News & Media
News from the ESDIT programme + media appearances by our researchers
– CLOSED – PhD candidate, Compliance by Design: Technical Challenges of EU AI Act Requirements and Their Ethical Implications
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
– CLOSED – Vacancy: PhD on how AI technologies could be used to improve ethics methodology
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.
Prof. Vincent Blok appointed as professor of Philosophy of Data Science and AI at the Erasmus School of Philosophy
Prof. Vincent Blok, Professor in Philosophy of Technology and Responsible Innovation at Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and member of the ESDiT Management Board, has been appointed Professor of Philosophy of Data Science and AI at the Erasmus School of Philosophy (part-time) .
Caroline Bollen first ESDiT PhD graduate with her work on Empathy 2.0
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.
Reimagining Digital Well-Being – Report for designers & policy makers
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”.
Call for Registration Open for the Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology Conference
You can now register to join the conference “Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology” (2-4 October 2024, University of Twente, NL).
Recording of CEN Lecture: “A Theory of Moral Conceptual Change” with Philip Brey
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?”
Adam Henschke on University World News about military technology
ESDiT Fellow Adam Henschke was interviewed by University World News on his work on on military technology for the article “Military philosophers ponder AI-human control of lethal weapons.”
Vacancy: PhD on Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts
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 awarded with Royal Honour
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!