Can Technology Save the Planet?
Connecting Environmental Ethics with Technology Ethics Institute of Philosophy – Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 5 September, 2023 Keynote speakers: Vincent Blok (Wageningen University) and Leonnie Bossert (University of Tübingen) Usually, technology ethics is not informed by environmental ethics and vice versa. But many ethical reflections on climate change, sustainability, Anthropocene, artificial intelligence (AI), or robotics could...
Call for Papers ETHICOMP 2024
21st International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT https://www.unirioja.es/ethicomp/2024/index.html We are living in a smart world, where everything looks smart. The use of the term “smart” is a buzzword. Technology becomes the backbone of virtually every aspect of our life: work, relations, health, education, leisure, … In our next international conference, ETHICOMP 2024, we wonder if the current state of...
International final conference “Education becomes digital”
On behalf of ALDA, European Association of Local Democracy, we would like to remind you about the international final conference “Education becomes digital” of the P-CUBE project, co-funded by Erasmus+ programme. During this conference, the consortium will present the P-CUBE game. Discover more about the project here. 🗓️ When? 7th June 2023, 16:00-17:30h CEST –...
Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Group
An inspiring professor to lead the Chair Group Philosophy. The Philosophy Group focuses on social-political, ethical, epistemic, and ontological issues involved in the relationship of humans with nature, animals, food, and agriculture. The Group aims to understand processes of societal and ethical debates around science and technology in different societal and cultural settings, by...
Extended deadline 7th SRAE-Benelux conference and call for abstracts
The deadline for submitting an abstract to the 7th Society for Risk Analysis-Europe Benelux Conference is extended to June 5th. Please find below the call for abstracts. The conference is taking place on October 31st in Brussels on the KU Leuven Campus. We will have a full day of exciting talks about the theme “Dealing with the...
Intersectional Philosophy of Technology Speaker Series
In the coming months several 4TU.Ethics members organize the intersectional philosophy of technology series. Details can be found below. Interested? Contact Jordi Viader Guerrero at ...
New blog series started: Responsible Innovation
The blog team has started a new blog series. This series is a collaboration between the 4TU.Ethics graduate school and blog team. As final assignment of the course Responsible Research and Innovation, PhDs had to write a blog about a subject of the course. From these blogs, a few were selected for publication. You...
Assistant professor in philosophy with a focus on human-technology relations
The section of Philosophy (PHIL) of the Department of Technology, Policy and Society (TPS) at the University of Twente (UT) is seeking an assistant professor in Philosophy with a focus on human-technology relations. APPLY NOW You are envisaged to (further) develop a coherent and innovative line of research focused on the interplay between, on...
Invitation & Call for contributions 4TU.Ethics research day 2023
Registration for the 4TU.Ethics research day 2023 is open! You can register at 4TU.Ethics Research day 2023 – Register (wur.nl). ...
Vacancy: Copy editor blog team
The 4TU Independent blog is looking for members of the 4TU community who would like to participate in the editorial team. Primarily, our blog needs a copy editor who support with copy editing submitted blog posts and minor tasks within the publication process. This vacancy is primarily targeted at proficient English speakers or native speakers....