October 10 2019 Theo Wobbes will defend his dissertation on Human Enhancement in relation to the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner, titled 'Mens of geen mens? Een filosofie van de posthuman'. More information: https://www.utwente.nl/nl/academische-plechtigheden/promoties/agenda/2019/10/106160/promotie-theo-wobbes

In het kader van de Nationale Wetenschapsagenda is de afgelopen maanden hard gewerkt aan een interactieve animatiefilm over wetenschap en samenleving. Tijdens de film bepaalt de kijker het verloop van het verhaal, door keuzes te maken in een aantal dilemma's rondom wetenschap, van robotica tot climate engineering en van health apps tot biotechnologie. Reint Jan … Continue reading (Dutch:) ROBIN: Interactieve film over wetenschap en samenleving

Happy to announce that we received a very large grant from the Dutch 'Gravitation' program, for a 10-year research project on the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies. Goal is to investigate how new technologies (digital, brain, bio, environmental) affect society, nature and the human being, and require radically new ethical concepts and frameworks. Principal Investigators … Continue reading 10-year grant for Ethics of Disruptive Technologies

At the 2019 conference of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, we have organized four sessions of postphenomenological research, with 16 papers in total. For more information, see the program + abstracts. Sheraton Hotel New Orleans, Sept 6 (2.45 - 6 pm) & Sept 7 (8 - 11.15 am), room Bayside A

Upcoming Digital Human Sciences Conference: Autonomy in Digital SocietyKeynote speakers: Richard Grusin (Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Peter-Paul Verbeek (Professor of Philosophy of Technology, University of Twente) November 7, 2019, 9 am–4 pm, Aula Magna, Stockholm University Contact: sonya.petersson@arthistory.su.se More information: http://dhv.dsv.su.se/konferenser/# Preliminary Program9:00–9:15        Introduction 9:15–10:15      Richard Grusin, Professor of English, University of … Continue reading Autonomy in Digital Society: Stockholm, Nov 7 2019

De Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte in Leusden organiseert een cursusweek over de relaties tussen mens en robot, van 21 t/m 25 oktober 2019. Docenten zijn Jos de Mul, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Jan Broersen, Monica Meijsing, Bas Testerink, Erno Eskens, Marthe Kerkwijk en vele anderen. De gespreksleiding is in handen van Ton Maas. Meer informatie en aanmelden: https://isvw.nl/activiteit/ik-robot/

The Digital Society is organizing a half-day conference at which five speakers will present their experience and vision on how to handle privacy and legal issues in E-health.The conference will also have various interactive sessions. Admission is free but registration is required. See https://www.thedigitalsociety.info/mind-your-data/

Thailand will host a Conference on the Ethics of Science & Technology and Sustainable Development on 5 and 6 July 2019, in conjunction with the 26th Session of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the 11th (Ordinary) Session of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), which will take … Continue reading The Ethics of Science, Technology, and Sustainable Development

The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium is hosting a Thinker-in-residence program on Social Values and Digital Innovation. The thinkers of 2019 will focus on science, policy and ethics: Jan Rabaey, Rinie van Est, and myself. The activities during the year will culminate in a symposium on December 4, at the Academy in Brussels. More information: https://www.kvab.be/en/denkersprogramma/digital-innovation

May 17 Olya Kudina will defend her fascinating PhD thesis on the technological mediation of morality - the first dissertation that resulted from the Vici project ‘Theorizing Technological Mediation’. How to understand value dynamism in relation to technological mediation? And what can it imply for responsible design?