The Ethics Institute

We wrapped up a major summer event season at the Ethics Institute?with our faculty overseeing seven different workshops and programs! ?9-week, NSF-funded?Graduate Summer Training Program to Expand the AI and Data Ethics Research Community, led by?Kathleen Creel?and?John Basl ? 5-day, NEH-funded Northeast Workshop to Learn About Multicultural Philosophy (NEWLAMP) Program, led by?Getty L. Lustila?and Candice Delmas. ? 2-week?Intelligence, Data, Ethics, and Society (IDEAS) Program, led by?Sina Fazelpour?and?Marina DiMarco ??10-day, Mozilla funded?Summer Training Program on Responsible Computing Education, led by?Vance R. and?Meica Magnani ·?2-day,?Ethnographers of Orthodoxy Workshop Event, Led by Dr. Sarah Riccardi-Swartz ??5-day,?Philosophy In an Inclusive Key(PIKSI)-Logic Program, led by?Branden Fitelson ??2-day,?Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast (teχnē) Conference, a collaboration between the Ethics Institute, MIT, and Harvard, led at Northeastern mainly by?John Basl We want to thank all who attended and presented at these workshops! And a big thank you to?Amod Lele, Keanna Smigliani,?Deryni Mahoney, Tobias Dehner, and?Ricardo Hernandez?for working hard to bring these projects to life! Also, a big thank you to our summer program funders: National Science Foundation (NSF), Northeastern’s Department of Philosophy and Religion, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Institute for Experiential Robotics, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom Grant, Omidyar Network, Mozilla Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Social and Ethics Responsibilities of Computing, Harvard University’s Embedded EthiCS Program and Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Northeastern University’s Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program (M2AP), and Northeastern University's Humanities Center. To read more about each program, access the conferences and workshops page on our website.

The Ethics Institute is excited to announce a call for applications for Professor Sina Fazelpour's 2025 Summer Research Internship. This 12-week research internship position will provide an opportunity for successful applicants to work closely with Prof. Fazelpour?on developing concepts, methodologies, or frameworks that enhance AI evaluation and governance. This position is open to current PhD students or recent PhD graduates with a demonstrated interest in AI ethics and governance. We welcome applicants from diverse fields relevant to the project, including philosophy, cognitive science, computer science, statistics, human-computer interaction, network science, and science and technology studies. Applications are open until March 31st, 2025. For more information and access to application instructions, check out our webpage linked Below.

The Ethics Institute is excited to announce an event on February 19th called “Spirituality in the Age of Science: A Conversation with Alan Lightman.” This event is hosted by Northeastern University’s Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service in 200 Ell Hall. For more information on time and abstract, please see the flyer attached.

The Ethics Institute is excited to announce a call for applications for the 2025?AI and Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer Program. This summer school is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, or other areas with potential research applications to AI and big data who would like to develop research capacities in the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), data ethics, and the philosophy of technology. This summer program will be held at Northeastern University’s Boston campus, and will run from June 2nd to July 31st. Applications are open until January 30th, 2025. For more information and access to application instructions, check out our webpage linked below.

There is still time to join us this Thursday at 4:30pm (Eastern), either virtually or in person. RSVP link and further info below.

We are excited to announce the second lecture in Sarah Riccardi-Swartz's Global Orthodoxy and International Politics Lab @ Northeastern, taking place on November 7th, 2024 at Northeastern University Boston campus. Clayton Goodgame, Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University's Institute of Sacred Music, will be giving a talk titled "Towards an Orthodox Theory of the Commons: The Politics of Sacred Space in Jerusalem's Old City." This talk will examine how space is shared in context where different national, religious, and ethnic communities live together in a very small, very contested built environment. The event runs?Thursday, November 7th, from 4:30 PM to 6 PM. This is a?hybrid?event and a teams link will be sent to all who RSVP.?Please fill out the?RSVP form for in person?and/or?virtual?attendance. https://lnkd.in/e5b67vzC

Join us in congratulating Professor Patricia William's on the publication of her new book "The Miracle of the Black Leg: Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of Law." This book explores pivotal contemporary topics, critical and literary theories, empirical and sociological research, and personal narratives with classical legal doctrine.? To read more on Professor Patricia William's work and her new book, access the link below.

There is still space available, access the link to register for the event!

We are very excited to invite you to the first lecture in Dr. Sarah Riccardi-Swartz's Global Orthodoxy and International Politics Lab @ Northeastern, taking place on September 19th, 2024 at Northeastern University Boston campus. Candice Lukasik, Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University, will be giving a talk titled "Persecution Economies: Violence and the Transnational Politics of Migration Between the middle East and the United States." This talk will examine how Coptic and Assyrian communities are shaped by and respond to local and global forces of authoritarianism and imperial intervention that perpetuate violence and propel migration. The event runs?Thursday, September 19th, from 4:30 PM to 6 PM.?This is a?hybrid?event and a teams link will be sent to all who RSVP.?If you wish to attend, either in person or virtual, please fill out the RSVP form below. https://lnkd.in/eYBuTXq8

Please join us in congratulating Cansu Canca, Ph.D., Directer of Responsible AI Practice at the Institute for Experimental AI and a Research Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, on being named one of Mozilla’s Rise25 honorees. To learn more about Cansu Canca and her work with the Institute of Experimental AI and the Ethics Institute, click the link below.