A network for practical ethics
Get to know the NetworkBiomedicine. Environmental justice. Digital ethics.
Three arenas of ethical concern at the nexus of science and society.
Four centers creating a cross-campus community of scholars and students, in a transformative approach to ethics defined by robust engagement and collaboration across disciplines, in pursuit of lasting solutions to pressing problems.
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Announcements
The Center for Digital Ethics and the Emergent Ethics Network welcome Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi) to Georgetown as the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society and professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Digital Ethics. His research focuses on helping protect the security, privacy, and safety of users of current and future technologies.
August 14, 2025
Announcements
Sulmasy, Marra address the ethics of the “dire wolf”
As part of Georgetown’s “Ask a Professor” series, EEN center directors Dan Sulmasy and Pete Marra discuss recent claims that scientists have brought the dire wolf back from extinction. In their dialogue, they demonstrate the importance of the kind of interdisciplinary collaboration that the Emergent Ethics Network was created to foster.
April 11, 2025
Announcements, Events
Vint Cerf, American internet pioneer,delivered the EEN’s first Distinguished Lecture and engaged in a conversation with the Emergent Ethics Network directors and audience members on topics including trust, accessibility, vulnerability, security, and sustainability.
March 5, 2025