In Januari 2023 verschijnt ‘Wat maakt de mens?’: een boek over de relaties tussen mens, technologie en wetenschap, door Kirsten Poortier, Erik Myin en mijzelf. Uitgeverij Boom beschrijft het boek als volgt: “Wat maakt ons tot mens? Traditioneel beantwoorden filosofen deze vraag door te wijzen op ons denkvermogen, maar dit antwoord is problematisch. Als computertechnici … Continue reading (Dutch) Nieuw boek: Wat maakt de mens?

Just out: ‘Technology Ethics: Introduction and Readings’, by Gregory Robson and Jonathan Tsou, offering a broad introduction in the ethics of technology. My chapter is on Postphenomenology and Ethics.

On Monday 9 January, the University of Amsterdam celebrated its 391st anniversary. The text of my opening lecture, on the new societal role of universities in the 21st century, can be found here. There is also a Dutch version, as well as reports and video registrations of the entire ceremony in Dutch and in English.

Published in Human Studies: Living in the Flesh: Technologically Mediated Chiasmic Relationships (in Times of a Pandemic).

April 29 2022, Melis Bas will defend her PhD thesis 'Technological Mediation of Politics: An Arendtian Critique of Political Philosophy of Technology'. More information can be found here.

Op 23 mei vindt het mini-symposium 'Kennis is (tegen)macht' plaats, ter ere van het tienjarig bestaan van Parlement en Wetenschap. Ik verzorg de inleiding: ‘Wetenschap als basis voor de politiek? Tussen fact-free science en evidence-based policy’.

April 7 and 8, Katowice, Poland: "BEYOND" - AGRAFA 2022, 7th International Design Conference, on the condition of modern design. More information: https://agrafa.asp.katowice.pl/en/

New article on moral mediation and design ethics, aiming to strengthen the basis of designing for values by relating it to philosophy of technology. The article starts by discussing several theories to understand technology-induced value mediation: mediation approach, technology assessment methods, and types of value change. It then connects these theories to design practice by … Continue reading Just out in Design Issues: “Values that Matter: A New Method to Design and Assess Moral Mediation of Technology”

Dec 9 2021: keynote at conference 'Senses&Sensibility21: Designing Next Genera(c)t!ions', Bari (Italy). More information: https://senses2021.unidcom-iade.pt/program/

Dec 16 2021: "Techno-topology: Interculturality and the Technological Mediation of Place". Keynote lecture at PLATIAL’21: International Symposium on Platial Information Science: http://platial21.platialscience.net