Conference Date: December 10-12, 2024

Location: Bielefeld University, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany

Submission deadline: April 15th, 2024

Organizers:

o Dr. Sebastian Sattler (Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, GER)

o Prof. Dr. Saskia Nagel (Department for Society, Technology, and Human Factors, RWTH Aachen University, GER)

o Dr. Dimitris Repantis (Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Charité Berlin, GER)

o Prof. Dr. Guido Mehlkop (Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences; Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, University of Erfurt, GER)

Keynote speakers:

o Dr. Caterina Cinel (School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE), University of Essex, UK)

o Prof. Dr. Marcello Ienca (School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, GER)

o Prof. Dr. Ty Schepis (Department of Psychology, Texas State University, USA)

o Prof. Dr. Anna Wexler (Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Topic:

We are on the verge of many pioneering activities and scientific breakthroughs concerning brain-computer interfaces, brain stimulation, and neurochemicals, that have the potential to go beyond the treatment of diseases to enhance cognitive performance in work, education, and leisure. At the same time, societal processes such as the quest for self-optimization or transformations in and outside of the labor market (e.g., digitalization, increasing stress, and cognitive demands) may create the desire, but also the pressure, to use such neuroenhancement. These developments require the attention of an interdisciplinary dialog. The conference aims to unravel the inherent complexity of neuroenhancement by bringing together ethicists, sociologists, psychologists, engineers, pharmacologists, neuroscientists, political scientists, and legal scholars. By fostering interdisciplinary exchange, we aim to illuminate the multifaceted dimensions of neuroenhancement and facilitate future collaborations.

Information about abstract submission and further details:

Please submit your abstract via e-mail to: enhance.conference@uni-bielefeld.de

Please use the abstract style sheet on the conference homepage (LINK).

Conference homepage: Please click on this LINK.

Travel support: We will provide travel support.

From March 26th to March 27th the final conference of the ERC funded project WelfareStruggles titled »The Politics of Care under Market Socialism: Labour Mobility, Global Capital and Changing Welfare System in Vietnam and China« will take place at ZiF. For more information click here.