News & Media
News from the ESDIT programme + media appearances by our researchers
Doing Good in the Age of Big Tech and Declining Democracy: Public Event
INVITATION TO PUBLIC EVENT
As the power of Big Tech continues to shape our economies, democracies, and everyday lives, urgent questions arise: who benefits, who decides, and what kind of future are we building?
On 17 April, the ESDiT programme invites you to an afternoon of critical reflection and open dialogue on the societal impact of large technology companies and the possibilities for change.
Vacancy Postdoc in Ethics of Technology: Innovating Methods for the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, TU Eindhoven
In the face of contemporary technological change, how might the methods of ethics of technology be modified or improved? As part of the inter-university research consortium, “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies” (ESDiT), Philosophy & Ethics at TU/e is hiring a three-year post-doc to investigate what methodological innovations or modifications the ethics of technology requires in response to socially disruptive technologies.
Application deadline: May 10, 2026.
Vacancy Postdoctoral Researcher in Ethical Assessment of Technology-Driven Social Disruption, University of Twente
The University of Twente is hiring a 3-year full-time postdoc within the ESDIT project. Application deadline: April 27, 2026.
This postdoctoral project develops new methods for the ethical assessment of socially disruptive technologies. It is part of the ESDiT programme on the ethics of SDTs (see below), specifically a research line in ESDiT on methodological innovation, and involves close collaboration with another postdoc working on complementary approaches, as well as other scholars in the programme.
Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times: Call for Papers
What do philosophy and ethics of technology mean in turbulent times? This is the question that we will explore in the next edition of our bi-annual conference, which will take place from 4-6 November 2026. We invite fellow scholars to submit a panel or session proposal, and/or register for participation.
Stevin Prize for philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
Foto: Studio Oostrum We are overjoyed that Ingrid Robeyns, ESDiT fellow and former member of the Management Board, has been awarded the Steven Prize - one of the most prestigious Dutch research awards. Please join us in congratulating her on such an achievement!...
Women’s health and commercial health technologies – ESDIT researcher Naomi Jacobs in the Washington Post
‘Femtech’ is a term for technologies that address female health needs, for example technologies that enable women to digitally track their period, manage their fertility, or support their pregnancy. Although femtech has the potential to benefit women, ESDIT researcher Naomi Jacobs has argued, there are various ethical concerns to be raised with current femtech apps. An article in today’s Washington Post addresses these issues as well, and quotes Jacobs.
Postdoctoral Researcher Buddhist Ethics for a Systemic Answer to the Attention Economy Vacancy – CLOSED
Are you interested in exploring systemic solutions to the challenges posed by the attention economy? Do you have a scholarly interest in Buddhist ethics? Are you enthusiastic about engaging in collaborative research within a large network of philosophers of technology as part of the ESDiT project? Then this vacancy at Eindhoven University of Technology may be of interest to you. The application deadline is 22 June 2025.
Postdoc Position in Ethics, Technology, and Epistemic Agency Vacancy – CLOSED –
Join the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University for three years as a postdoctoral researcher! You will carry out research within the project “The Impact of Socially Disruptive Technologies on Epistemic Agency”, as part of the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT). The application deadline is 3 June 2025.
PhD Position Conceptual Engineering as Political Struggle – Vacancy – Closed –
In this project at the philosophy section of Delft University of Technology you will investigate the politics of conceptual engineering from a pluralist perspective, taking socially disruptive technologies (SDTs) as a case in point. The application deadline is 29 June 2025.
PhD Position in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy Vacancy – Closed –
Join the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University for four years as a PhD candidate! You will carry out research within the project “Assessing the Legitimacy of Global Governance in a Polycentric World of Socially Disruptive Technologies”, as part of the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT). The application deadline is 3 June 2025.