Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies

ESDiT

Interviews with, and by, scholars affiliated with the research consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT, 2020-2029). The ESDiT podcast showcases ongoing research of various junior and senior scholars active in contemporary technology ethics. www.esdit.nl

  1. 11/25/2024

    Ben Hofbauer on "Governing Prometheus: Ethical Reflections On Risk & Uncertainty In Solar Climate Engineering Research"

    In this episode, Jeroen Hopster speaks with Ben Hofbauer about his dissertation.

    27 min

  2. 11/10/2024

    Caroline Bollen on "Empathy 2.0. What it means to be empathetic in a diverse and digital world"

    Caroline Bollen is a Postdoc at Technical University of Eindhoven, and she was a PhD candidate at Delft University of Technology (Ethics & Philosophy of Technology). She has an interdisciplinary background in medical biology, neuroscience, and science in society. In this episode, she is interviewed by Bouke van Balen about her PhD project, that centred around the question: what does it mean to be empathetic in a diverse and digital world? Check out the papers that she published as part of her dissertation: A reflective guide on the meaning of empathy in autism research, published in Methods in Psychology, 2023 Towards a Clear and Fair Conceptualization of Empathy, published in Social Epistemology, 2023 A Conceptual and Ethical framework for Empathy and Communication Technologies, published in Technology and Society, 2023

    45 min

  3. 11/04/2024

    Janna van Grunsven on "Moral Visibility and Technology"

    Janna van Grunsven is assistant professor in TU Delft’s ethics and philosophy of technology section. With the support of a Veni personal grant from the Dutch Research Council, she conducts research at the intersection of embodied cognition, philosophy and ethics of technology, and disability studies. In this episode, she is interviewed by Bouke van Balen about moral visibility and technology. Check out these papers if you want to read more about Janna's work: Enactivism and the Paradox of Moral Perception. Published in Topoi, 2021. Technosocial disruption, enactivism, & social media: On the overlooked risks of teenage cancel culture. Published in Technology in Society, 2024. Disabled Body-Minds in Hostile Environments: Disrupting our Cartesian Sociotechnical Imagination with Enactive Embodied Cognition and Critical Disability Studies. Published in Topoi, 2024.

    59 min

  4. 09/23/2024

    Kevin Macnish & Adam Henschke on "The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency"

    Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies

    50 min

  5. 09/15/2024

    Alessio Gerola on "The Ethics and Philosophy of Biomimicry"

    Alessio Gerola is a doctoral researcher at Wageningen University. His research is about the ethical and philosophical implications of biomimicry. In this episode, Patricia Reyes interviews Alessio about his work. If you want to know more, you can find a paper of Alessio here.

    36 min

  6. 06/23/2023

    Adam Henschke on "When Enhancements need Therapy"

    Recent enhancements such as brain stimulation technologies pose new possibilities to enhance soldiers. But what happens when these “enhanced” soldiers need therapy?  Our guest for this episode is Dr. Adam Henschke from the University of Twente. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Henschke’s article “When Enhancements need Therapy: Disenhancements, Iatrogenesis, and the Responsibility of Military Institutions”. The article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-022-00169-1 We also refer to the article “Can a Soldier Say No to an Enhancing Intervention?” co-written by Adam and Sahar Latheef. This article can be found at https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies5030013 We hope that you enjoy the episode!

    42 min

  7. 03/09/2023

    Elena Ziliotti on “Confucianism and Social Media Technologies”

    Elena Ziliotti is an Assistant Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). In this episode, Elena shares some insights into how Confucianism can shape our thinking about Social Media Technologies. We also discuss the article “Living Well Together Online: Digital Wellbeing from a Confucian Perspective” which she co-wrote with Matthew Dennis.

    37 min

  8. 02/28/2023

    Philip Brey on "The Ethics of the Metaverse"

    Philip Brey is a professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente and the current programme leader of the ESDiT consortium. His research includes a wide variety of topics, including the ethical assessment of emerging technologies, the ethics of AI and robotics, innovative approaches to research ethics, and the ethics of the (future) internet. He is the former president of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT) and of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT). He has coordinated European Union funded projects like SATORI and SIENNA, led NWO projects and was the former scientific director of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics of Technology. Professor Brey is also the most recent recipient of the prestigious Weizenbaum Award for his significant contribution to the field of information and computer ethics, to be awarded at the upcoming International Conference on Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2023).  In this episode, Kristy Claassen interviews him about the “ethics of the Metaverse”. This episode also includes a discussion about the ESDiT consortium, how it came to be and the aims of the programme.

    53 min
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Interviews with, and by, scholars affiliated with the research consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT, 2020-2029). The ESDiT podcast showcases ongoing research of various junior and senior scholars active in contemporary technology ethics. www.esdit.nl

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