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The PhD council is looking forward to meet you again for our monthly coffee moment to talk about the joys, struggles and everything in between that happens when pursuing a PhD with 4TU.Ethics. We will come together to discuss a different thesis each month. The results of our discussion will be communicated with the 4TU Management...
Dear 4TU.Ethics community,We, the editorial team of the 4TU.Ethics Independent blog invite you to our Christmas gathering on December 16 from 18.30 on in The Kitchen Bar in Utrecht. Would you like to contribute to our initiative? Come join us! Would you like to become a member of the editorial team? Don’t hesitate! Would you just like to drop...
Chirag Arora will defend his thesis at the 6th of December at 13:30. Venue Atlas Building room 0.710, TU Eindhoven Description of the thesis Characterized by an accelerating rise in the collection and analysis of quantified data, the healthcare sector is witnessing rapid ‘’datafication’’. Health datafication is driven by technologies that enable the collection...
This year, the Research Day will have a relatively open character, allowing members to meet each other, discuss work with peers, write, read, and develop new ideas. Kasteel Montfoort is an ideal venue for this, as it offers ample opportunities to take walks and find quiet places to engage in research, but also allows for plenary discussions...
Karolina’s dissertation examines how we can make progress in the (bio)ethical debate on new and emerging technologies aimed at improving human morality – the so-called moral bioenhancement (MBE). It raises some pertinent questions about the debate’s blind spots, MBE’s conceptual and theoretical sensibility and coherence, as well as its normative value. The analyses conducted...
We are happy to announce that the 4TU November writing retreat is happening! Surrounded by nature and like-minded PhDs, the writing retreat is the perfect occasion to get some nice writing done, bond with the rest of the group, and learn from each other. The days will kick off with morning workshops on writing, both academic...
This will be a major academic conference in 2022, organized by a consortium of seven universities in the Netherlands. The focus will be on those new technologies that are disruptive and transformative of society: artificial intelligence, robotics, neurotechnology, synthetic biology, 3D printing, energy transition technologies, and others. Conference website: https://www.esdit.nl/conferences/Esdit2022/For all questions and...
This course focuses on present-day and particularly continental philosophical approaches to technology and science. The course consists of 12 sessions (120mins), with 6 sessions centering around authors (e.g. Heidegger, Simondon, Stiegler), and the other six sessions being more thematic (e.g. Synthetic Cell, AI, Anthropocene). Confirmed lecturers include Prof. Peter-Paul Verbeek; dr. Vincent Blok; Prof....
Approaches like Value Sensitive Design and ethics-by-design have become popular over the last decade to integrate values, and other moral considerations, from the start in the design and development of new technologies. This course provides an introduction to some of the key underlying philosophical foundations and issues of such approaches. We will discuss what...
