Dylan Cawthorne

Hello! My name is Dylan Cawthorne, and I am 44 years old. I am originally from Alaska, USA, and have lived and worked in Denmark since 2010. I have been an IDA board member since 2022, and I hope you will elect me again.

I am educated with a BSc in mechanical engineering, MSc in product design and innovation, and PhD in ethics and drone design. I work daily as an associate professor at the Drone Center in the Mærsk Institute of SDU in Odense.  

As part of the Younger Party (Yngrelisten) I support: a focus on a flexible working life, lifelong learning, working towards the green transition, and ethics in technology  

For several years I have been engaged in bringing ethics into technology design and policy, with a focus on drones, along with other new technologies including robotics and AI. And I have been supportive of humanitarian activities as a volunteer with Engineers Without Borders in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

I have successfully pushed for more focus on responsibility and engineering ethics at IDA, and now it is included in our mission statement. 

If elected again, I would like to lead an ethics working group, examine the prospect of an engineering oath, and investigate technologies of peace. 

Outside of politics, I spend time teaching, doing research, and making technological art which gives me a broad perspective of both the opportunities and risks engineering affords us. 

I am passionate about making the world a better place, and helping all engineers in that aim. I hope you will vote for me again 🩵

I have been active in IDA as a board member since 2022. I am proud of the results we have created, especially around ethics and responsibility.  But I believe that to ensure a dynamic association requires constant work and a focus on the future, which the Younger Party will continue to fight for. 

I hope you will vote for me again, so I can continue to fight for the critical issues we as a society face.  Now more than ever, we must consider the ethical implications of the technologies we are instrumental in creating.  If I am elected, I will bring ethics to the front of the conversation - engineering shows what we can do, but not necessarily what we should do.  With ethics, we can do good things for Danish society - and beyond.

At the Younger Party, we focus on these four key topics:• IDA should take increased responsibility for the sustainable transition of our society!• IDA should ensure a more flexible working culture!• IDA should ensure equal representation for the younger members (under 40 years old)!• IDA should double the number of volunteers and member offerings
If you agree, then I hope you will vote for me 🩵

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