Social residence permit III

When:

13 June 2012

19:00 Hour - 00:00 Hour

Event organizer:Philosophy & Technology

Pricing 0:Free

Description

Reflecting on the social stay of technology, Rathenau Institute lecture III by dr.ir. Geert Munnichs, coordinator of the Technology Assessment Department, title Are modern humans living in a technotope?

We are living in a technotope. Scientific and technological developments are having an increasing impact on our society. Society is becoming more scientific, science more social. This leads to - unprecedented - new opportunities, but also involves risks. The Rathenau Institute investigates these opportunities and risks and stimulates the political and public debate on them. Public research is a frequently used tool for this. For instance, focus groups can be used to map citizens' views on new technological developments. This often produces surprising results. But what do those outcomes say?

Prior to the lecture, the General Assembly of Members of the Philosophy & Technology Department will be held from 17:00. When registering, please indicate whether you would like to attend

Speaker(s)

Geert Munnichs has worked at the Technology Assessment Department of the Rathenau Institute since 2002, initially as senior researcher and since 2010 as coordinator. He has worked on a variety of topics: security and privacy, food and health, animal welfare, biotechnology. His most recent topics concern the use of large-scale databases, the future of the city and biomedical developments.

Geert received his PhD in social and political philosophy from the University of Groningen in 2000, on the thesis 'Public discontent and political credibility. Democratic legitimacy in a de-pillarised society'. Before that, he worked at Studium Generale and as a postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University. Geert studied environmental health, philosophy and history in Wageningen