Elisabet M. Nilsson Anne-Marie Hansen Malmö University, Sweden The development and implementation of new technologies impact society on many different levels, from the individual perspective to large-scale societal effects (Nathan et al., 2008). As acknowledged, all designs embed and manifest certain values…
Taylor Stone TU Delft, The Netherlands At a general level, the basic tenets of value sensitive design (VSD) are easy enough to grasp; the challenge lies in applying the concepts and methods to specific domains or technologies, and working through…
Steven Umbrello,University of Turin, Italy steven.umbrello@unito.it Daisy Yoo,Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands : d.yoo@tue.nl How can engineering students learn to quickly and actively engage in designing technologies for human values rather than relegating them to afterthoughts? Or, more precisely, what…
Jennifer Amos, Gabriel Rashad Burks UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, USA In user-centered design, a designer spends significant time trying to understand the problem (Figure 1). The user-centered design process entails multiple rounds of divergent and convergent thinking. In particular, the designer must…
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 GMT (UK)/ 16:00 – 17:30 CEST (EU) Register here In spite of continuous efforts to promote engineering and technology degrees and careers to young women, it remains a male-dominated field in Europe.…
SIG Gender and Diversity: Wednesday, 6 October (note: World Mental Health day is 10 October) 17:00 – 18:30 GMT (UK) / 18:00 – 19:30 CEST (EU) / 12:00 – 13:30 EST (US) Register here Mental health and diversity and inclusion…
SEFI @ Work: Inspiration Events SEFI Ethics webinar: Justice and community engagement in engineering education Thursday, 15 July, 5PM CET / 4PM GMT / 12PM Brazil / 11AM EST / 8 AM California Register here Recent years witnessed an increase…
Gunter Bombaerts and Diana MartinTU Eindhoven, the Netherlands Engineers often see themselves as the guardians of the rationality-galaxy. Without rationality, including scientific rigor and engineering efficiency, humanity is completely lost. Corona countermeasures would be up to emotional anti-vaxxers and the…
A Systematic Review on Emotion in Engineering Ethics Education Madeline PolmearUniversity of Florida, USA Emotion is intrinsically tied to ethics, such as being situated in the ethic of care, moral intuition, and moral judgment. Emotion is connected to education through…
More emotional engagement in richer learning environments will elevate awareness and understanding of ethical issues Yeşim Korkut, İstanbul Işık University, Turkey All disciplines, including Psychology, have a responsibility to society to ensure ethical behavior of their members. Ethics education for…