On Friday 9 February, the 'KHMW' (Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities) presented the 'Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijs' (Jan Brouwer Thesis Awards) at the Hodshonhuis in Haarlem. The winner of the thesis prize for Political Science and Public Administration is Emma van Heeswijk MSc, for her thesis “Moral Machines as Citizens? Exploring Moral Status and Democratic Citizenship for Artificial General Intelligence”. These prizes are awarded annually for theses in the humanities and social sciences.
For an impression of the award ceremony and a link to the jury report: https://edu.nl/cw393.
Congratulations Emma, the department of Political Science is very proud!
[Photo: Marlise Steeman]