Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos
Professor emeritus at Department of Information Technology; Vi3; Human Machine Interaction
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 03 83
- E-mail:
- Iordanis.Kavathatzopoulos@it.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Hus 10, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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How AI may affect our thinking
Part of ETHICOMP 2025, p. 354-356, 2025
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Part of ETHICOMP 2025, p. 155-158, 2025
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Truth and reality in the digital lifeworld: Departure from reductionism
Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 72-92, Routledge, 2024
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Artificial intelligence and the sustainability of thinking: How AI may destroy us, or help us
Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 19-30, Routledge, 2024
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Part of Smart Ethics in the Digital World, p. 149-152, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of The Review of Socionetwork Strategies, p. 143-168, 2021
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Information and Communication Technology for ethical leadership in business
Part of Journal of Information and Management, p. 6-11, 2019
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Snowden’s revelations and the attitudes of students at Swedish universities
Part of Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, p. 247-264, 2017
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On the Difficult Task of Teaching Computer Ethics to Engineers
Part of ORBIT Journal, 2017
- DOI for On the Difficult Task of Teaching Computer Ethics to Engineers
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ICT and sustainability: skills and methods for dialogue and policy making
Part of Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, p. 13-18, 2015
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Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2014
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Struntar regeringen i rätten till personlig integritet?
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2013
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The relation between ICT, sustainability and ethics
Part of Politeia, p. 79-90, 2011
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Challenging the pursuit of Moore's law: ICT sustainability in the cloud computing era
Part of Politeia, p. 45-55, 2011
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Modelling complex ethical decision problems with operations research
Part of Omega, p. 1100-1108, 2009
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Why good practice of OR is not enough: Ethical challenges for the OR practitioner
Part of Omega, p. 1089-1099, 2009
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Part of International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, p. 13-53, 2009
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A measurement model for ethical competence in business
Part of Journal of Business Ethics Education, p. 55-74, 2006
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Etisk kompetens viktigare än lag och moral
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2006
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Computer assisted second language learning
Part of Open and Distance Education and Education Technology, p. 74-97, 2005
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Part of The ETHICOMP Journal, 2004
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Work environment and computer systems development
Part of Behaviour and Information Technology, p. 375-387, 2003
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Part of Journal of Business Ethics, p. 43-51, 2003
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The activities of school psychologists in the contemporary education system
Part of Psychologika Themata, p. 151-165, 2003
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Part of Arbete, Människa, Miljö & Nordisk Ergonomi, p. 14-18, 2001
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A Piagetian scale for the measurement of ethical competence in politics
Part of Educational and Psychological Measurement, p. 791-803, 1998
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Part of Journal of Business Ethics, p. 379-386, 1994
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Development of a cognitive skill in solving business ethics problems: The effect of instruction
Part of Journal of Business Ethics, p. 379-386, 1993
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Kohlberg and Piaget: differences and similarities
Part of Journal of Moral Education, p. 47-54, 1991
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Part of Panorama, p. 52-55, 1989
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The concept of education in the Piagetian theory of moral development
Part of Psychologika Themata, p. 11-17, 1989
Books
Chapters in book
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Truth and reality in the digital lifeworld: Departure from reductionism
Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 72-92, Routledge, 2024
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Artificial intelligence and the sustainability of thinking: How AI may destroy us, or help us
Part of Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, p. 19-30, Routledge, 2024
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Part of 情報倫理入門 (Introduction to Information Ethics), p. 248-253, Minerva Shobo, 2021
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How to handle issues of security and privacy
Part of ICT-ethics: Sweden and Japan, p. 54-60, LiU Tryck, 2013
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Assessing and acquiring ethical leadership competence
Part of Leadership through the Classics, p. 389-400, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2012
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Training and supporting education in sustainability by the use of an ICT tool
Part of New technologies, education for sustainable development and critical pedagogy, p. 225-231, ICTeESD, University of Crete, 2012
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Management of moral knowledge and ethical processes in organizations
Part of Ethical issues and social dilemmas in knowledge management, p. 199-214, IGI Global, 2010
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Värdegrunden och behovet av etisk kompetens: Hur statsanställda skulle kunna omsätta den i praktiken
Part of Tre betraktelser på den gemensamma värdegrunden för de statsanställda, p. 17-21, Krus, Kompetensrådet för utveckling i staten, 2009
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Computers as thinking tools for the acquisition of second language
Part of Educator as researcher, p. 139-149, 2nd Bureau of Elementary Education of East Attica, Koropi GR, 2006
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How business organizations manage their problems
Part of Ethics in the world of enterprises, p. 57-60, Grada Publishing, Prague, 2006
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Kan vi lära oss hantera moraliska problem?
Part of Etik i medborgarnas tjänst, p. 43-54, Statens kvalitets- och kompetensråd, Stockholm, 2005
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Making ethical decisions in professional life
Part of How professional make decisions, p. 277-288, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, Mahwah, NJ., 2004
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What´s ergonomics got to do with IT?
Part of Humans in a complex environment, p. 853-857, Linköping university, 2002
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Ethical competence training for individuals and organizations
Part of Moral Leadership in Action, p. 293-303, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, 2002
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IT user learning: The role of informal processes
Part of New Technologies in Education and in Distance Education, p. 337-345, Atrapos, Athens, 2001
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Ethical competence and confidence for IT users and designers
Part of Ethics in the age of information technology, p. 301-309, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, 2000
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Part of Commissioned reviews of 250 psychological tests, p. 827-831, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 2000
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The study of moral thought as a psychological phenomenon
Part of Psychology in the focus of human and social sciencies, p. 61-68, Kastaniotis, Athens, 1999
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Etisk utveckling: En fråga om rätt utbildning
Part of Essäer om etik i arbetslivet, p. 24-30, Civilekonomernas riksförbund, 1996
Collections (editor)
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Education in Greek language in Scandinavia
IPODE, Athens, 2004
Conference papers
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How AI may affect our thinking
Part of ETHICOMP 2025, p. 354-356, 2025
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Part of ETHICOMP 2025, p. 155-158, 2025
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Part of Smart Ethics in the Digital World, p. 149-152, 2024
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Part of Tethics 2023, p. 1-10, 2023
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Precision medicine and artificial intelligence: Ethical considerations about human identity
2022
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The need for multiple approaches for ethics in technology education
Part of Effectiveness of ICT ethics, p. 8-15, 2022
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Teaching of technology IS teaching of ethics. But how?
Part of Tethics 2021, 2021
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Computer ethics and computer professionals
Part of Moving technology ethics at the forefront of society, organisations and governments, p. 359-365, 2021
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What are the ingredients for an ethics education for computer scientists?
Part of Paradigm Shifts in ICT Ethics, p. 107-109, 2020
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The importance of language in teaching and learning ethics
2019
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Philosophy as the Road to Good ICT
Part of This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change, p. 293-298, 2018
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On the Complex Relationship Between ICT Systems and the Planet
Part of This Changes Everything –ICT and Climate Change, p. 181-187, 2018
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Part of Wabi-Sabi, p. 150-150, 2018
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Making ethical competence possible
2018
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Linguistic aspects in teaching and learning ethical skills
2018
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2018
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2018
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Robots as companions in feelings and discussions
Part of Retfærdighed – Justice, Robophilosophy, p. 42-42, 2017
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On the Difficult Task of TeachingComputer Ethics to Engineers
Part of CEPE/Ethicomp 2017, 2017
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Part of CEPE/Ethicomp 2017, p. 1-13, 2017
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Part of Research, Ethics and Societal Impact, p. 12-12, 2017
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Ethical leadership in business: The significance of Information and Communication Technology
Part of Information and Management, p. 1-4, 2017
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Assessing the ethical competence of organizations
Part of EBEN Annual Conference, 2017
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Education for leaders’ ethical competence
Part of European Business Ethics Network, 2017
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Balancing between the conflicting interests of different stakeholders in research
Part of European Business Ethics Network, 2017
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Βιοηθική δεοντολογία, παιδιά και νοσηλευτικό προσωπικό
2016
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Judging the complexity of privacy, openness and loyalty issues
Part of Computers & Society, p. 416-419, 2015
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How ethical robots process information, communicate and act
Part of 1st TRANSOR Workshop, 2015
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Part of Computers & Society, p. 268-273, 2015
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Etikutbildning för ingenjörer: Övningar, verktyg, metoder
Part of 5:e utvecklingskonferensen för Sveriges Ingenjörsutbildningar, p. 30-31, 2015
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Ethical Competence and Social Responsibility in Scientific Research using ICT Tools
Part of Computers & Society, p. 345-347, 2015
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Part of Medicinteknikdagarna 2015, p. 94-94, 2015
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Cloud Computing: The Ultimate Step Towards the Virtual Enterprise?
Part of Computers & Society, p. 68-72, 2015
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2015
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Part of Proceedings of 11th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, p. 39-46, 2014
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Philosophical method and the conflict liberty-security
Part of Proceedings ETHICOMP 2014Li, 2014
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Designing and using ethical autonomous agents
Part of Sweden – Kyoto Symposium, 2014
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Part of ICT and society, p. 39-46, 2014
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Responsibility and Competence in Political Ethics
Part of Proceedings International Political Science Association, 23rd World Congress of Political Science, 2014, 2014
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Supporting politicians’ skill to handle moral issues
Part of Proceedings of IPSA 23rd Congress on Political Science, 2014, 2014
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Ethics, parliaments and members: learning to think ethically
Part of Challenges of contemporay governance, 2014
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Parliamentary integrity systems: Parliamentarians’ ethical conduct, accountability and transparency
2014
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Vi behöver etikstudier som uppfyller mål på flera nivåer
Part of Etikstudier – En del av den framtida ekonomutbildningen!, p. 20-20, 2014
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Philosophizing as a usability method
Part of Ambiguous Technologies, p. 194-201, 2013
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Democracy, human fallibility and ICT
Part of The possibilities of ethical ICT, p. 295-301, 2013
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Tools and methods for security: Stimulating the skill to philosophize
Part of European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, p. 163-165, 2013
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Can machines make ethical decisions?
Part of Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, p. 693-699, 2013
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ICT supported crisis communication and dialog
Part of The possibilities of ethical ICT, p. 37-41, 2013
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Methods for IT security and privacy
Part of ICT, society and human beings, p. 155-158, 2013
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The brave new world of socio-technical systems: Cloud computing
Part of The possibilities of ethical ICT, p. 377-383, 2013
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IT security and sustainability
Part of ICT for Sustainability, 2013
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The paradoxical nature of privacy
Part of Privacy in the social networked world, 2012
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Regulation of potentially harmful contents on minors
Part of Equity, integrity and beauty in information law and ethics, 2012
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Is the post-Turing ICT sustainable?
Part of ICT critical infrastructure and society, p. 183-191, 2012
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Social movement and social media
Part of Critique, democracy and philosophy in 21st century information society, p. 76-77, 2012
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Do social media generate social capital?
Part of ICT, society and human beings, p. 133-136, 2012
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Tools for ethical and sustainable IT systems
Part of Creating and applying socially, ethically and professionally acceptable ICT systems, p. 4-5, 2012
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Computerized support of personal and group skills for sustainability
2012
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Part of Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society, p. 38-38, 2012
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Assessing usability of IT systems
Part of Ergonomics for sustainability and growth, 2012
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Is the IT infrastructure future proof?
Part of The social impact of social computing, p. 356-361, 2011
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Part of EBEN Annual Conference 2011, 2011
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What are ethical agents and how can we make them work properly?
Part of The computational turn, p. 151-153, 2011
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Part of EBEN Annual Conference 2011, 2011
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The revival of natural and cultural identity through social media
Part of The computational turn, p. 329-331, 2011
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The common fate of ethics, sustainability and IT
Part of Social accountability and sustainability in the information society, p. 4-4, 2011
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Challenging the Moore's law: ICT sustainability in the Cloud Computing Era
Part of Social accountability and sustainability in the information society, p. 3-3, 2011
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Standards or dialogue for social accountability?
Part of New directions for social accountability and computing, p. 4-5, 2011
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The need for ethically competent leaders
Part of Leadership and management in a changing world, 2011
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Introducing social accountability of computing in engeneering faculties
Part of New directions for social accountability, p. 8-11, 2011
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Training leaders for ethical competence
Part of 2nd Annual International Business Conference, 2011
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Information Technology, democratic societies and competitive markets
Part of An information law for the 21st Century, 2010
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Robots and systems as autonomous ethical agents
Part of INTECH 2010, p. 5-9, 2010
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Computer aided ethical IT systems design
Part of ETHICOMP 2010, p. 332-340, 2010
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Diversity in the construction of organization value
Part of Which values for which organisations, 2010
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Ethical usability of IT systems: How to consider relevant factors and how to find solutions
Part of Proceedings of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference, 2009
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Methods and tools for ethical usability
Part of Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2009, p. 946-947, 2009
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Enhancing ethical competence in organizations: How to process moral knowledge
Part of European Business Ethics Network Research Conference 2009, p. 60-61, 2009
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Computerized support for ethical analysis
Part of Computer ethics, p. 425-437, 2009
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Part of Pathos for ethics, 2009
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Computer supported ethical decision making
Part of 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, p. 193-193, 2009
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Can micro world simulations assess and stimulate ethical competence?
Part of Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference ETHICOMP 2008, p. 503-510, 2008
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Tools for ethical decision making
Part of Proc. 3rd International Conference on Human Centered Processes, p. 13-24, 2008
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Simulation and support in ethical decision making
Part of Globalisation, p. 278-287, 2007
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Information Technology as a tool for democratic skills
Part of Forms of democracy in education, p. 155-162, 2007
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Part of Work with computing systems, p. 160, 2007
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Υπολογιστές ως Εργαλεία Μυαλού για την Απόκτηση Δεύτερης Γλώσσας
Part of Διδακτική της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας ως Δεύτερης Ξένης, p. 215-230, 2006
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Communication and learning in on-line courses
Part of Lifelong Open & Flexible Learning in the Globalized World, p. 137-144, 2006
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Computers for ethical competence
Part of ETHICOMP 2005, 2005
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Part of ETHICOMP 2005, 2005
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Autonomy method: Acquiring skills for ethichal analysis of computerisation in car driving
Part of ETHICOMP 2005, 2005
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New technologies in the education of native language
Part of Greek language education in Scandinavia, p. 73-76, 2004
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Information technology and moral stress: How to avoid moral stress and how to promote health
Part of Human Computer Interaction, p. 78-82, 2003
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The contribution of information and communication technology to distance learning
Part of Proceedings of the 2nd Greek Congress of Open and Distance Education, p. 66-70, 2003
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Part of The transformation of organisations in the information age, p. 383-390, 2002
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Knowledge production processes for optimal IT use
Part of Systems, social and internationalization design aspects of human-computer interaction, p. 577-581, 2001
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Using a Real-Life Setting to Combine Social and Technical Skills
Part of IEEE Frontiers in Education conference, 2000
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Assessing and training ethical competence as a psychological ability in business organisations
Part of Building moral competence, 1999
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Informal learning in IT-use: Cognitive support as an operational strategy
Part of Human Centered Processes, p. 29-35, 1999
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Education and ethical competence in information technology design
1999
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The informal organisation as cognitive support to the work in the control room
Part of Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Cognitive Science Approaches to Process Control, p. 357-362, 1991
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Learning Adaptive Methods in Solving Moral Conflicts: Ethics Simulation in a Computer Micro-World
Part of SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES IN MORAL EDUCATION, p. 18-18, 1988
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
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AvI-index: A tool to assess usability
2009
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Ett förbättrat verktyg för mätning av användbarhet, stress och nytta: Andra försöket inom CSN
2008
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Användbara IT-stöd: En utvärdering av ett forskningsprojekt vid CSN, Centrala studiestödsnämnden
2008
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Performing the Vision Seminar Process
2007
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AvI-enkäten: Ett verktyg för att mäta användbarhet, stress och nytta av IT-stöd
2006
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Skattekontoret i Falun: Ett mönsterkontor
2004
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Assessing health and moral stress in IT-based work
2004
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Kommunikationsteknikens egenskaper och arbetsorganisationens struktur
1998
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Informationsteknologi och samarbete
1997
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1996
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Politics and ethics: Training and assessment of decision-making and problem-solving competency
1994
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Informellt samarbete och kunskapsstöd: Operatörslaget i ett datoriserat kontrollrum
1993
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1990