Workshop – “Encountering heritage. Oral history, curatorship and design”
Date: March 9, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: Room WS3, Building B3, Design Department (Bovisa Campus – Via Candiani 72) This workshop aims to bring together three different perspectives: Invited speakers will present their research topics and engage in an open discussion, with the aim of underlining the differences as well as the common traits between different disciplines dealing with […]
Conference – Presentation of Two Volumes in Honor of Lorenzo Magnani
Date: February 18, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM Venue: Sala Riunioni Edificio 29, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 26, Milan Abductive Minds: Essays in Honor of Lorenzo Magnani – Volume 1 About this book This book, the first of two volumes, provides novel perspectives on the study of abduction, by analyzing both Magnani’s ample investigation of the subject and discussing its rising […]
Workshop – “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome” (2-3 March 2026)
Date: March 2-3, 2026 Venue: Aula Rogers, ground floor of Polimi Building 11 (metro stop: Piola M2, see map and directions) This workshop brings together researchers from philosophical, sociological, and scientific backgrounds to explore the challenges and opportunities arising from contemporary postgenomics and at the intersection of microbiomics and exposomics. Registration is free but please […]
Workshop -“Perspectives in the Philosophy of Risk”
Date: December 16, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: Aula Consiglio, Building 29 “Carta”, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 26 In a world characterised by the challenges of climate change, new technologies, and growing instabilities, risk is increasingly relevant both in our daily life and in academic research. And while risk has remained mostly peripheral to philosophical reflections, philosophy can significantly contribute […]
Seminario – “La filosofia nell’ambiente costruito: concetti, metodi, impatti”
Date: December 15, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM Venue: Room Formazione, basement floor, Building 15 (The event will be held in italian) The design and assessment of the built environment rely on a wide range of concepts and ideals: promoting well-being and health, improving the sustainability and inclusiveness of buildings, preserving the historical value of built heritage. But how can […]
Workshop – “Tecnologie a duplice uso nella ricerca accademica. Quesiti e strumenti dall’ingegneria alla filosofia del diritto”
Date: October 13, 2025 Time: 09:45 – 17:00 PM Venue: Aula Magna del Rettorato, Politecnico di Milano The debate about research on dual-use technologies still has several gaps to be filled, especially when its focus shifts from dual-use technologies in general to dual-use technologies in academic research in particular – which is precisely the objective of our workshop. Through a […]
STS Italia Conference 2025 – “Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring and Reconfiguring”
Date: June 11-13, 2025 Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus How might we work towards achieving “good” technoscience? How can we – with our various technologies and ways of knowing, in diverse environments facing different challenges, across disciplinary boundaries and wide distances both geographical as well as socio-cultural, together with Others of all sorts – […]
Workshop – “Geoethics for Geological Hazards”
Date: May 12, 2025 Time: 14:15 – 18:15 PM Venue: Room 26.01, Edificio 26 (Mensa), Via Golgi 20, 20133 Milan Program 14:15 – 14:30 Welcome and Introduction 14:30 – 15:00 Silvia Peppoloni (INGV): Ethical Issues in Georisks 15:00 – 15:30 Giuseppe di Capua (INGV): L’Aquila Earthquake Case 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 – 16:30 […]
Workshop – “Machine learning in climate change mitigation scenarios: From model development to ensemble analysis”
Date: March 20, 2025 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 PM Venue: AULA FDS, IV floor, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a critical tool in contemporary climate research. This workshop will explore prospects for ML tools to enhance the design and assessment of medium- and long-term scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions. We will […]
Workshop – MI FIL/02 Milano Logic & Philosophy of Science Network
Date: March 12 Time: 9:00 AM – 18:15 PM Venue: Aula Magna (Rettorato) – Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Politecnico di Milano This workshop will bring together scholars working in logic and philosophy of science at the various universities in The Milano area. Thanks to tha collaboration of representatives from each institution, the programme with […]
Conference – “Vulnerabilità & IA – Ripensare l’umano”
December 5, 2024, 14:30 PM – 19:00 PM, Sala Convegni Fondazione PescarAbruzzo, PescaraDecember 6, 2024, 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM, Auditorium Cianfarani, Chieti Throughout the history of western thought, anthropocentric perspectives have generated numerous issues related to inequality, domination, and exploitation. Recognizing these difficulties, which are inherent to humanistic discourse, becomes crucial to reflect on […]
Workshop – “An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Fairness in Al”
Date: December 10, 2024 Time: 14:00 PM Venue: Alpha room (Building 24), Via Golgi 40, Milan Abstract: Fairness systematically features among the requirements AI systems must comply with to be deemed trustworthy. Yet, different frameworks on fairness exist, and many AI technologies are still riddled with problems of bias and algorithmic discrimination. This workshop aims […]
