E4C Athens, April 2023 Workshop

 

Best Practices and Obstacles in Ethics Education 

for Technological and Scientific Challenges

 

April 27th-28th 2023 Workshop, Athens, Greece

Organized in the context of the EU ERASMUS+ Project 

ETHICS4CHALLENGES (E4C): Innovative Ethics Education for Major Technological and Scientific Challenges 

 

Partner Institutions:

Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey 

 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece 

European University Viadrina (EUV), Germany 

Inter-European University Association on Society, Science and Technology (ESST)

 

Venues:

Historic Archive of the University of Athens, NKUA, Skoufa 45 Street (Kolonaki)

Amphitheater ‘Argyriadis’, NKUA, Panepistimiou 30 Street (Propylaia)

 

Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86003468724?pwd=RzJxb2RYUmRrc2JIY2VlRkpjekJGZz09

 

PROGRAM

 

April 27th

10:00-11:45 (Archive) Internal E4C Meeting: Discussion on Innovative Practices in Ethics Education

 

11:45-13:00 (Archive & zoom) The emergence and current state of technology ethics

Prof. Stelios Virvidakis

Dr. Manolis Simos

Chair: Prof. Halil Turan

 

13:00-15:00 Lunch Break

 

15:00 – 15:30 (Amphitheater  & zoom) Welcome Notes

-Prof. Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Rector, NKUA

-Prof. Antonis Hatzimoysis, Chair, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

-Prof. Halil Turan, E4C Coordinator, Chair, Department of Philosophy, METU

-Prof. Matthias Dörries, ESST President, University of Strasbourg

-Prof. Jan-Hendrik Passoth, Director, ENS, EUV

-Prof. Stathis Psillos, Director, Laboratory of Philosophy, Ethics, Policy and Communication of Science and Technology, NKUA

-Prof. Aristotle Tympas, E4C NKUA Coordinator, Director, NKUA STS Graduate Program

 

15:30 – 16:30 (Amphitheater& zoom) Education in science and technology ethics I: Obstacles & best practices 

-Internationally: Konstantinos Konstantis

-METU: Dr. Gülizar Karahan Balya

-CIVIS:  Dr. Manolis Simos, Konstantinos Konstantis

Chair: Prof. Semih Akçomak

 

16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break

 

16:45-18:15 (Amphitheater & zoom) Education in science and technology ethics II: Obstacles & best practices 

-ESST: Prof. Matthias Dörries, Antonis Faras, & Antonis Kechrimparis; Representatives of ESST univeristies

-EUV: Prof. Jan-Hendrik Passoth & Maryam Tatari

Chair: Assistant Prof. Stavros Ioannidis

 

April 28th

 

10:00 – 11:30 (Archive & zoom) Ethics of science and technology: Experiences and challenges at educational & research institutions, scientific and professional associations, governmental & regulatory agencies

-Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight at the Presidency of the Greek Government

-Dr. Melike Şahinol & Assistant Prof. Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu, STS Turkey 

-Dr. Evi Sachini, Director, National Documentation Centre

-Prof. Matthias Dörries, ESST President, University of Strasbourg

-Dr. Charalambos Tsekeris, National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics

-Prof. Jan-Hendrik Passoth, ENS Director, EUV

-Assistant Professor Maria Roussou, Vice Chair, Greek ACM-W Professional Chapter (ACM Council on Women in Computing)

Chair: Prof. Aristotle Tympas & Dr. Georgia Fermeli

 

11:30-11:45 Coffee Break

 

11:45-13:00 (Archive & zoom) Recent educational textbooks on science and technology ethics

List of textbooks*

Chairs: Prof. Stavros Drakopoulos & Prof. Giorgos Gotsis

 

13:15-16:00 Lunch Break

 

16:15-16:45 (zoom) Education in science and technology ethics III: Obstacles and best practices

Assistant Prof. Lavinia Marin, Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section, TU Delft

Chair: Sinan Şenel

 

17:00-18:30 (zoom) Keynote Speech: Engineering Studies and Engineering Ethics

Prof. Jessica Smith, Department of Engineering, Design, and Society, Colorado School of Mines, Director, Humanitarian Engineering and Science Graduate Programs, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Studies

Chair: Prof. Theodore Arabatzis

 

20:00-21:00 (zoom) Discussion with Prof. Andrew Feenberg, Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University

Introduction & Moderation: Dr. Manolis Simos 

 

Organizers: 

Inter-European University Association on Society, Science and Technology (ESST)

Interdepartmental Graduate Program ‘Science, Technology, Society—Science and Technology Studies’, Department of History and Philosophy of Science & Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, NKUA

-Laboratory of Philosophy, Ethics, Policy and Communication of Science and Technology, NKUA

 

Contact:

Konstantinos Konstantis: [email protected]

 

*List of textbooks:

-Γκότσης, Γ. Ν. (2021). Ιστορική και φιλοσοφική θεώρηση της αρχαίας Κινεζικής ιατρικής: Εφαρμογές στη σύγχρονη διαχείριση της δημόσιας υγείας. Ζήτη.

-Θεολόγου, Κ., & Τζαννίνη, Ε. Ν. (Eds.). (2022). Όψεις της Εφαρμοσμένης Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας: Διερευνώντας το αξιακό τοπίο της Τεχνοεπιστήμης. Ελληνοεκδοτική.

-Robinson, S., Dixon, R., Preece, C., & Moodley, K. (2022). Επαγγελματική ηθική του μηχανικού και των επιχειρήσεων (Κ. Θεολόγου (Ed.)). Πεδίο.

-Singer, P. (2022). Πρακτική Ηθική (Ε. Δ. Πρωτοπαπαδάκης (Ed.)). Ιατρικές Εκδόσεις Π. Χ. Πασχαλίδης.

-Στέλιος, Σ. (2022). Η ηθική στη μηχανοτεχνία: Διλήμματα και προκλήσεις για τον επαγγελματία μηχανικό. Ελληνοεκδοτική.

-Τσακαλάκης, Θ. (2023).  Επικοινωνία της Επιστήμης, Βιοηθικά Διλήμματα και Νέα Μέσα. Κάλλιπος.

-Feenberg, A. (2022). Μεταξύ Λόγου και Εμπειρίας: Κείμενα για την Τεχνολογία και τη Νεωτερικότητα (μετ. Γ. Περπερίδης). Ροπή.

 

List of Participants: 

Semih Akçomak, Professor, Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Center, Department of Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU

Theodore Arabatzis, Professor, Director of the Division of History of Science and Technology, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu, Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Technology Policy Studies, METU

Gülizar Karahan Balya, PhD, E4C Researcher, Applied Ethics Research Center, METU

Matthias Dörries, Professor, ESST President, Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Science and Technology, University of Strasbourg

Stavros Drakopoulos, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Antonis Faras, E4C Doctoral Fellow

Andrew Feenberg, Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University

Georgia Fermeli, PhD, Special Teaching Faculty, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Giorgos Gotsis, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Stavros Ioannidis, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Antonis Kechrimparis, E4C Doctoral Researcher

Konstantinos Konstantis, E4C Doctoral Researcher, HFRI Doctoral Fellow

Lavinia Marin, Assistant Professor, Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section, TU Delft

Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight at the Presidency of the Greek Government

Jan-Hendrik Passoth, Professor, Director, European New School of Digital Studies (ENS), EUV

Stathis Psillos, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Director, Laboratory of Philosophy, Ethics, Policy and Communication of Science and Technology, NKUA

Maria Roussou, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, NKUA, Vice Chair, Greek ACM-W Professional Chapter (ACM Council on Women in Computing)

Evi Sachini, PhD, Director, National Documentation Centre

Melike Şahinol, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Orient-Institut Istanbul

Sinan Şenel, MA candidate, KU Leuven

Manolis Simos, PhD, E4C Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA

Jessica Smith, Professor, Department of Engineering, Design, and Society, Director, Humanitarian Engineering and Science Graduate Programs, Colorado School of Mines, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Studies

Maryam Tatari, E4C Doctoral Researcher

Charalambos Tsekeris, PhD, Researcher, National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), Vice Chair, National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics

Halil Turan, Professor, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Director, Applied Ethics Research Center, METU

Aristotle Tympas, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Director, Interdepartmental Graduate Program ‘Science, Technology, Society—Science and Technology Studies’, NKUA

Stelios Virvidakis, Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA