Professor Tsjalling Swierstra uses the smartphone as an example to talk about how while new technologies may cause physical harm (hard impacts), many are actually more of a social, cultural revolution (soft impacts).
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Professor Dr. Tsjalling Swierstra has been a key figure driving Responsible Research and Innovation in the Netherlands for over a decade. Professor Swierstra is the Head of the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands). He is also currently an adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)(Trondheim, Norway).
Tsjalling’s field of expertise is in the ethics and the politics of new and emerging science and technology (NEST). He has published numerous research papers and reports covering moral controversies of immerging innovations including cloning, new reproductive technologies, genomics, food technologies, nanotechnology, synthetic and system biology, artificial gametes, neuroscience, and converging technologies. His work has received ongoing funding from organisations including the Dutch Rathenau Institute, NOW, the Centre of Excellence for Technology Ethics, ZON-MW, STW and UM.
We are thrilled to have Professor Swierstra as our special guest to open our interview series, “Future Up Close”, aimed at raising awareness of Responsible Innovation in Australia. We hope you will enjoy this conversation and hope to see you again soon.
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Future Up Close
Hosted by: Xiao Han Drummond, Founder & CEO
Centre For Responsible Innovation
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