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Lecture at Brave New World Festival 2019

September 17, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

Nov 4 2019 I will give a talk at the Brave New World Festival 2019. The entire day will be dedicated to “The Future of all Species”, and I will […]

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(Dutch) ROBIN: interactieve film over wetenschap en samenleving.

September 16, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

Op vrijdag 4 oktober gaat de interactieve animatiefilm ROBIN in première op 4 locaties. De kijker bepaalt aan de hand van dilemma’s de levensloop van Robin. Bij de premiere in […]

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10-year grant for Ethics of Disruptive Technologies

August 30, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

Happy to announce that we received a very large grant from the Dutch ‘Gravitation’ program, for a 10-year research project on the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies. Goal is to […]

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Postphenomenology Sessions at 4S conference 2019

August 17, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

At the 2019 conference of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, we have organized four sessions of postphenomenological research, with 16 papers in total. For more information, see […]

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World Science Forum 2019: Budapest, Nov 20-23

August 17, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

November 20-23, the World Science Forum 2019 will be held in Budapest. The conference will focus on ethics and responsibility in science, ranging from the ethics of science funding to […]

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Autonomy in Digital Society: Stockholm, Nov 7 2019

August 17, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

Upcoming Digital Human Sciences Conference: Autonomy in Digital Society Keynote speakers: Richard Grusin (Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Peter-Paul Verbeek (Professor of Philosophy of Technology, University of Twente) […]

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(Dutch:) Ik, Robot – 21 t/m 25 oktober 2019

August 17, 2019by Peter-Paul Verbeek

De Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte in Leusden organiseert een cursusweek over de relaties tussen mens en robot, van 21 t/m 25 oktober 2019. Docenten zijn Jos de Mul, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Jan Broersen, Monica […]

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Peter-Paul Verbeek

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Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is distinguished professor (universiteitshoogleraar) of Philosophy of Technology at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Twente. He is chair of the Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations research group and co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente. He is also honorary professor of techno-anthropology at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focuses on the philosophy of human-technology relations, and aims to contribute to philosophical theory, ethical reflection, and practices of design and innovation. His publications include Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design (Penn State University Press, 2005).

Verbeek is chairperson of UNESCO – COMEST (World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology) and member of the Dutch Council for the Humanities; the Supervisory Board of TNO (Dutch Organization for applied scientific research); the board of the Rathenau Institute; the program council for Responsible Innovation of NWO – Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; the Sector Plan Committee Social Sciences and Humanities of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science; the Dutch National Commission for UNESCO; and the Commission for the Freedom of Academic Pursuit (KNAW).

Verbeek is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW). Between 2013 and 2015 he was President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology; between 2011 and 2013 he was chairperson of ‘The Young Academy’, an independent division of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His work has received several awards, including an NWO-VENI award (2003), VIDI award (2007), VICI Award (2014), the Borghgraef Prize in Biomedical Ethics 2012 (Leuven University), and the World Technology Award in Ethics 2016 (World Technology Network, New York).

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Events and talks

  • Dec 4, lecture at final conference Thinker Program Digitalization, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium KVAB, Brussels
  • Nov 20, keynote lecture, opening ceremony World Science Forum 2019, Budapest.
  • Nov 15, lecture and workshop, Aalborg University
  • Nov 8, lecture and workshop, Aalborg University, campus Copenhagen
  • Nov 7, keynote lecture, conference Autonomy in a Digital Society, Stockholm
  • Nov 4, talk at Brave New World festival, Leiden
  • Oct 28 – Nov 1, talks at UNESCO meetings on AI for Humanity, Paris.
  • Oct 4, talk at the Night of Science (Nacht van de Wetenschap), Nijmegen
  • Sept 26, lecture ‘Privacy and Beyond: Inclusive Digitalisation and the Dynamics of Privacy’, conference ‘Mind Your Data: Privacy and Legal Matters in e-Health’. Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden.
  • Sept 23, research meeting, Umea Institute of Design: Design Philosophy for Things that Change
  • Sept 4-7, postphenomenology sessions at the 4S conference in New Orleans, including a paper presentation with Sabrina Hauser on human-animal relations and human-technology relations:
  • July 6, presentation ‘Ethics of the Internet of Things’. Presentation of concept note, UNESCO-COMEST, conference ‘Ethics of Science, Technology, and Sustainable Develpment’, Bangkok (Thailand).
  • July 5, lecture ‘Being Human in the Digital Age: Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and the Ethics of Technology’. Conference ‘Ethics of Science, Technology, and Sustainable Develpment’, Bangkok (Thailand).
  • July 2-8, 11th Ordinary session of UNESCO COMEST, Bangkok (Thailand), incl conference on Ethics of Science and Technology and Sustainable Development
  • June 21, Bioethics Institute Yale: lectures on Bioethics and Philosophy of Technology, Yale Summer Institute on Bioethics
  • June 14, lecture ‘Ethics of the Digital Transition’ plus stakeholder meeting: ‘Denkersprogramma Digitale Innovatie’ (‘Thinker Program Digital Innovation’) KVAB – Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium.
  • June 13, lecture ‘Drone ethiek’, workshop ‘Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ontwerpen van Drones’, Space53 & Universiteit Twente
  • June 7, 11th session of UNESCO-IGBC: the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee: presentation of the preliminary study on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence by the World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST)
  • May 17, PhD Defence Olya Kudina: The Technological Mediation of Morality (University of Twente, Waaier 4, 14h30)
  • Apr 11 (Dutch), lezing en interview over de ethiek van mensverbetering, Talkshow De Idee (#24), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
  • Apr 11 (Dutch), lezing over de ethiek van algoritmes bij NRC Live event ‘Winnen met AI’, Boom Chicago Amsterdam
  • Apr 10, panelist at WSIS Forum 2019 on the ethics of artificial intelligence (Geneva)
  • Apr 5, opening keynote Wellbeing by Design conference TU Delft
  • Apr 4 (Dutch), Blended care en de ethiek van zorgtechnologie. Ambiq Symposium Zwolle
  • Mar 14 (Dutch), De ethiek van medische technologie. Executive session, Health Valley Event 2019, Nijmegen.
  • Feb 8, The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, presentation of UNESCO-COMEST preliminary study on the ethics of AI, World Government Summit, Dubai.
  • Feb 6 (Dutch), lezing ‘Technofencing: meegaan of weerstand bieden aan de machine?’. TETEM Enschede, in interaction with the artwork Compass, by Lawrence Malstaf.
  • Feb 1, A responsible future for AI? Panel contribution at NIAS Lorentz Center workshop on the future of AI.
  • Jan 30 (Dutch), ‘Zorg en Technologie en Tijden van Digitalisering’: inaugurele rede CrossTalks project ‘Shake the Disease’, VUB (Free University of Brussels)
  • Jan 21, De ethiek van technologische gedragsbeinvloeding. Paradiso Event ‘ Distraction by Design’, Amsterdam.
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