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With the 19th century, technical-scientific developments have become a formative factor of modern culture. The Applied Ethics working group associated with the Heinz Nixdorf Institute focuses on technology ethics in the digital world analyses technical visions, human-technology relations and socio-technical transformations as well as normative and epistemic challenges of these developments.

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18.12.2025 | Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

Cultures of the Cryosphere: Two Cryo-Lectures in Paderborn 8 January 2026

As part of the ERC project ‘Cultures of the Cryosphere’, the Paderborn team is pleased to announce that two keynote speeches will enrich the three-day workshop. On 8 January, keynote speakers Dr. Martin Schmitt (UPB) and Dr. Patrick Brodie (University College Dublin) will give presentations on the history of data centres in Germany and Ireland respectively. From 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., you will have the opportunity to attend Dr. Martin…

07.12.2025 | Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

New publication on "Explainability and AI Governance"

In early December, a new article by Wessel Reijers, Tobias Matzner and Suzana Alpsancar entitled "Explainability and AI Governance: Between Argumentation and Conviction" will be published as a chapter in the anthology "Digital Development: Technology, Ethics and Governance". This volume opens a multidisciplinary reflection on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and digitalisation in the fields of technology, epistemology,…

29.10.2025 | Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

Call for Abstracts – Workshop Deutsches Museum München

From 18 to 19 June 2026, the VDI and GUG will host the workshop “...never neutral”: Practices, concepts and methods of evaluating technology over the last 50 years at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The workshop aims to conduct an empirical examination of case studies and significant changes over time from an interdisciplinary perspective. Abstracts for the workshop can be submitted to teupe@unternehmensgeschichte.de until 10 December 2025. Fur…