About Me
Dr. Dr.phil. RENE VON SCHOMBERG is a philosopher and a STS specialist. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen: Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Guest Professor, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany;
Former Official of the European Commission He holds Ph.D's from the University of Twente (NL) (Science and Technology Studies) and J.W.Goethe University in Frankfurt (Philosophy). He has been a European Union Fellow at George Mason University, USA in 2007 and has been with the European Commission from 1998-2021.
Tag Archives: ethics
NASA report on social and ethical condiderations Artemis( Moon to Mars Mission)
I was priviliged to join a multi-stakeholder and expert workshop on this subjext matter at NASA headquaters. Full report of the event kan be downloaded here https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:bddef2fb-978d-33c1-a3de-c3208604b4e7 We should not leave space only to engineers and geopolitics!
Cyberwarfare: can we have a public discussion on this?
Cyberwarfare Emerges From Shadows for Public Discussion by U.S. Officials By SCOTT SHANE Published: September 26, 2012 in the New York Times WASHINGTON — For years, even as the United States carried out sophisticated cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear program and … Continue reading
Fourth Annual meeting of The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies
S.NET invites contributions to the Fourth Annual meeting of The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET), to be held at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, on October 22-25, 2012. The four-day conference will assemble scholars, … Continue reading
World Commission on the Ethics of scientific knowledge and technology
The World Commission is meeting on 26 and 27 april in Brussels to review its policy recommendations of 2007. Some suggestions so far are: Systematic review of national and regional debates on comparative basis and look for common ground at … Continue reading
Nanotechnology and public debate
I joined an international colloquium on the topic organized by the university of Brussels.(ULB) 4 April 2011 On the menue Philippe Busquin, former Research commissioner of the European Commission and Goran Hermeren, president of the European Group of Ethics (2002-2011), … Continue reading
Technology, ethics and public debate
Emerging technologies, philosophy and public debate Issues of interest: how should we deal with technological risks? what are the impacts of emerging technologies on our lives and our society? how can we bring technological development under democratic governance? what doe … Continue reading
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