Media appearances

‘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.

ESDIT researchers Jeroen Hopster, Julia Hermann and Ibo van de Poel talk on The Dissenter Podcast about their recently published book The Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies; An Introduction. Host Ricardo Lopez about this podcast: “We start by discussing the ethics of technology, what socially disruptive technologies are, and the intercultural outlook of the book. We then go through social media, social robots, climate engineering, and ectogestative technology. We also discuss who should be held responsible for social disruption, and whether technology is neutral.“