Past Event Category: Visiting Speaker Seminar Series

Visiting Speaker Seminar Series: The Innovation Paradigm: Making Technology, Morality, and Citizenship in Aspirational India and Beyond

Shobita Parthasarathy, Professor, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, University of Michigan

October 1, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 5055 Vilas Hall (Nafziger Room) ZOOM LINK

In recent decades, there have been numerous efforts to deploy technological innovation “for good”, to address the world’s most intractable problems, from information and communication technology for development to, most recently, AI for social good. And yet, despite the good intentions, these technologies rarely achieve their intended purposes. Further, they often create problems, including increased …