Profil / Arbeitsschwerpunkt

Philosophische Analyse im Rahmen des internationalen Verbundforschungsprojektes zu ethischen, rechtlichen und sozialen Aspekten von Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCI)

Förderung: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Technikethik, Neuroethik, Roboethik, Politische Philosophie, Experimentelle Philosophie

Curriculum Vitae

Current Position
1
Reasearcher at the Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, LMU Munich, projekt "INTERFACES" (brain-computer interfaces and ethics), since 01/2018
2
Dissertation on "From Roboethics to Robopolitics. Towards a political philosophy of technology" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schramme, University of Liverpool)
Sientific Activities
02/2015 – 12/2017
Reasercher at the Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Niels Birbaumer), Project "EMOIO" (ethics and BCI)
02/2014 – 12/2017
Researcher at the Department of Psychology, Social Psychology, University of Tübingen (Prof. Dr. René Ziegler), work-package leader EU-project CONSORTIS (ethics, psychology, and body scanner)
01/2013 – 01/2014
Parental Leave
02/2011 – 12/2012
Researcher and coordinator of the BMBF-funded project „KRETA“ (Ethics and Body Scanner), University of Tübingen, IZEW
09/2010 – 02/2012
Coordinator of the Research focus on Security Ethics, University of Tübingen, IZEW
05/2010 – 04/2012
Researcher and coordinator of the BMBF-funded project „MuViT“ (Ethics and Video Surveillance), University of Tübingen, IZEW
02/2010 – 04/2010
Research assistant in the BMBF-funded project „THEBEN“ (Ethics and Body Scanner), University of Tübingen, IZEW
2002– 2010
Several positions as student research assistant (Prof. Dr. Hans Reinhard Seeliger, Prof. Dr. Peter Hünermann, Prof. Dr. Regina Ammicht Quinn)
Academic Education
16.02.2010
Magister Artium in Theology, Philosophy and History, Final mark: 1,1 („mit Auszeichnung / with distinction“)
10/2005 – 02/2010
Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History (Magister) at the University of Tübingen; Master Thesis with Prof. Dr. Hans Reinhard Seeliger on: „Realismus und Antirealismus in der Geschichtswissenschaft [Realism and Anti-realism in Historiography]” (Mark: 1,0)
10/2004 – 07/2005
Studies in Theology and Philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris (Erasmus)
10/2003 – 09/2004
Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History at the University of Tübingen
10/2001 – 09/2003
Studies in Theology at the University of Tübingen
Research Areas
AOS
Political Philosophy, Libertarianism, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Experimental Philosophy
AOI
Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, Psychology
Teaching
Since Spring 2015 (ongoing)
Introduction to Philosophy, Dresden International University (within degree program Physiotherapy)
Since Spring 2015 (ongoing)
Introduction to Research Ethics, Dresden International University (within degree program Physiotherapy)
Winter 2014/2015
Philosophie des Politischen Liberalismus [Philosophy of Political Liberalism] Institute of Philosophy, University of Tübingen (undergraduate course, with Roland Kipke)
Winter 2012/2013
“Experimente, Daten und der Lehnstuhl. Was ist und wofür brauchen wir Experimentelle Philosophie” [Introduction to Experimental Philosophy], Institute of Philosophy, University of Tübingen (undergratuade course)
Winter 2010/2011 – Summer 2015
Repetition course "Philosophische Grundfragen der Theologie [Philosophical Foundations of Theology]", Prof. Dr. Johannes Brachtendorf, Department of Theology, University of Tübingen (undergraduate course)
Summer 2010 – Summer 2011
Ethics, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Imaging New Modalities", University of Siegen (annually; graduate course)
Winter 2008/2009
Tutorial "Philosophie des Geistes im Mittelalter [Medieval Philosophy of Mind]", Dr. Georg Koridze, Department of Philosophy, University of Tübingen (undergraduate course)
Third-Party-Funds
02/2012
Grant by Society for Applied Philosophy: 1.500 GBP
02/2011
(together with Prof. R. Ammicht Quinn and Dr. M. Nagenborg) Grant by BMBF: Projekt „KRETA“ (FKZ: 13N11453): 1,1 Mio. EURO
Awards and Grants
07/2015
Institute for Humane Studies (HIS), Summer Graduate Research Colloquium, Chapman University, Orange (CA)
07/2014
Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), Summer Research Colloquium, Chapman University, Orange (CA)
01/2014
Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS): Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 9-11, 2014, New Orleans (LA)
01/2014
Prestage-Cook Travel Award, Southern Political Science Association (SPSA): Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 9-11, 2014, New Orleans (LA)
10/2012
Travel grant and participation at DFG-NSF Research Conference “Reckoning with the Risk of Catastrophe”, October 3-5, 2012, Washington, D.C.
Memberships
IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in the Design of Autonomous Systems; American Philosophical Association (APA; International Member); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil), Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP), Society for Applied Philosophy (SAP), Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), Ad hoc Committee for Responsible Computing, Society for Philosophy of Agency, EU-COST Action „Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS)“
Review Activity
Ethics and Information Technology, Journal of Neural Engineering

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