Nathanael Sheehan is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the Technical University of Munich’s School of Social Sciences and Technology. He is part of the Ethical Data Initiative and the Philosophy of Open Science research group, where his research explores data sharing in public health.
Nathanael holds a BSc in Computer Science, a M.Sc in Geography and will be finishing his Ph.D in Environmental Intelligence in 2026. Drawing from this, his research explores using mixed methods such as quantitative modelling, ethnographic observations and semi structured interviews in order to understand the historical, philosophical, social and technical dimensions of data sharing.
Nathanael runs a fortnightly reading group on Epistemic Diversity where an international audience read papers relating to the diversity of knowledge in scientific systems. He also is a member of the Research Data Alliance where he participates in multiple working groups.
- Data Sharing
- Social Epistemology
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Social Science
Sheehan, N., & Leonelli, S. (2024). Reconciling data actionability and accountability in global health research: The case of SARS-CoV-2. Global Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2436422
Sheehan, N., Botta, F. and Leonelli, S. (2024) ‘Unrestricted Versus Regulated Open Data Governance: A Bibliometric Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleotide Sequence Databases’, <i>Data Science Journal</i>, 23(1), p. 29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-029.
Talbot, J., Lucas-Smith, M., Speakman, A., Streb, M., Nuttall, S., Carlino, D., … Lovelace, R. (2022). Active Travel Oriented Development: Assessing the suitability of sites for new homes. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 22(4), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2022.22.4.6015
- Mixed Methods
- Data Governance
- Data Infrastructures
- Open Science
2020 Digital Ecologies, Online
Performing digital water publics: a computational approach
2021 Decarbon8, Online
Working with origin-destination and activity data to model decarbonisation
2021 Intelligent Machines, Emotions, and Our Planet, Online
Linking Sentiment with River Health in the Thames Basin
2021 Modelling World, Online
The ActDev Project
2022 Data Crunch, Online
Open Data in the Private Industry
2022 Philosophy of Open Science open meeting, Online
Responsible Repositories
2022 PhilInBioMed conference, Pittsburgh
Analysis of COVID-19 sequencing platforms
2023 Research Data Alliance, Gothenburg
Analysis of COVID-19 sequencing platforms
2023 Institute for Data Science and AI, Exeter
Analysis of COVID-19 sequencing platforms
2023 PHIL_OS Exploratory Conference, Exeter
Open Data and Software in Science
2023 International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of biology, Toronto
Covid-19 Genomic Data: Diverse Enough?
2024 Understanding Life in a Changing Planet , Exeter
Between Open and Closed Data: A metascientific study on global health data practices
2024 Philosophy of Science Association 29th biennial meeting
Openness and Inequity in Research: An Account of Participatory Informational Format Exclusion
- Philosophy of Science Association
- Research Data Alliance
Open Research Awards, University of Exeter – Runner up 2024