News & Media
News from the ESDIT programme + media appearances by our researchers
#ESDiTPodcast S0 – Bernice Bovenkerk on “Ethics of Animal Modification”
Bernice Bovenkerk is associate professor at Wageningen University. In this episode Jeroen Hopster interviews her about arguments regarding animal modification, discussing her article “Ethical perspectives on modifying animals: beyond welfare arguments”.
#ESDiTPodcast S0 – Cindy Friedman on “Social Robots”
Cindy Friedman is PhD-researcher at Utrecht University. In this episode Sven Nyholm interviews her about the ethics of social robots, discussing her paper: “Human-Robot Moral Relations: Human Interactants as Moral Patients of Their Own Agential Moral Actions Towards Robots”
#ESDiTPodcast S0 – Naomi Jacobs on “Capability Sensitive Design”
Naomi Jacobs is assistant professor in bioethics at the University of Twente. In this episode Sven Nyholm interviews her about a key topic of her doctoral research: capability sensitive design.
Waarom de klimaattransitie geen technologische maar een morele uitdaging is
De klimaattransitie is geen technologische of wetenschappelijke uitdaging. In de kern is het een morele uitdaging, bemoeilijkt door psychologische valkuilen en institutionele gebreken. Kunnen we die het hoofd bieden?
Jeroen Hopster in de Groene Amsterdammer over de klimaattransitie
#ESDiTPodcast S0 – Julia Hermann on “The Artificial Womb”
Julia Hermann is assistant professor at the University of Twente and researcher in the ESDiT programme. Her current research fouses on biomedical ethics, specifically on ethical issues raised by the artificial womb. In this episode Jeroen Hopster interviews her about the ethics of the artificial womb and the disruptions it provokes.
#ESDiTPodcast S0 – Jeroen Hopster on “The Nature of Socially Disruptive Technologies”
Jeroen Hopster is postdoctoral researcher at Twente University and member of ESDiT. In October 2021 he published the paper “The nature of socially disruptive technologies” in Technology in Society. In this episode Julia Hermann interviews him about his research on technosocial disruption.
Zwanger of een kind uit een kunst baarmoeder?
Filosoof en ethicus en Universitair docent aan de Universiteit Twente, Julia Hermann, doet onderzoek naar hoe technologie invloed heeft op wie wij zijn en wat we belangrijk vinden. Ze probeert de rol van techniek in het verleden te begrijpen en zo te anticiperen op hoe nieuwe technologieën een plek krijgen in onze samenleving.
Een interview met Julia Hermann op radio NPO1
Enthusiasm in first meeting research programme ESDiT
The global coronacrisis also affects the research programme ‘Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies’ (ESDT). A meeting with all the consortium partners to discuss the first important activities was of course not feasible. But this does not mean the team was unable to do anything. On the contrary. In June the first online session with all consortium partners was held, which was a great success. Here you can read in brief what was discussed during this session.