1. Prof.dr. Jeroen van den Hoven, scientific director Prof.dr. Sabine Roeser, managing director 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology

2. Theoretical frameworks Philosophy of risk, ethics of risk (Roeser, Peterson (TU/e)) Risk and emotion (Roeser, VENI-VIDI) Distribution of responsibility (Van de Poel, NWO open competition) New technologies as social experiments (Van de Poel, VICI) Posthumanism (Verbeek (Twente), VIDI) Dual Nature of Technological Artefacts (Kroes, Vermaas, Houkes, Franssen) Technological Functions (Vermaas, VIDI) Value Sensitive Design (Verbeek (Twente), VENI; Van den Hoven)

3. Research topics in ethics and robotics Programming ethical principles (Van den Hoven, NWO-MVI) Human-machine interaction Reliable systems Robot emotions (contacts with HUMANE-network) Care-robots (Van Wijnsberghe, Coeckelbergh (Twente), NWO-MVI) Ethical issues concerning technological implants Ethical issues concerning robot-human hybrids (Verbeek, VIDI) The nature of contextual knowledge (Blaauw, VENI) Modal (Deontic, Epistemic, Action) Logic and Prolog Implementation (Lokhorst, Dechesne), Moral Reasoning, Moral Constraints