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)
-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