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Lambèr Royakkers is an associate professor in ethics and technology
at the Department School of Innovation Sciences of the Eindhoven
University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He has stud-
ied mathematics, philosophy, and law. In 1996, he obtained his PhD
on the logic of legal norms. During the past few years, he has done
research and published in the following areas: military ethics, robo-
ethics, deontic logic, and the moral responsibility in research networks.
He was the project leader of the research program “Moral Fitness
of Military Personnel in a Networked Operational Environment”
(2009–2014) from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientic
Research (NWO). His research has an interdisciplinary character
and focuses on the interface between ethics, law, and technology.
He is also involved in a European project, as chairman of the Ethics
Advisory Board of the FP7-Project SUBCOP (SUicide Bomber
COunteraction and Prevention, 2013–2016). Royakkers has authored
and coauthored more than 10 books, including Ethics, Engineering
and Technology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) and Moral Responsibility and
the Problem of Many Hands (Taylor & Francis Group, 2015).
Rinie van Est is a research coordinator and “trendcatcher” with the
Rathenau Instituut’s Technology Assessment (TA) division, e
Hague, the Netherlands. e Rathenau Instituut is Netherlands’ key
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research and debating center for science, technology, and society. He has
a background in applied physics and political science. At the Rathenau
Instituut, he is primarily concerned with projects in the elds of sustain-
ability and emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, cognitive
sciences, persuasive technology, robotics, and synthetic biology. He has
many years of hands-on experience with designing and applying meth-
ods to involve experts, stakeholders, and citizens in social debates on sci-
ence and technology. In addition to his work for the Rathenau Instituut,
he lectures on technology assessment and foresight at the School of
Innovation Sciences of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Some
of the studies he recently contributed to are “Check In/Check Out:
e Public Space as an Internet of ings” (NAi Uitgevers, 2011),
“European Governance Challenges in Bio-Engineering—Making
Perfect Life: Bio-Engineering (in) the 21st Century” (STOA, 2012),
“Energy in 2030: Busting the Myths” (Rathenau Instituut, 2013),
“From Bio to NBIC: From Medical Practice to Daily Life” (Rathenau
Instituut, 2014), “Intimate Technology: e Battle for Our Body and
Behavior” (Rathenau Instituut, 2014), and “Sincere Support: e Rise
of the E-coach” (Rathenau Instituut, 2015).
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