An Emerging Technological and Societal Transition:

Preparing for the Post-Industrial World

Throughout history, whenever new technologies have changed the means of production and communication, they have transformed societies and cultures.

Spearheaded by digitization, followed by emerging living and intelligent technologies, our world is currently being transformed into something we have difficulty imagining.

What are the main indicators?

Where are we heading?

What are our main scientific challenges?

Which critical issues should policymakers be aware of?

35 scientists from the natural, technical and social sciences as well as people from the humanities and the arts are currently working to find common ground on the above questions.

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We met at a workshop at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, October 5th to 9th, 2015, and started a scientific collaboration on these issues. As our work progresses, we will post it on this website.

Joining us at the workshop were 25 students of Science, Communication & Society at Leiden University. As part of their 2015 fall program, they are currently helping us communicating the results of our workshop. Read more under NEWS.

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Venue:
Lorentz Center@Oort

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Lorentz Center@Oort
Oort building, 3rd floor
Niels Bohrweg 2
2333 CA Leiden

The Lorentz Center is an international center in the sciences. Its aim is to organize workshops for scientists in an atmosphere that fosters collaborative work, discussions and interactions.

How to get to the Lorentz Center