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We all want livable cities and clean air. But how can we ensure driver autonomy while promoting public values in mobility? The Driving for Values project [a collaboration between AMS Institute, the City of Amsterdam and ESDIT researchers] offers solutions for integrating smart navigation into cities—while covering critical ethical bases.
Benjamin Hofbauer defended his PhD dissertation “Governing Prometheus: Ethical Reflections on Risk & Uncertainty In Solar Climate Engineering Research” on 19 June at TU Delft.
The University of Leiden is looking for a PhD candidate to work on the project: “Compliance by Design: Technical Challenges of EU AI Act Requirements and Their Ethical Implications.” Deadline for applications: 15 July 2024
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is looking a PhD student for a four-year project on whether (and if so, how) philosophers can use AI technologies to improve ethics methodology. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the final deadline for application is 31 August.
On 28 May, at TU Delft, Caroline Bollen became the first ESDiT PhD graduating, as she successfully defended her PhD thesis: Empathy 2.0: What it means to be empathetic in a diverse and digital world.
Matthew Dennis (TU/Eindhoven), Anna Puzio (University of Twente) and Gunter Bombaerts (TU/Eindhoven) contributed to the report “Reimagining Digital Well-Being – for designers & policy makers”.
You can now register to join the conference “Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology” (2-4 October 2024, University of Twente, NL).
The Ethics Institute of Utrecht University’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies seeks a researcher for a four-year, full-time PhD project “Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts”. Applications deadline: 7 June 2024.
PhD position available within the Philosophy Group – Wageningen University and Research in Philosophy of digital technologies and the disruption of the lifeworld! Application deadline: 27 May 2024.
The ESDiT support office will be closed from 21 December to 5 January. Happy holidays!