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.
Our 3 Focal Points
New digital technologies
Bio- and brain technologies
Environmental & sustainable 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.
ESDiT Research Lines
Our Latest Publications
The latest publications by ESDiT researchers:
International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, Springer, 2023.
An Epistemic Case for Confucian Democracy Journal Article Forthcoming
In: Critical International Review of Social and Political Philosophy, pp. 1-23, Forthcoming.
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
Impressions of a successful ESDIT2022 conference
Recording seminar ‘Grounding ethics through attention: Murdoch, Weil, and Zen Buddhism’ now online
The ESDIT podcast
Our Next Event
We regularly organize academic events and events with stakeholders, such as:
Online seminar on ‘The attention of ethics’
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”.