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Maurice Chiodo; Dennis Müller; Rehan Shah;

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80511-688-2
Hardback978-1-80511-689-9
PDF978-1-80511-690-5

Language

  • English

THEMA

  • PB
  • PBB
  • QDTQ
  • YPJL
  • JNM
  • JNT

BISAC

  • MAT000000
  • MAT030000
  • EDU029010
  • EDU015000
  • PHI005000
  • SCI043000

Keywords

  • ethics in mathematics
  • higher education
  • teaching toolkit
  • mathematical exercises
  • pedagogy
  • responsible research and innovation

    Embedding Ethics and Sustainability in Mathematics Teaching

    Rationale, Methods, Exercises, Projects

    • Maurice Chiodo (author)
    • Dennis Müller (author)
    • Rehan Shah (author)
    FORTHCOMING
    This groundbreaking book offers the first-ever comprehensive collection of resources for embedding ethics and sustainability into undergraduate mathematics education. Designed for use in first- and second-year university courses in Mathematics and related fields—such as Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Economics—it features a unique selection of exercises, homework problems, and project ideas that seamlessly integrate ethical and sustainable considerations into standard mathematical content.

    Rather than treating ethics and sustainability as an add-on, each problem is crafted so that students must engage with its ethical and sustainable dimensions as part of their mathematical reasoning. This dual focus helps cultivate not only technical proficiency but also ethical awareness and critical thinking—key transferable skills for real-world sustainable problem-solving.

    In addition to problem sets, essay topics, and project ideas, the book includes an introduction to ethics in mathematics, ideas for a standalone lecture course on the topic, an exposition of embedded ethics, and connections to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. It serves as both a teaching tool and a platform for sustainable innovation in curriculum design, promoting a more responsible and reflective approach to mathematics.

    As an open-access document, it invites educators to expand and adapt its content, encouraging collaboration and growth in this vital area of teaching. Whether you're a lecturer, curriculum developer, or student, this resource paves the way for a more critically engaged undergraduate mathematics education.

    Contributors

    Maurice Chiodo

    (author)

    Dr Maurice Chiodo is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and the principal investigator of the Ethics in Mathematics Project, where he addresses the ethical challenges and risks posed by mathematics, mathematicians, and mathematically-powered technologies. His research looks at the ethical issues arising in all types of mathematical work, including AI, fi nance, modelling, surveillance, and statistics. He set up the Ethics in Mathematics Project in 2016 and has been its principal investigator since then, delivering seminar series, giving invited talks, and producing scholarly articles in the area. Maurice has direct industry experience with over 30 startups, having been a member of the Ethics Advisory Group at Machine Intelligence Garage UK for over 2 years. He comes from a background in research mathematics, holding two PhDs in mathematics, from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne, and has over a decade of experience working as an academic mathematician on problems in algebra and computability theory. He now publishes widely, in law, political science, policy, catastrophic risk, computer science, philosophy, and mathematics education. Institutional webpage: https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/maurice-chiodo (individual page).

    Dennis Müller

    (author)

    Dennis Müller is a research associate at the Institute of Mathematics Education at the University of Cologne and a research affi liate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge. Dennis studied mathematics at the universities of Bonn, Cambridge, and RWTH Aachen. He also has a professional background in software development. Dennis’s current research focuses on ethical and sustainable mathematics education and statistical operations research. From 2017 to 2020, Dennis held a Reuben Scholarship. Between 2018 and 2024, he also held a stipend with the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Germany’s oldest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. In 2022, he was a Design and Technology Fellow at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), where he studied the role of German engineers in the Holocaust and learned about legal ethics concerning modern technologies. Dennis is also a founding member of the Ethics in Mathematics Project and has previously served as the president of the Cambridge University Ethics in Mathematics Society. Institutional Webpage: https://mathedidaktik.uni-koeln.de/mitarbeiterinnen/dennis-mueller (individual page) https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/dennis-muller/ (individual page)

    Rehan Shah

    (author)

    Dr. Rehan Shah is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Mathematics and Engineering Education in the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) with research interests in applied mathematics (nonlinear dynamics, analytical mechanics and mathematical modelling) as well as mathematics and engineering education pedagogical research (diversifi cation of STEM curricula, mathematics threshold concepts and concept inventories, ethics and sustainability in mathematics, history of mathematics and physics). He specialises in education research methods including systematic literature reviews, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and survey design. He is also the School Lead for Inclusive Scholarship for the faculty-level Centre for Academic Inclusion in Science and Engineering at QMUL, the School’s EDI Education Champion and a Public Engagement Champion for the university. An accredited Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of AdvanceHE, he also serves as QMUL’s Academic Representative for both the Institute of Mathematics (IMA) and London Mathematics Society and a member of the IMA's London Branch Committee, Research Committee and the Early Career Mathematicians Committee. He completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics (Nonlinear Dynamics) at University College London (UCL) and has also been a Guest Mathematics Teacher at the London School of Economics. Prior to this, he taught GCSE and A-Level Mathematics as a full-time secondary school teacher for 3 years at several independent schools across London. He also has an MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientifi c Computing from the University of Oxford (St. Anne's College) and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance from UCL. Institutional webpage: https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff /r.shah (individual page) https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff /r.shah/research/impact/ (QMUL Ethics and Sustainability in mathematics education resources).