Liang Chen (梁辰)
Position: Postdoctoral research fellow (with Prof. Guoyu Wang)
Email: liang_chen@fudan.edu.cn
Academic Bio
Liang Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at Fudan University. Her research spans bioethics and AI ethics, with a particular focus on privacy, safety, and responsibility in medical AI and humanoid robots in care settings. She draws on interdisciplinary training in nursing, public health, and ethics to examine how emerging technologies reshape vulnerability, trust, and ethical governance in healthcare.
Research Interests
Bioethics; Robot Ethics; Medical AI Ethics
Academic Appointments & Professional Experience
Nov 2024 – Nov 2026 · Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Philosophy, Fudan University / CAST–Fudan Institute for Technology Ethics and Human Future
Aug 2023 – Nov 2023 · Research & Operations Intern (AI Safety & Governance), CONCORDIA AI
Jul 2016 – Apr 2017 · Clinical Nursing Intern, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
Education
Sep 2020 – Jul 2024 · PhD in Ethics, Peking University
Sep 2017 – Jul 2020 · Master’s in Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Medical University
Sep 2013 – Jul 2017 · BSc in Nursing, Shanxi Medical University
Research Projects (PI / Participant)
Principal Investigator (PI)
l National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC), Youth Project: Privacy Ethics of Humanoid Robots in Nursing Contexts (Grant No. 25CZX058), ongoing.
l China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (77th General Program): Privacy Risks and Ethical Governance of Humanoid Robots in Elderly Care (Grant No. 2025M773755), ongoing.
l Fudan University “Super Postdoc” Program (4th Batch, 2024): Ethical Issues of AI Humanoid Nursing Robots, ongoing.
Participant
l NSSFC Major Project: Contemporary Bioethics Discourse from the Perspective of Practical Philosophy (Grant No. 25&ZD021).
Honors & Awards
· Selected for Fudan University “Super Postdoc” Program.
· Selected for Shanghai Municipal Talent Work Bureau “Postdoctoral Dispatch” Program.
Publications & Book Contributions (Selected)
Journal Articles
1. Chen, L. (2024). Global Health Ethics: A Collaborative Path for the Development of Public Health Ethics. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 22(2), 151–155.
2. Liang, C., & Cong, Y. (2024). Ethical challenges and risks in the development and application of autonomous surgical robots(自主手术机器人研发与应用的伦理挑战和风险). Medicine and Society, 37(08), 114–121.
3. Chen, L. (2022). Reflections on the Sustainability of Cross-Cultural Dialogue. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 20(2), 87–91.
4. Chen, L., & Rui, D. (2018). The Suffering Consciousness: Head Transplantation from the Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism. International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 16(1), 45–59.
5. Deng, R., & Liang, C. (2018). Parallel medical records in narrative medicine from the perspective of medical ethics(医学伦理学视角下探讨叙事医学的平行病历). Medicine and Philosophy (B), 39(07), 13–16.
Book / Book Series Contribution
l Contributing author. In Duan, Z. (Ed.), Staying True to the Original Aspiration: Early Clinical Practice Stories of Medical Students(初心方得——医学生早临床实践见闻). Beijing: People’s Medical Publishing House, 2018.
Conference Presentation
l Chen, L., & Cong, Y. (2023, October). Why Autonomous Surgical Robots Become the Research Object of Medical Ethics. 15th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law.(第15届世界生命伦理学、医学伦理学和卫生法会议)
