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Recording of the CEN online lecture during which Philip Brey (University of Twente and ESDiT lead) presented a theory of moral conceptual change to answer the question: “How do moral concepts change over time?”
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.
Prof. Sabine Roeser, Professor of Values, Technology and Innovation at TU Delft and member of ESDiT’s Management Board, has been appointed Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands in Voorschoten for her scientific and public work in the field of ethics!
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.
PhD position available at the section philosophy – University of Twente on Environmental Ethics. Application deadline: 8 December 2023.
PhD position available at the section philosophy – University of Twente on Environmental Political Theory. Application deadline: 8 December 2023.
On the recommendation of Minister Jetten for Climate and Energy, the Dutch government has approved the appointment of nine new members of the Scientific Climate Council (WKR). Among them are TU Delft researchers Kornelis Blok and Behnam Taebi. The council advises the government on climate policy, based on independent scientific expertise.
Wijnand IJsselsteijn has been awarded the Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship 2024/25 for his research on progressively lifelike virtual embodiments in the metaverse. During his fellowship, from September 2024 onwards, he will unpack and analyze the psychological effects and ethical values at stake in relation to the introduction of virtual and augmented reality – together referred to as eXtended Reality, or XR – at a large scale and with unprecedented quality.
Philip Brey, professor of philosophy at the University of Twente and ESDIT program leader, has won the 2022 Weizenbaum Award. The award is awarded every two years to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of information and computer ethics...