As design increasingly positions itself as a discipline that can help address pressing societal challenges (e.g., migration, climate crisis, the impact of AI), revitalizing the scholarly discussion on design ethics becomes inevitable. Surprisingly though, the scholarly discussion on design ethics remains rather vague, scattered, and theoretically underdeveloped (Chan, 2018). This is partially due to the broadness and complexity of the field and partially due to a lack of discourse on the normative orientations of design that originates from within the discipline (vs. through the gaze of other disciplines).

Call for Papers for the Journal of Human-Technology Relations topical collection on Ethics and Normativity of Explainable AI: Explainability as a Social Practice - deadline February 1, 2025

Call for Papers for the Journal of Human-Technology Relations special issue on Postphenomenology in the age of AI: Prospects, Challenges, Opportunities - deadline February 1, 2024

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