Irina Bokova, Directeur-Generaal van UNESCO, heeft de Nederlandse filosoof Peter-Paul Verbeek benoemd tot lid van COMEST, de World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. – See more at: https://www.unesco.nl/artikel/peter-paul-verbeek-treedt-toe-tot-unesco-adviescommissie-comest#sthash.529ODRTT.dpuf
APPOINTED MEMBER OF UNESCO – COMEST

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Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is full professor of Philosophy of Technology and co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is also honorary professor of Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Verbeek's research focuses on the philosophy of human-technology relations, and aims to contribute to philosophical theory, ethical reflection, and practices of design and innovation. His publications include Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design (Penn State University Press, 2005). View all posts by Peter-Paul Verbeek