About

Vincent Blok (1970) is a Dutch philosopher working as professor in Philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands). In 2005 he received his PhD degree in philosophy at Leiden University with a specialization in philosophy of technology. From 2006-2010, he was CEO of an international research institute in the field of sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health care. Blok is interested in the meaning of disruptive technologies for the human condition and its environment and studies these phenomena from a continental philosophical perspective. His books include Ernst Jünger’s Philosophy of Technology. Heidegger and the Poetics of the Anthropocene (Routledge, 2017), Heidegger’s Concept of philosophical Method (Routledge, 2019), The Critique of Management. Toward a Philosophy and Ethics of Business Management (Routledge, 2021), From World to Earth. Philosophical Ecology of a threatened Planet (Boom, 2022 (in Dutch), and A new meaning of life. The novel as a signpost in a world at the turning point (Noordboek, 2024 (in Dutch). Blok published over hundred articles in disciplinary philosophy journals like Research in Phenomenology, Synthese and Philosophy & Technology, and in multi-disciplinary journals like Science, Environmental Values, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Responsible Innovation.

Ancillary activities

  • Member of the board of the Society for Philosophy of Technology (SPT)(click for more information)

Editorial boards memberships

  • Philosophy & Technology, Associate Editor for Continental Philosophy of Technology (2023-)
  • Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, member of editorial advisory board (2022-)
  • Philosophy of Management, member of the executive board (2014-)
  • Journal of Responsible Innovation (2019-)
  • Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology (2020-)
  • Journal of Responsible Technology (2021-)
  • Journal of Business Ethics (2016-)
  • Novation: Critical Studies of Innovation (2021-)
  • International Journal of Technoethics (2021-)
  • Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication (2009-)
  • Business and Professional Ethics Journal. Role: member of the editorial board (2014-)
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (2015-)
  • Discovery Sustainability (2020-)