•• What we do

We are the first research center in the Czech Republic that examines new ethical challenges posed by the intersection of the growing use of technologies and the current ecological problems, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, issues in Anthropocene, role of AI, and many others.

CETE-P is led by Professor Mark Coeckelbergh, one of the most prolific authors in contemporary philosophy of technology and environmental ethics. We are growing into an international research community with overreaching societal impacts.

Our center primarily engages in world-class research. Moreover, we bring together academics, NGOs, policymakers, and businesses to discuss and solve the most pressing ethical issues concerning the environment and new technologies. To achieve these goals, we organize regular workshops and forums. We also facilitate the flow of expert ethical opinions in the wider public debate through media interviews, podcasts, or public lectures.

You can learn more about our activities in the following sections: news, events, and media outcomes.

•• What we offer

• Academia:
  → supervision of PhD projects
  → collaboration on international grants with support and management
  → co-organization of conferences, workshops, lectures
  → internships for researchers and students

• NGO’s, policymakers, business:
  → training courses on topics of our expertise
  → ethics advisory and consultation on legislation, business strategies, campaigns
  → collaboration on events and dissemination activities
  → internships 
  

• Media:
  → interviews, commentaries, expert opinions

•• Partners

International

• Philosophy of Media and Technology Research Group, Department of Philosophy, Universität Wien
• Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI
• Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford
• Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh
• Ethics + Emerging Science Group (E+ESG) at California Polytechnic University
• Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich
• Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice at Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München 
• Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies (KInIT), Bratislava
• The Research Group for Ethics in Information Technology (EIT) at the University of Hamburg
• Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Domestic

• Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value at the University of Pardubice
• Department of Philosophy, Masaryk University in Brno
• Department of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň
• Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Institute of State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences 
• Karel Čapek Center for Values in Science and Technology