Dear colleagues,
Can you please forward this announcement of this year's PhD course on Responsible Innovation to people who may be interested? Thank you in advance.
Philosophy of Responsible Innovation
This course discusses the main philosophical issues in relation to Responsible Innovation, an emerging concept in the EU context which highlights the relevance of social-ethical issues in research and innovation practices. This emerging concept calls for philosophical reflection on the nature, scope and applicability of responsibility and innovation in innovation practices in general, and the way social-ethical issues can be applied and addressed in specific fields like business, healthcare and energy in particular. Topics that will be covered include the nature of responsibility in responsible innovation, the role of societal values in innovation and value sensitive design, philosophical reflections on the role of knowledge and risk in innovation, constructive technology assessment and governance of responsible innovation, Responsible Innovation in the public sector (healthcare), responsible innovation in the private sector.
Organizer: Vincent Blok (Wageningen UR); Ibo van de Poel (TU Delft)
Location: Wageningen and Delft
Dates: 23, 24, 25, 30 November, 1 and 2 December 2016
For more information and registration go: http://www.ozsw.nl/activity/philosophy-of-responsible-innovation-2016-ozsw-course/
Dr. Vincent Blok MBA
Associate Professor in Responsible Innovation, Business Ethics and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Management Studies Group
Associate Professor in Philosophy of Management, Technology and Innovation, Philosophy Group
Wageningen University
https://wur.academia.edu/VincentBlok
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