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ESDiT Research Track

Art Track

More info on this new track will be added soon

The overall aim of the ESDiT research programme is to develop a comprehensive philosophical understanding of the socially disruptive technologies (SDTs) of the 21st century, and in particular their challenge to the very concepts and values that we normally appeal to in our moral thinking about technologies.

Cutting across the four research lines we started two research tracks, each of which emphasizes an aspect that we especially value in this consortium:

Description of This Research Track

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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”.

People Involved

Track Coordinators

Dr. Aafke Fraaije

Dr. Aafke Fraaije

Postdoctoral Researcher
Delft University of Technology
ESDIT role(s): CoordinatorResearch fellow
Research line(s): Future of a Free & Fair Society
Dr. Julia Hermann

Dr. Julia Hermann

Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Ethics of Technology/ Coordinator Living Labs Initiative
University of Twente
ESDIT role(s): CoordinatorManagement boardResearch fellow
Research line(s): Foundations & SynthesisThe Human Condition

Track Leader

Prof. dr. Sabine Roeser

Prof. dr. Sabine Roeser

Professor of Ethics
Delft University of Technology
ESDIT role(s): Management boardResearch fellowResearch line leader
Research line(s): Future of a Free & Fair Society

Participants

Aafke Fraaije
Julia Hermann
Sabine Roeser
 
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All ESDiT Research Tracks

Intercultural Track

Intercultural Track

This track focuses on intercultural ethics as truly global challenges need a (cultural) diversity of ethical frameworks to tackle them.
STEM Track

STEM Track

The ESDiT approach is based on close cooperation with the engineering sciences (STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Art Track

Art Track

More info on this new track will be added soon