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Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies

ESDiT is a 10-year long international research programme of 7 academic institutions. We work on breakthrough research at the intersections of ethics, philosophy, technology, engineering and social sciences.

What We DoWho We Are

Our 3 Focal Points

New digital technologies

robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, blockchain, social media, and quantum computing

Bio- and brain technologies

gene editing, gene drives, synthetic biology, neurotechnology, advanced medical and food technologies, and technologies for human enhancement

Environmental & sustainable technologies

energy technologies, water technologies, recycling and other technologies for the circular economy, climate engineering, and bio-based and low-carbon technologies

Collaboration &
Knowledge exchange

The ESDiT programme is open to collaboration with other academic researchers, technology developers, policy makers & civil society organizations. We share relevant information and research results with media, education  & general public stakeholders.

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Our Latest Publications

The latest publications by ESDiT researchers:

The wisdom_of_crowds: An Efficient, Philosophically-Validated, Social Epistemological Network Profiling Toolkit

Klein, Colin; Cheong, Marc; Ferreira, Marinus; Sullivan, Emily; Alfano, Mark

The wisdom_of_crowds: An Efficient, Philosophically-Validated, Social Epistemological Network Profiling Toolkit Conference

International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, Springer, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

An Epistemic Case for Confucian Democracy

Ziliotti, Elena

An Epistemic Case for Confucian Democracy Journal Article Forthcoming

In: Critical International Review of Social and Political Philosophy, pp. 1-23, Forthcoming.

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Latest News & Media appearances

News from the ESDIT programme + media appearances by our researchers:

ESDIT program leader Philip Brey wins Weizenbaum Award for his contribution to computer ethics

ESDIT program leader Philip Brey wins Weizenbaum Award for his contribution to computer ethics

Impressions of a successful ESDIT2022 conference

Impressions of a successful ESDIT2022 conference

Recording seminar ‘Grounding ethics through attention: Murdoch, Weil, and Zen Buddhism’ now online

The ESDIT podcast

Interviews with, and by, scholars affiliated with the research consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies. The ESDiT podcast showcases ongoing research of various junior and senior scholars active in contemporary technology ethics.

Our Next Event

We regularly organize academic events and events with stakeholders, such as:

Online seminar on ‘The attention of ethics’

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”.