About Me
Matt T. Clark (he/him)
I am a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.
I use philosophy and applied ethics to help find solutions to current social challenges, including through engagement with public policy.
My research interests focus on how we can build better organisations and the social and political dimensions of trust. At the moment, I am focused on expanding our understanding of the ways organisations can be more moral and better support their members' ethical development.
I am especially interested in how organisations and institutions alter how individuals reason and whether organisations can and should have civic & political virtues (and, if they do, what they should be).
I retain an interest in the role that trust does and should play in our societies, especially how it is linked to improving our quality of life.
My doctoral research explored what trust and trustworthiness are and how organisations - in particular businesses - can be trustworthy.
I also have broad interests in the nature and demands of work, liberal democratic theory, normativity, social ontology and philosophy of social science. These come from a concern with understanding the philosophical foundations of our everyday lives and politics.
Further links:
My PhilPeople profile is here.
My LinkedIn profile is here.
CV
Education
PhD Philosophy
University of Leeds, 2025
The Foundations of Corporate Trustworthiness: How to Get Businesses and Organisations We Can Trust
Supervisors: Dr Jamie Dow, Professor J. Robert. G. Williams, Dr Thomas Brouwer
Teaching
As a guest lecturer:
Ethics & Sustainability to data scientists, electrical & electronic engineers, civil engineers
Ethics of Automation
Ethics of Journalism
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
As a tutor:
Introduction to history of western philosophy; introduction to moral and political philosophy; introduction to epistemology and metaphysics
Applied Ethics Workshops:
Professional ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility; ethics of human resource management; medical and dental ethics
Selected Conferences
'Forms of Trust for Discerning Trustors', Social and Political Dimensions of Trust & Trustworthiness Workshop (University of Leeds) 2025 (co-organised; supported by the Mind Association & The IDEA Centre)
'What Trustworthiness Is and Why It Matters: The Social Vulnerabilities Account' Association for Social & Political Philosophy Annual Conference (University of Swansea / Prifysgol Abertawe) 2024
'What Trustworthiness Is and Why It Matters: The Social Vulnerabilities Account' Society for Applied Ethics Annual Conference (University of Oxford) 2024
'You Have to Trust Me: Self-Belief, Trust and Fairness', Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (University of Colorado, Boulder) 2023
'You Have to Trust Me: Self-Belief, Trust and Fairness', Trust, Integration & Social Cohesion Conference (Memorial University of Newfoundland) 2023
Training
Institute for Government / University of Leeds
Engaging research in policy development training
Association of Medical Research Charities
Policy engagement and campaigning training