Fellowship · Design & Technology
Apply Now: FASPE Design & Technology Fellowship Program
A fully funded, two-week residential fellowship (Germany & Poland) that asks designers, engineers, technologists, and architects to reflect on professional ethics through historical study and contemporary debate.
📅 Deadline: January 04, 2026
🏛 Donor: Fellowships for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
💼 Category: Fellowship — Design & Technology
FASPE covers airfare, accommodation, group meals, program materials and a stipend — ensuring financial ability does not limit participation.
Program Overview
- Purpose: Examine historic examples of technologists’ roles in enabling harmful policies and explore professional responsibility in design & tech today.
- Format: Two-week residential seminar with academic faculty and site visits in Germany & Poland.
- Participants: 13–16 graduate students & early-career professionals in engineering, architecture, design, computer science, AI, urban planning, and related fields.
- Interdisciplinary exchange: Fellows interact with Business and Law cohorts for broader perspectives.
- Funding: Fully funded (travel, lodging, meals, materials, pocket money).
Core Topics
- Historical complicity of designers, engineers, and technologists in state policy.
- Professional neutrality vs. moral responsibility in design & technology.
- Ethics of ambition, incentives, and career advancement.
- Ethical challenges in computing, data, and AI across sectors (government, private, nonprofit).
- Tactics for addressing ethical issues inside tech companies, firms, and institutions.
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