Most Recent Publication
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Guler, B. N., Sun, Y., Shiekh, K., Cao, Y., Ausman, M. C., Sanchez Padilla, V., Asad, T., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Teaching the ethics of AI and robotics to graduate students: A cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural approach. Teaching Ethics, 24(2), 53-68. |
Who We Are
LANCSET (Laboratory and Network for the Cultural and Ethical Studies of Emerging Technologies) is an interdisciplinary research group at Virginia Tech.
Based at Virginia Tech, LANCSET is an open and inclusive laboratory and community of scholars dedicated to exploring technology and engineering through culturally responsive lenses. We explore the role of cultures in shaping the professional formation of socially responsible and globally competent engineers, as well as the ethical development and deployment of critical and emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and quantum computing. In our research, we examine various levels of cultural concepts, including individual cultural traits, classroom learning environments, professional and discipline-based norms, institutional and organizational cultures, sociocultural metaphors, and cross-cultural and global contexts. We frequently draw on less prominent Western intellectual resources (e.g., pragmatism) and non-Western philosophical traditions (e.g., Confucianism) in our theory-building and empirical inquiry. We employ philosophical and conceptual approaches, as well as interpretive and experimental methods, in our research.
If you are interested in exploring potential collaboration opportunities, please visit the Contact Us page to leave a message or send us an email. We thank you for your interest in our work and look forward to collaborating with you!
Based at Virginia Tech, LANCSET is an open and inclusive laboratory and community of scholars dedicated to exploring technology and engineering through culturally responsive lenses. We explore the role of cultures in shaping the professional formation of socially responsible and globally competent engineers, as well as the ethical development and deployment of critical and emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and quantum computing. In our research, we examine various levels of cultural concepts, including individual cultural traits, classroom learning environments, professional and discipline-based norms, institutional and organizational cultures, sociocultural metaphors, and cross-cultural and global contexts. We frequently draw on less prominent Western intellectual resources (e.g., pragmatism) and non-Western philosophical traditions (e.g., Confucianism) in our theory-building and empirical inquiry. We employ philosophical and conceptual approaches, as well as interpretive and experimental methods, in our research.
If you are interested in exploring potential collaboration opportunities, please visit the Contact Us page to leave a message or send us an email. We thank you for your interest in our work and look forward to collaborating with you!