Raffaele Rodogno

EPFLVPAVPA-AVP-ESHSSHS-ENS

EPFLVPAVPA-FACHREC

Expertise

ethics and politics of technology
After a degree in International Relations
(Geneva Graduate Institute), a Master in Philosophy of the Social Sciences (LSE) and a doctorate in moral philosophy (University of St Andrews), Raffaele has taught at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) before joining the University of Lausanne and the EPFL in 2024.

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Equality and technology

HUM-288

This course explores the meaning of equality, its realization in society, and its relation to technology.

The ethics of engineering I

HUM-412

Working in groups, students provide an ethical analysis of technological applications. They study how their features combine with the socio-material environment to impact values, and what solutions are available to change this impact in desirable ways.

The ethics of engineering II

HUM-459

This module focuses on the idea of value in design and the ethics of artefacts more in general.