Past Events
The ESDiT research consortium is regularly organizing events to discuss the ethics of disruptive technologies with other researchers and with stakeholders.
Value Experience, Value Change, and Design
The ERC-funded project Design for Changing Values is organising “Value Experience, Value Change, and Design” a one-day, in-person, conference on philosophy, moral psychology, and technology on 14 February at the Social Impact Factory in Utrecht. The Conference will focus on Value Experiences, their impact on design for values and their transformative effects into society. The […]
CEET Webinar Series: AI & Creativity
The second session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative will take place on 6 February at 09:00 am CET on Zoom. Lindsay Brainard (University of Alabama) will be the speaker of this session on AI and Creativity moderated by Matthew McKeever (HKU). Join the Webinar on […]
Workshop ‘Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics’
To discuss how to adopt “Western” and Buddhist approaches to analyse what a broader systemic concept of attention could look like with a broader audience, the Workshop “Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics” was held on 5-7 February at the TU/e campus and online. On Day […]
The Future of Digital Wellbeing Conference & Pre-Workshop
“The Future of Digital Well-Being” took place in Amsterdam on February 1-2, and it will focus on how interdisciplinary insights into digital well-being can improve the design of future online technologies.
CEET Webinar Series: AI & Emotions
The first session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative took place on 24 January. Matthew McKeever (HKU) and Simon Goldstein (HKU) were the speakers of this session, focusing on the relationship (or lack of) between AI and emotions. The CEET initiative is a joint venture […]
Loving Attention: Buddhaghosa, Katsuki Sekida, and Iris Murdoch on Meditation and Moral Development – Online Seminar
Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on ‘The attention of ethics’ as part of the series “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.
How Can Attention-Seeking Be Good? Attention in Social Contexts
Prof. Dr. Cor van der Weele (Wageningen University & Research) speaks about the question how attention-seeking can be good. Organized by the ESDiT working group on the “Attention Economy,” as part of their seminar series “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.
Annual ESDIT Research Day 2023
Researchers involved in the ESDiT programme are cordially invited to register!
Public Lecture: Turbulence and Climate Justice: Disruption, Displacement, and Crisis by David Schlosberg, University of Sydney
This talk will address how the increase in climate disruptions and converging crises can be understood as environmental and climate injustice. It addresses two different conceptual issues stemming from the climate and environmental crises – two distinct but intersecting claims on turbulence and justice in a very unsettled environment. First, the reality of turbulence or […]
Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
The ESDiT working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar with Dr. Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine) on her book ‘Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity’. The seminar is part of the series “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.
Our event calendar features:
- Internal ESDIT events (just for ESDIT fellows)
- ESDIT events that are by invitation only
- Public ESDIT events aimed at various target groups
- Selected events by external organizers
So please check the event info to see if an event is also meant for you!