Dr. Manuel Gustavo Isaac leads the development of the philosophical foundations and framing of science anticipation at GESDA. He drives the integration of social sciences and humanities research into GESDA's anticipatory products, including the Science Breakthrough Radar, and coordinates the Planetarised Humanity Initiative. His work sits at the intersection of technology ethics and metaphilosophy, with a focus on conceptual engineering applied to emerging sciences and technologies.
Manuel Gustavo holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from Paris Cité University and MA degrees in philosophy, linguistics, and logic f…
Dr. Manuel Gustavo Isaac leads the development of the philosophical foundations and framing of science anticipation at GESDA. He drives the integration of social sciences and humanities research into GESDA's anticipatory products, including the Science Breakthrough Radar, and coordinates the Planetarised Humanity Initiative. His work sits at the intersection of technology ethics and metaphilosophy, with a focus on conceptual engineering applied to emerging sciences and technologies.
Manuel Gustavo holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from Paris Cité University and MA degrees in philosophy, linguistics, and logic from Paris Sorbonne Universities. His academic career spans research fellowships at the Universities of Zurich, St Andrews, Barcelona, New York, Oslo, Amsterdam, and Geneva, as well as teaching positions at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He has authored 30 peer-reviewed publications, edited four books with 50+ contributors at Springer Nature and Routledge, led five grant-funded research projects as principal investigator, and received 19 academic awards. His research has been translated for impact into practitioner workshops, public science lectures, and scientific consultancies.
Dr. Isaac is a member of the International Science Council's Global Roster of Experts, serves as a global expert in the Earth Institute's AI Ethics Task Force at Columbia University, and was a research group member at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (Washington, D.C.). Manuel Gustavo is the founder of the Conceptual Engineering Network, which has convened over 30 events with 150+ speakers through a 6-year online lecture series supported by a 1k-subscriber YouTube channel.
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