QISS presentations at Summer conferences

This Summer, Eline de Jong presented her research about “technological understanding”, co-authored by Sebastian De Haro, at several conferences: Responsible Quantum Technology Conference (Stanford), EASST-4S (Amsterdam), and OZSW Annual Conference (Eindhoven). Technological understanding is the kind of understanding that is essential for designing and using technology. In their papers, Eline and Sebastian develop this concept, and specify three distinct types of technological understanding, each relevant to different contexts. This means that the understanding that is required for practical use of a technology or for thinking up new applications may differ from the understanding needed to build these technologies. This pluralistic approach to ‘expertise’ offers a valuable framework for assessing and improving understanding of technology in practice.