Nigel Crook is Professor of AI and Robotics, Dean of Research and Innovation, and Director of the Centre for AI, Culture and Society at Oxford Brookes University. He graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc (hons) in Computing and Philosophy in 1982. He has a PhD in explainable intelligent machines and a Diploma in Biblical and Theological Studies awarded with Distinction from Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. He has nearly 40 years of experience as a lecturer and a researcher in AI. He is an expert reviewer for the European Commission and serves on several scientific committees for international conferences. His research interests include biologically inspired machine learning, social robotics and autonomous moral machines.