This scientific paper published in Nanoethics dives into the question “Are digital subjects in virtual reality morally equivalent to human subjects?”.

Now at the halfway point of this three-year project, the TechEthos consortium is delighted to publish three sets of key findings that enhance our understanding of the implications of our three technology families.

From June to September, the six science engagementPublic engagement describes the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education and research can be shared with the public [...] organisations involved in the TechEthos project will hold a series of Science Cafés and engage with hundreds of citizens in Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Sweden. Citizens will be invited to discuss new and emerging technologiesTechnologies whose development and application are not completely realised or finished, and whose potential lies in the future. [...] with scientists, innovators, engineers and civil society.

TechEthos has established a cluster of 16 EU-funded projects, creating a platform to exchange, collaborate and create synergies together. On 4 March 2022, these 16 EU-funded projects came together for an online kick-off meeting to align on common goals and find ways to collaborate in the future.

Based on a wide-ranging horizon scanning of over 100 new and emerging technologies, TechEthos selected three families of technologies that are expected to have disruptive socio-economic and ethical implications which will now be the main focus point for the TechEthos project.

Anais Resseguier (Trilateral Research) reviews Kate Crawford’s 2021 book Atlas of AI for the journal AI and Ethics, as part of TechEthos’ work on Extended Digital Reality technology familyA technology family is a collection of technologies that share techniques that have common goals [...].

Research ethicsResearch ethics require researchers to pay attention to the effects of their research [...] and integrity is vital in research but how do we ensure research ethics and integrity is seen as the foundation of excellence in research and innovation? And further to this, how do we ensure it is brought to the forefront of technology innovation?

Ethics by DesignThe implementation of ethical, legal, and societal values [...] is an approach for ensuring that a technology or system is aligned with ethical values and principles.