Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in Technoprogressivism

  1. Nature of the Award

The award shall consist of $1000, given annually to a graduate student who is working on a dissertation on technoprogressivism (broadly construed). As we see it, the range of philosophical questions relating to techoprogressism is broad, and approachable through a variety of traditions (i.e., philosophy of technology, political science, sociology, economics, and literature studies, among others).

 

  1. Purpose of the Award

The purpose of this award is to encourage and support scholarship on technoprogressivism.

 

  1. Eligibility

The scholarship recipient must meet the following qualifications:

(a) Be an active doctoral student whose primary area of research is directly philosophical or empirical, whether the institutional setting is philosophy or another discipline; that is to say, the mode of dissertation research must be philosophical and/or empirical as opposed to a literature review;

(b) Have completed all coursework; and

(c) Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution.

 

Recipients may receive the award not more than once.

 

  1. Administration

The IEET Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in Technoprogressivism is sponsored and administered by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, an independent non-profit think-tank.

 

  1. Nominations

Nominations should be self-nominations and submitted by the nominee via email by November 1, 2024, to steve@ieet.org.

The submission package should include the following:

(a) The accepted dissertation proposal;

(b) A description of the work done to date;

(c) A letter of recommendation from a dissertation committee member;

(d) An up-to-date curriculum vitae with current contact information.

 

  1. Selection of the Awardee

Submissions will be judged on merit with emphasis on the following:

(a) Clarity of thought;

(b) Originality;

(c) Relevance to our time;

(d) Evidence of good progress toward completion.

 

  1. Notification

The winner and any honorable mentions will be notified via letter by December 1 2024.

Submit your application to steve@ieet.org

Past Winners

2024: Cindy Friedman, Utrecht University, based on her dissertation project, titled, “The ethics of humanoid robots.”

2023: Aimen Taimur, Tilburg Unviersity, based on her dissertation project, titled, “The Techno-progressivist Legal Cogitation of Cognitive Freedom: Situating Human Rights Protection Against Manipulation of Free Thought by Artificial Intelligence”

2022: Ann-Katrien Oimann, KU Leuven and the Royal Military Academy, based on her dissertation project, titled, “The Morality of the Use of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: the Problem of Attributing Moral Responsibility.”

2021: No award given