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- Convenors:
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Theresa Willem
(Technical University of Munich)
Mone Spindler (University of Tübingen)
Paula Helm (University of Amsterdam)
Selin Gerlek (University of Amsterdam)
Roanne van Voorst (University of Amsterdam)
Sabine Ammon (TU Berlin)
Tanja Ahlin (Leiden University)
Laura Arbelaez Ossa (University of Barcelona)
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- Chairs:
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Theresa Willem
(Technical University of Munich)
Magdalena Eitenberger (University of Vienna)
- Format:
- Combined Format Open Panel
Short Abstract
This panel explores how ethics can be meaningfully embedded in the everyday practices of science and technology. We invite case studies, methods, and reflections on integrated ethics and aim to build a lasting network of scholars and practitioners beyond EASST 2026.
Description
This panel seeks to advance conversations on how we as scholars can meaningfully integrate ethics into the everyday practices of science and technology and sustain ongoing efforts to foster collaboration among scholars working with integrated approaches.
The integration of ethics into science and technology development is a growing concern within STS and adjacent fields. As debates about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and the broader digital realm continue to dominate public and scholarly discourse, multiple approaches that “embed” ethical considerations during technology development have been proposed, tinkered with in practice, and proven their transformative potential across diverse domains, including healthcare, biotechnology, military and defense, food and agriculture, education, and environmental technologies.
This panel invites contributions that examine, challenge, and expand practices, concepts and structures of integrating ethics in technoscientific contexts. We welcome presentations on theoretical, methodological, and empirical work:
- Case studies of embedding ethics in interdisciplinary or applied research settings;
- Frameworks, methods, and tools for fostering ethical reflexivity and stakeholder engagement;
- Challenges and tensions in collaborations across science, industry, and policy;
- New approaches for increasing ethicality in technoscientific collaborations that challenge already established ways of integrating/embedding ethics
By bringing together diverse perspectives on approaches to integrating ethics in technoscience, this panel aims to discuss and compare the various ways in which the integration of ethics into technoscience is operationalized in practice.
In a second, open-format session, we will conduct a workshop that invites the contributors from the first session and our audience to collectively think about how to sustain dialogue and cooperation among scholars and practitioners working on embedded and integrative ethics. The goal is to explore possibilities and derive a concrete plan for establishing a network that fosters collaboration, methodological exchange, and mutual support beyond EASST 2026.