On March 14 2018, the DesignLab of the University of Twente will host a UNESCO workshop on the Ethics of the Internet of Things. Technologies are increasingly taking on an environmental role. Sensor networks are being integrated in our material environment, while algorithms and artificial intelligence make sense of the generated data, and influence our … Continue reading March 14: UNESCO / UTwente workshop Ethics of IoT

Our research group acquired funding for two projects in the NWO programme ‘Smart Culture - Creative Cities’ - a joint programme by NWO Social Sciences and Humanities and Top Sector Creative Industry: BRIdging Data in the built Environment (BRIDE) Dr. M. Nagenborg (UT), Prof.dr.ir. P.P.C.C. Verbeek (UT), Prof. dr. G.W. Kortuem (TUD), Prof. dr. mr. ir. … Continue reading Two new research projects on Smart Cities

Video registration of an evening at Radboud Reflects (Nijmegen) around the work of Don Ihde: an introduction to his work and an interview / discussion. https://youtu.be/hmBgJjfjG7Q

The international conference “Human-Technology Relations: Postphenomenology and Philosophy of Technology” will take place on July 11-13, 2018 at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. The conference intends to bring together philosophers, scholars, artists, designers, and engineers in order to foster dialogue and creative collaborations around the interactions between humans, technologies, and society. As has been … Continue reading Call for Papers: “Human-Technology Relations: Postphenomenology and Philosophy of Technology”

30 november 2017 - 14:00u - 18:00u, Stadskasteel Oudaen, Oudegracht 99 te Utrecht "Tijdens de workshop 'Maatschappelijk verantwoord innoveren' in de hightech wordt ingegaan op de ethische en maatschappelijke aspecten van innovaties, en hoe tech-pioniers daar op kunnen anticiperen. Er wordt een tool gepresenteerd om ethische aspecten te identificeren en te koppelen aan ontwerpvragen. Deze workshop … Continue reading Drone-ethiek: maatschappelijk verantwoord innoveren in de hightech

ZONDAG 26 NOVEMBER 2017, 12.35 UUR OP NPO 2 Moet de ethiek geen grenzen stellen aan de techniek? Van de Franse denker Michel Foucault leerde hoogleraar filosofie Peter Paul Verbeek dat dat niet de goede benadering is. "In plaats van de macht over de mens buiten de deur te willen houden, moeten we er juist beter … Continue reading (Dutch) TV lecture on Foucault and Technology

To highlight the relevance of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and to present its recent report on the ethics of robotics, the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO will organize a lunch debate on "Robots: ethical or unethical?" during the 39th General Conference, … Continue reading Robots: ethical or unethical?

We moeten nieuwe technologie niet vrezen, zegt filosoof Peter-Paul Verbeek, maar er slim mee leven. Technologie is een onderdeel van ons mens zijn en onze moraal – van vuistbijl en vuur tot seksrobot en smartphone. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/07/wij-hebben-geen-klauwen-en-dus-hebben-we-n-iphone-13232352-a1576272

Oct 30 - Nov 1, Stockholm: Precarious Media Life. Digital media have the power to transform our existence, raising particular questions and vulnerabilities as part of the experience of being human in the digital age. Big data and hyperconnectivity, tracking and trolling, digital life and digital death are only some of the issues that require … Continue reading Digital Existence II: Precarious Media Life.

Oct 12, Free University Brussels: Smart cities and the role of Internet of Things technologies in public space. How to understand these new human-technology relationships, and how to connect philosophical and ethical analysis to practices of urban planning, design and policymaking? Building on the theory of technological mediation, the lecture will investigate how technologies can … Continue reading Smart Cities and Smart Citizenship