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

9 October 2017, 19:00 - 21:00 hrs, Openbare Bibliotheek van Amsterdam, Theaterzaal OBA: Dawn of a New Age. Is it time to change the way we think about science? During this evening symposium, a highly diverse panel of experts will consider this question by examining various subjects that our current scientific paradigm cannot adequately explain. … Continue reading Dawn of a New Age: Een nieuw tijdperk in de wetenschap?

During the Twente Science Night, 7 October, the University of Twente will transform the Oude Markt and surrounding areas of Enschede to a location with loads to see, do and explore. More information can be found here.

Sept 29, Breda: lecture ‘Our Technological Condition’, at symposium ‘To Infinity and Beyond’, connected to the 8th International Photo Festival Breda. About science, technology, and their impact on society. More information: http://www.bredaphoto.nl/to-infinity-and-beyond/. See also this PDF.

Conference organized by the Dhillon Marty foundation around the 2030 Agenda for inclusive and sustainable development, with a panel on "Technology: Challenges and Opportunities". Speakers: Georges Kepenekian (Mayor of Lyon and Vice-President of the Metropole of Lyon), Marie-Hélène Parizeau (Professor of Philosophy, Université Laval, Québec), Louis Montagne (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, af83), Divina Frau-Meigs … Continue reading Every Decision Counts: State of the Community 2017

Sept 11-15 2017, the 10th meeting of UNESCO's World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology will be held in Paris. The final draft of our report on robotics ethics will be discussed, as well as the progress of our report on water ethics. And COMEST will meet in conjunction with UNESCO's International Bioethics … Continue reading Meeting of UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology

Sept 7 and 8 I will give my inaugural lectures as honorary professor of techno-anthropology at Aalborg University and its Copenhagen campus. September 7: 16.45, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 København SV Room: Auditorium 1.008 (Please sign up for the event at http://www.doodle.com/poll/ergdhrk9hwaxaxhr) September 8: 12h30, Aalborg University, location TBA More information: http://www.en.plan.aau.dk/events/show/peter-paul-verbeek-honorary-professor-inaugural-lecture.cid330456

A five-minute animation explaining the basics of the approach of technological mediation.  https://vimeo.com/221545135 (Animation created by Rachel Kremer)

Technologies are increasingly designed to influence people’s behavior in directions that are seen as desirable, as approaches like ‘nudging’ and ‘persuasive technology’ show. At the same time, this development raises ethical concerns. The postdoc project ‘Designing Moral Mediation’ will develop both a philosophical and an ethical approach to behavior-influencing technologies.  The postdoc will become a … Continue reading Job opening: 2-year postdoc position in philosophy and ethics of technology and design