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Postdoctoral researcher (3 years) Philosophical analysis of socially disruptive technologies and transformations of society and culture (CLOSED)

opened: 2020-03-03 closed: 2020-03-23

The department of philosophy of the University of Twente is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher (3 years) to do a philosophical analysis of socially disruptive technologies and transformations of society and culture, with special reference to transformations of fundamental concepts and values The Challenge Socially disruptive technologies are technologies that change society in fundamental ways. They...

Assistant Professor in ethics or political philosophy (Tenure Track) (CLOSED)

opened: 2020-02-03 closed: 2020-02-14

The department of philosophy at the University of Twente is looking for an Assistant Professor in ethics or political philosophy focusing on emerging technology and its role in society (e.g., biomedical, environmental, digital). This is a two-year appointment with prospects for a permanent position. The Challenge For the research part of your appointment, you will develop your...

Research Programme Manager Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (CLOSED)

opened: 2019-11-01 closed: 2019-11-28

The Philosophy Department of the University of Twente is looking for a Research Programme Manager for the multi-university, ten year long international research programme “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies” About the Research Programme “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies” is a new international research programme of seven academic institutions in the Netherlands. It has a combined...

Project Manager Implementation Integrity Policy (CLOSED)

opened: 2019-11-01 closed: 2019-11-08

The University of Twente (UT) attaches great importance to the integrity of its employees and students and is constantly working to strengthen its organization in the field of integrity. The University of Twente has the ambition to create a “House of Integrity” where scientific integrity, social integrity and business integrity are part of and...

How Scientific Instruments Speak:

A Hermeneutics of Technological Mediations in (Neuro-)Scientific Practice

On Thursday 17th October 2019 at 12:30 in the Prof.dr. G. Berkhoff-zaal, De Waaier, UT, Bas will present and defend his dissertation ‘How Scientific Instruments Speak: A Hermeneutics of Technological Mediations in (Neuro-)Scientific Practice.’ His promoters are P.-P. Verbeek and H. te Molder and committee members are H. W. de Regt (Radboud University), F....

4TU.Ethics member Marianne Boenink and co-authors awarded the Chris Freeman Award

Emerging Technologies for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease: Innovating with Care (Palgrave MacMillan 2017). At the 2018 conference of the European Association for the Study of Science & Technology  (EASST) in Lancaster, UK, the Chris Freeman Award was given to this book Marianne Boenink co-edited with Harro van Lente (Maastricht University) and Ellen Moors (Utrecht University):  In honour...

Nolen Gertz

Can machines act morally? Nolen Gertz interviewed in Philosophie Magazine

4TU.Ethics member Nolen Gertz is one of five experts interviewed by Philosophie Magazine, published 21st March 2018. To read the full article in translation as re-published in German by Zeit Online please use this link: Künstliche Intelligenz – Können Maschinen moralisch handeln? To read the full original interview in French (with a subscription) please use the link...

Postdoc in Ethics of Big Data (CLOSED)

opened: 2018-02-12 closed: 2018-02-28

The Department of Philosophy of the University Twente in the Netherlands is looking for a Postdoc (18-month position) in Ethics of Big Data as part of a large European project on ethical and human rights aspects of smart big data systems.   The Challenge The aim of this postdoc project is to do an...

Assistant Professor in Applied Ethics (CLOSED)

opened: 2018-02-12 closed: 2018-03-08

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Twente in the Netherlands is looking for an Assistant Professor in Applied Ethics (full-time, two years with prospects for a permanent position) with a (future) research emphasis on technology, in particular: ethics of robotics, ethics of IT and artificial intelligence and/or medical ethics and technology.  ...

Ethics of the Internet of Things

On March 14th 2018, the DesignLab of the University of Twente hosted 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...

Vacancy 4TU.Ethics: Assistant Director / Coordinator (interim), University of Twente, 4 months (CLOSED)

opened: 2017-06-28 closed: 2017-07-16

The 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology is a cooperation of the philosophy departments of the three technical universities in the Netherlands. The bundling of forces in the field of ethics and technology in the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology accommodates the increasing need for balanced, high quality and comprehensive reflection and judgment on moral,...

PhD student in Ethics of human enhancement in an international context

closed: 2017-06-18

The Challenge   The aim of this PhD project is to perform an ethical study of human enhancement technologies and techniques that considers their full range, their potential future development, and the various ethical implications in different domains and for different stakeholders.  The study should also help answer the question how society should respond...

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