Gregor Wolbring, University of Calgary

Research

Ethics Neurotechnologies

Latest papers

Neurotechnology through the lens of users and as a novel field for society.
Frontiers in neurology · 2026
The implications of climate change for the learning and development of children and youth living in poverty.
The Lancet. Public health · 2026
Perception and reaction of undergraduate critical disability studies students to six short films depicting neuro-advancements.
Nanoethics · 2025 · senior author

All 29 publications

Latest funding

Development of an anti-ableism framework and guideline (REACH) for health research
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$365,068
Reconceptualizing autonomy: Testing whether a collaborative form of autonomy, measured dispositionally or induced experimentally, improves the pursuit of life goals over time
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$41,874
Computational Urban Accessibility: Understanding, Mapping, and Scoring Barriers in the Built Environment
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$35,658

All 8 grants and awards

29 publications.

01

Neurotechnology through the lens of users and as a novel field for society.

Ashouri D, Weh L, Borrmann V, Coenen C, Kraft EM, Loufs V, Mehnert W, Muhr P, Müller O, Şahinol M, Schmidt M, Seyfried G, Soedibjo K, Stewart IE, Wolbring G, Youssef S, Stieglitz T

Frontiers in neurology2026

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1842746 PMID: 42534420

02

The implications of climate change for the learning and development of children and youth living in poverty.

Noor J, Flanagan E, Lacap LM, Farooq M, Bezgrebelna M, Fung K, Andari S, Anthonj C, Boateng GO, Gislason M, Green S, Fournier B, Henderson J, Ikiz B, Kenny GP, Meade RD, Metz C, Sachal A, Wolbring G, Kidd SA

The Lancet. Public health2026

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00075-7 PMID: 42202821

03

Perception and reaction of undergraduate critical disability studies students to six short films depicting neuro-advancements.

Salvatore C, Sami S, Youssef S, Schmidt M, Wolbring G

Nanoethics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11569-025-00467-y PMID: 40162191

04

Climate change, poverty, and health: A scoping review of the Canadian context.

Bezgrebelna M, Aliyev E, Amoah YSA, Atkinson D, Chiblow SB, Daley M, Drolet JL, Fletcher A, Harper S, Kenny GP, Lacap LM, McKenzie K, Sachal A, Valois P, Wolbring G, Xie EC, Kidd SA

The journal of climate change and health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100348 PMID: 41647115

05

Next Generation Computing and Communication Hub for First Responders in Smart Cities.

Shaposhnyk O, Lai K, Wolbring G, Shmerko V, Yanushkevich S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/s24072366 PMID: 38610580

06

Auditing the impact of artificial intelligence on the ability to have a good life: using well-being measures as a tool to investigate the views of undergraduate STEM students.

Lillywhite B, Wolbring G

AI & society2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00146-022-01618-5 PMID: 36619527

07

Kinesiology, Physical Activity, Physical Education, and Sports through an Equity/Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Lens: A Scoping Review.

Arora K, Wolbring G

Sports (Basel, Switzerland)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/sports10040055 PMID: 35447865

08

Influencing discussions and use of neuroadvancements: Perspectives of Canadian occupational therapists.

Villamil V, Djebrouni M, Wolbring G

Work (Reading, Mass.)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/wor-205108 PMID: 35938260

09

Influencing discussions and use of neuroadvancements as professionals and citizens: Perspectives of Canadian speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Villamil V, Wolbring G

Work (Reading, Mass.)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/wor-205104 PMID: 35253675

10

Coverage of ethics within the artificial intelligence and machine learning academic literature: The case of disabled people.

Lillywhite A, Wolbring G

Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2019.1593259 PMID: 30995161

Development of an anti-ableism framework and guideline (REACH) for health research

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally

Keywords: Ableism; Disability; Discrimination; Health Equity

$365,068

Reconceptualizing autonomy: Testing whether a collaborative form of autonomy, measured dispositionally or induced experimentally, improves the pursuit of life goals over time

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard F.

Keywords: autonomy; motivation; goal progress; well being;

$41,874

Computational Urban Accessibility: Understanding, Mapping, and Scoring Barriers in the Built Environment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fast, Victoria V.

Keywords: accessibility; access score; data science; disability; cartography; comparison; crowdsourcing; equity; diversity and; inclusion (EDI); geographic information science; mapping; mobility; social justice; spatial data; urban analytics

$35,658

Facing Climate Change in Poverty: Generating a Complex Systems Model at the Climate Change-Poverty-Health Nexus

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Kidd, Sean A

Keywords: Climate Change; Health Equity; Lived Experience; Poverty; Systems

$125,000

Emergency Management Cycle-Centric R&D: From National Prototyping to Global Implementation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Yanushkevich, Svetlana

Keywords: Emergency Management Cycle Research and Development Risk assessment E-coaching Machine Reasoning Decision support Societal-technology gap Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

$237,970

FutureBody

Nominated PICIHR2017Team Grant: European Research Projects of Neuroscience

Principal investigators: Wolbring, Gregor

Keywords: Ethics; Neurotechnologies

$102,167

Building better humans: health, enhancements and human rights

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kerr, Ian

Keywords: health law; health policy; technology law; social justice; human enhancement; disability theory; ableism; enhancement technologies; biomedical ethics; philosophy of technology; transhumanism; human rights

$80,959

Living archives on eugenics in Western Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: history of eugenics; living archives; collective memory; Western Canadian social history; disability; technology; and social policy; inclusivity and social structure; reproductive health issues; human variation; normalcy and diversity; human enhancement

$1,000,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Community Health Sciences
Psychology
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Children, Youth and Families
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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