ESDiT Research Programme.bsky.social

Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept

In "Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept," @pathumm.bsky.social investigates if algorithmic fairness is an inconsistent concept (AKA the inconsistency thesis).
Read the pre-print: research.tue.nl/en/publicati...

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Did you check the lineup of keynotes at the @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social we organize w/@4tuethics.bsky.social yet?
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, Stephen M. Gardiner & Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent will join us!

Come too – Early Bird deadline: 1 July ⏰https://conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/registration

PhD candidate, Compliance by Design: Technical Challenges of EU AI Act Requirements and Their Ethica The Faculty of Science and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are looking for a:PhD candidate, Compliance by Design: Technical Challenges of EU AI Act Requirements and Their Eth...

@unileiden.bsky.social is looking for a PhD to work on the project "Compliance by Design: Technical Challenges of EU AI Act Requirements and Their Ethical Implications" within our programme.
Check the details and apply by 15 July: www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

PhD on how AI technologies could be used to improve ethics methodology The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

📣Vacancy: TU/Eindhoven is looking for a PhD student for a four-year project on if and how philosophers can use AI technologies to improve ethics methodology. The Phd will be supervised by Elizabeth O'Neill & Philip Nickel: jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p...

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The @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social features discussions and presentations on some of the most debating points of philosophy and ethics of technology today – AI, Concepts & Bodies, Technopolitics and Bioethics. Register at a reduced rate by 1 July! conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/registration

Reimagining Digital Well-Being – Report for designers & policy makers - ESDIT Matthew Dennis (TU/Eindhoven), Anna Puzio (University of Twente) and Gunter Bombaerts (TU/Eindhoven) contributed to the report “Reimagining Digital Well-Being – for designers & policy makers”.

How can we reimagine digital Well-being?
Our Fellows Matthew J. Dennis, Anna Puzio, Lily Frank and Gunter Bombaerts contributed to the collective report "Reimagining Digital Well-Being – for designers & policy makers."

Read the report: www.esdit.nl/2024/reimagi...

Do you want to join international scholars discussing what philosophy and ethics of technology mean today?
The Call for Registration for the @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social is open!
⏰ Hurry up, the Early Bird Registration deadline is 1 July 2024:
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PhD: Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts Do you want to join the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT) as a PhD? Check this vacancy!

Another opportunity for PhD studies in Utrecht: novel technologies challenge our concept and practices of solidarity. E.g. in health care and in gig-economy. Should we rethink solidarity or redesign technology and policies? Or both? Join us at the Ethics Institute:

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PhD: Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts Do you want to join the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT) as a PhD? Check this vacancy!

📣 PhD vacancy at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social to take part in the ESDiT project “Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts”, supervised by Juri Viehoff & @marcelverweij.bsky.social: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Deadline: 7 June 2024

PhD in Ethics In this position you will join the “Disrupting ageing: Personhood, meaning, and vulnerability across the lifespan” project. Something for you? Apply now!

📣 Vacancy at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social within our research programme for a PhD on "Disrupting ageing: Personhood, meaning, and vulnerability across the lifespan" supervised by Christopher Wareham & @marcelverweij.bsky.social:
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Deadline: 7 June

We are seeking to hire a Research Programme Manager to run the day-to-day activities of our very programme 💫

Are you an experienced manager? Would you like to be part of our programme? Check the job description and apply by 7 June: utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies...

SURFdrive - A service by SURF Postdoc 2024-2027 (Utrecht U & ESDiT) - Mutual Justification and Disruptive Technologies.pdf is publicly shared

The Ethics Institute Utrecht University will advertise within a few days a 3-year postdoc project on exploring ideas of mutual ethical justification in the context of technological disruption and moral disorientation. Part of
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📣Vacancy alert!
Opening for a PhD candidate in Philosophy of digital technologies and the disruption of the lifeworld, supervised by our fellows Vincent Blok, BerniceBovenker & @ethicistforhire.bsky.social.

📅Application deadline: 27 May
💡More info: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Just a week left before the @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social Call for Submissions deadline ⏰

Submit your proposal by 24 April 👉 conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu

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We are excited to announce that we will soon start sending out the very ESDiT Newsletter!

Subscribe now to get quick updates from our programme once a quarter: ethics-of-socially-disruptive-technologies.email-provider.eu/memberforms/...

Excited to share the exceptional lineup of keynote speakers at the #4TUethicsESDITconference2024
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, Stephen M. Gardiner & Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent will join us at @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social.
Submit your abstract by 24.4 & join us conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/submissions

Scientific and technological advancements are creating new possibilities for early detection of disease risk factors, but at what cost? Read about the ethical concerns in this scoping review by Sammie Jansen et al. in BMC Medical Ethics: rdcu.be/dArlI

In her latest article, @annapuzio.bsky.social proposes an “eco-relational” approach, advocating that in robot ethics, it is crucial to consider relationality to non-human entities such as animals and technology as a central concept from the outset.
👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social conference includes a track dedicated to methodological issues in contemporary philosophy and ethics of technology. Learn more and submit your abstract by 24 April: conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/track-6 #4TUEthicsESDiTconference2024

In “What is conceptual disruption?” Samuela Marchiori & Kevin Scharp propose their take on how to best conceptualise the phenomenon of conceptual disruption through a taxonomy: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Do you theorise on the relation between technology and the (living) environment ? Track 5 of
@4tuesdit2024.bsky.social focuses on Geo-Technology & Bio-Technology, including contributions on climate & environmental ethics, and energy transitions conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/track-5

The recording of the CEET-ESDiT Webinar "Conceptual Disruption" focusing on how emerging technologies can disrupt concepts is ready to watch 🍿: youtu.be/N7Fhim8EwyE?...

The @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social track "Disruptive Technology & Health" focuses on the relation between (disruptive) technology, health, and healthcare.

Learn more about the track and submit your abstract by 24 April: conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/node/47

How can conceptual engineering be integrated into the design of new technologies – and could that disrupt existing concepts?
Luciano Siebert, Giulio Mecacci, Herman Veluwenkamp and Ibo van De Poel will discuss this at the upcoming CEET Webinar on 7 March at 11 am CET: www.esdit.nl/event/ceet-w...

In their latest publication, Bart Kamphorst &
Joel Anderson show how societal pressures towards the widespread adoption of automated e-coaching systems raise concerns in relation to social justice – and offer a research agenda study and address them: esdit.nl/wp-content/u...

Conceptual issues in contemporary philosophy and ethics of technology will be under the spotlight at the @4tuesdit2024.bsky.social 🔦
We & @4tuethics.bsky.social welcome contributions on fundamental concepts in philosophy and #ethicsoftechnology by 24.04: conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu/track-3