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Workshop on Ethical, legal, social impact/aspect research frameworks Towards an ELS-X Research community in Europe

Donnerstag, 04. Dezember 2025, 12:00
Online

After more than 25 years of applied ELSI/ELSA (ELS-X) research in the European Union with the adoption of the 4th framework program by the European Commission, many methodological, conceptual and practical challenges remain.


As public awareness grows regarding the complex impacts of technological innovation, research into ethical, legal, social, and economic aspects/impacts/factors is becoming increasingly important to help anticipate and avoid undesirable consequences. Now firmly embedded in European funding requirements for research and innovation actions, this type of research must clearly define its objectives, practices, and intended audiences.

 

This is exactly where we want to start with this workshop: to stimulate an interdisciplinary discussion about methodological and content-related aspects of ELSI/ELSA/ELSE, fostering collaboration across disciplines to better understand and address the multifaceted nature of these challenges. We also want to raise the profile of the international research scene and contribute to better networking among all those involved in ELSI/ELSA/ELSE-research.


Preliminary Program

 

Day I, 4 December

Time

Agenda point

12.00-12.30

Welcome (with sandwiches)  

12.30-13.00

Method Talk

Sergio Urueña – “How Radical Are ELSI/ELSA Frameworks? Foregrounding Critical-Reflective Affordances in STI Governance”

13.00-14.00

Fishbowl | Cluster 1: ELSA and policy

  • Mónika Nogel – “Building and Undermining Trust in Genetic Testing for Medical Purposes: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications” 
  • Silvia Tessaro Trapani – “From Clouds to Ground: Operationalizing Human Oversight in Business Practice “
  • Dirk Hommrich – “ELSA Assessment for Medical Devices: Before MDR Approval or After Conformity and Certification?”

 

Discussion: How can we practically integrate legal analysis and assessments with ethical and social aspects?

14.00-14.30

Coffee break

14.30-15.15

Invited presentation I
Mirjam Plantinga – Collaboration in the Dutch ELSA Lab Community: Experiences and Insights

15.15-16.15

Fishbowl | Cluster 2 – ELSA, medical research and bioethics

  • Felix Tirschmann & Kirsten Brukamp – “Ethical, legal, and social aspects (ELSA) during the development of health technologies: the role of participation”
  • Hans Radder – “Medical research without patents: an integrated ELSE approach” (ONLINE)
  • Isabelle Pirson and Nienke de Graeff – “The ‘embedded turn’ in technology ethics - A typology and appraisal of embedded ethics approaches for emerging biomedical technologies“

 

  • : Between acceptance and acceptabilty - Is stakeholder participation the right strategy for ethical and social aspect analysis?

16.15-16.30

Break 

16.30-17.00

Method Talk 

Anja Pichl – “Integrating ethics with science and technology development: Taking integration a step further” 

17.00-17.15

Wrap-up 

18.30/19.00

Dinner

 

Day II, 5 December

Time

Agenda Point

9.30-10.15

Invited Presentation II 

Vincent Blok - Operationalizing ELSA research in ELSA labs: towards a multi-level perspective on ethics of AI

10.15-11.15

Fishbowl | Cluster 3: ELSA and emerging tech

  • Felix Gnisa et al. – “Making ELSI usable? Ethical, legal and social implications in contradictory social realities. The case of robot use in the kindergarten”
  • Clare Shelley-Egan – “Understanding and creating the conditions for ELSA research in a national quantum ecosystem (ONLINE)
  • Sabine Ammon & Nora Schönherr – “Ethical Vision Design as an ELSA intervention in the early stages of innovation processes”

 

Discussion: How can ELSA shape innovation meaningfully?

11.15-11.30

Break

11.30-12.00

Method talk
Lorina Buhr & Silke Schicktanz – “If ELS-X is the solution, what has been the problem? Reflections on technology- vs. problem-driven ELS-X research” (ONLINE)

12.00-12.45

Invited Presentation III

Bruno Gransche – Between Ambition and Application: The Gap Between ELSI/RRI and Practice

12.45-13:45

Standing Lunch

13:45-14:30

Discussion

Towards a white paper

14.30-15:00

Wrap-up & open end

 

Link for online parcipation

https://kit-lecture.zoom-x.de/j/7194068393?pwd=VDJHU3dKaFVOZEU3MTgzbGdRbWNXZz09

Meeting-ID: 719 406 8393

 

Organising & Programme Committee, Contact
  • PD Dr. Alexander Bagattini, Senior researcher at the Academy for Responsible Research, Teaching, and Innovation (ARRTI) at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technologie (KIT)
  • Paula Gurtler, Associate Researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies and PhD researcher at the Charles University, Prague

 

 

Veranstalter
ARRTI | Academy for Responsible Research, Teaching, and Innovation
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Douglasstraße 24
76133 Karlsruhe
E-Mail: marcel krueger does-not-exist.kit edu
https://www.arrti.kit.edu/

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