Homa Yazdani
Media Ethics, Philosophy of Technology and AI
Dr. Homa Yazdani is a Post-Doc researcher at IZEW. She studied Physics for BA, and completed her MA and Ph.D. in philosophy of science and technology in Iran. Meanwhile she had a journey into theological studies and media skills, as well as engaging in policy-making projects about the social implications of technology development. Since 2023, she has been in Germany as a T@T fellow at Tubingen University, teaching and researching the pros and cons of using digital devices and electronic texts for reading which brings up many questions about the reader's cognition and emotion.
Areas of Expertise
- Digital reading and electronic literature
- Interaction between human and media
- Ethics of cybernetics and artificial intelligence
- Gender studies of science and technology
- Cognitive science of religion
Career
- 2023-2024
Teach@Tuebingen fellowship at International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) - 2022-2023
Researcher at TADBIR Strategic Studies Institute
Project: “The application of AI in changing reproductive attitudes and behaviors”, 2023 - 2021-2022
Researcher at The Iranian Foundation of Public Libraries (IFPL)
Project: “Philosophical, Sociocultural and Cognitive Considerations of Digital Reading” - 2019-2020
Researcher at SERAJ Cyber-Space Institution
Project: “Gender & Artificial Intelligence” - 2018
Researcher in ARA research center: sociocultural studies & policymaking think-tank
Project: "future-study of women’s online businesses" - 2016-2017
Researcher at The Research Institute for Science, Technology and Industry Policymaking (RISTIP) of Sharif University of Technology
Project: "Establishment of the NBICS Schools" and
Project: "Management of the Humanities Evolutions: Global Case Studies" - 2013-2014
Researcher at The Technology Studies Institute (TSI)
Project: “Model for Progress”, 2013-2014
Publications
- “Application of Cognitive Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Attitude Changes about Reproduction: Literature and Case Studies Review”, Tadbir Strategic Studies Institute, Report Print: 2023 spring
- “A Contemplation on the Role of Gender in One’s Identity: A Critical Review of Charlotte Witt’s Uni-essentialism Thesis”, Homa Yazdani; Zahra Zargar; Hanieh Gholamali, Journal of Philosophical Investigations (University of Tabriz), Volume 15, Issue 35, September 2021, Pages 340-357
- "The Effect of Sin on Scientific Knowledge: a case study of Stephen Moroney’s approach from a Critical Rationalist point of view", Homa Yazdani; Ali Paya; Lotfollah Nabavi, Philosophy of Science: journal of Institute for Human Sciences and Cultural Studies (IHCS), Volume 10, Issue 20, Summer and Autumn 2020, Pages 203-223
- "Ethical and Social Considerations of Quarantine in Pandemics", Special Issue on policy research about COVID-19, ARA Research Foundation, April 2020
- "Teaching Evolution Theory, Challenges, and Opportunities (1) & (2)", Roshd: Biological Education: quarterly scientific journal of the “organization of educational research and planning”, Number 101-102, winter 2013 & spring 2014
Teaching
- Winter 2023 semester:
"The Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitalization"
Transdisciplinary Course Program, University of Tubingen - Summer 2024 semester:
"The Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitalization"
Transdisciplinary Course Program, University of Tubingen