Author: Peter-Paul Verbeek

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).

UNESCO’s Ethics Commissions publish statement on the Ethics of COVID passports

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) call policy makers to address ethical issues involved in COVID-19 Certificates and Vaccine Passports. It is crucial that COVID-19 Certificates and Vaccine Passports are not designed, implemented nor used as a privilege and should not infringe freedom … Continue reading UNESCO’s Ethics Commissions publish statement on the Ethics of COVID passports

Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

June 8: online conference organised by Scholars at Risk – Ireland and ALLEA See: https://allea.org/academic-freedom-event/ This conference will focus on the importance of intellectual dissent and academic freedom to democratic societies in a Western, particularly European, context. The speakers and the panel will discuss the scope and the limits of academic freedom in the context … Continue reading Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent

(Dutch) SURVEILLANCE: een expositie-voor-één-avond

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

28 mei 2021, 19h30 VHDG Leeuwarden & Online: thema-avond over surveillance. Van de VHDG website: "Beveiligingscamera’s op straathoeken, stickertjes die op webcams geplakt moeten worden, social media algoritmes die meer over jou weten dan jij van jezelf weet . We zijn zichtbaarder dan ooit en de bekende ‘Big Brother’ uit de dystopische roman van George … Continue reading (Dutch) SURVEILLANCE: een expositie-voor-één-avond