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Past Events

The ESDiT research consortium is regularly organizing events to discuss the ethics of disruptive technologies with other researchers and with stakeholders.

Workshop Engaging with empirical studies as a philosopher

May242023
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, 3511 BD Utrecht
Academic event | All research lines & tracks | Internal ESDIT event
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Researchers involved in the ESDIT program are cordially invited to register!

The Attention of Ethics; Zen and the Art of Dealing with the Attention Economy – Online Seminar

May92023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Public ESDIT event
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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”.

The Commodification of Attention; An Analysis and Ethical Assessment – Online Seminar

Apr172023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Public ESDIT event
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Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on “The Commodification of Attention. An analysis and ethical assessment” “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

Just Perceive: How Phenomenology and the Arts Can Guide Us in the Tech Era – Online Seminar

Mar82023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Public ESDIT event
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Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Just Perceive: How Phenomenology and the Arts Can Guide Us in the Tech Era” as part of the series “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

Toward an Ethics of Attention – Online Seminar

Feb82023
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Public ESDIT event
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Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on ‘A Lightbulb for the Mind: Possible Futures for the Attention Economy’ as part of the series  “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

PhD course in Philosophy of Responsible Innovation

Jan112023
Jan202023
All-day event
Location: Wageningen/Delft (The Netherlands)
Academic event | External organizer

The course discusses the main philosophical issues in relation to Responsible Innovation, an emerging concept in the EU context which highlights the relevance of social-ethical issues in research and innovation practices. This emerging concept calls for philosophical reflection on the nature, scope and applicability of responsibility and innovation in innovation practices in general, and the […]

Grounding Ethics through Attention: Murdoch, Weil, and Zen Buddhism – Online Seminar

Nov232022
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Intercultural track | Public ESDIT event
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Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on ‘Grounding ethics through attention: Murdoch, Weil, and Zen Buddhism’ as part of the series  “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

Annual research day

Nov212022
Time: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Het Oude Magazijn (The Old Warehouse), Soesterweg 310F, 3812 BH Amersfoort
Academic event | Internal ESDIT event
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Researchers involved in the ESDIT program are cordially invited to register!

Intelligent Technology, the Attention Economy, and the Risks of Consciousness Hacking: A Buddhist Perspective – Online Seminar

Oct262022
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: Online Seminar
Academic event | Human condition | Intercultural track | Public ESDIT event
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Within the ESDiT (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies) project, the working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on ‘Intelligent Technology, the Attention Economy, and the Risks of Consciousness Hacking: A Buddhist Perspective’ as part of the series  “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

ESDiT2022 International Conference

Oct62022
Oct72022
All-day event
Location: CORPUS Congress Centre, Oegstgeest (near) Leiden – the Netherlands
Academic event | All research lines & tracks | Public ESDIT event
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The objective of the conference is to study and ethically assess the transformative consequences of these emerging technologies, of social institutions, the environment, human relations, personal identities, thought and language. There will be a particular focus on challenges of disruptive technologies to key concepts and values, like “truth”, “agency”, “democracy”, “human nature” and “life”.