Join our Firepit debates during the weekend of the Dutch Design Week 2023 with philosopher Laurens Landeweerd. On Saturday, we discuss the European Commission’s PRISM-LT project’s development of engineered living materials, which can be used for broad societal applications such as cultivated meat or fur that comes straight out of a petri dish or bioreactor. Follow us as we explore moral and ethical implications on the newest innovations that could be a stepping stone to sustainable food and resource production.

On Sunday, we discuss ‘Trust in Science’, the core topic of the EU- funded IANUS project: what makes science (un)trustworthy, and what ought to be the role of scientists in societal emergencies?