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London and a Philosophy Tutor in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.

Dabbagh's main focus is on moral philosophy (applied ethics), political philosophy and public policy, moral epistemology (particularly ethical intuitionism), moral psychology and neuroscience, medical and bioethics, technology ethics (particularly artificial intelligence), cognitive linguistics (particularly metaphor), and the relationship between theology and the psychology of language. He has also written and lectured on post-revolution religious intellectualism, Islamic political theology, mysticism and Islamic philosophy, and metaphorical theology.

He is currently a member of UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Committee and provides written expert opinions on artificial intelligence and social media for the UK Parliament.

In the 2000s, Hossein Dabbagh was a member of the Central Council of the Islamic Association of Students at the University of Tehran and a member of the Research Council of the Office for Strengthening Unity.

Alongside his academic research, he writes about everyday Iranian politics for outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Independent, and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

He is a member of the editorial board and an assistant editor of the Journal of Applied Bioethics.