Ethics: Theories of trust, responsibility and duty as well as supererogation

Applied Ethics: ethics of algorithms, ethics of digitalization, AI ethics as well as ethics of migration

Political Philosophy: theories of justice, cosmopolitism, diversity and sustainability

Philosophy of Law: especially Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of law

Philosophy of Sciences: especially theories of explanation

since 2022

Junior Professor of Applied Ethics (tenure track), University of Passau

2021 – 2022

PostDoctoral Fellow at the Ethics & Philosophy Lab within the DFG cluster of excellence “Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science”, University of Tübingen

2019 – 2022

Postdoctoral Research Associate, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen

2018

Visiting Scholar, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

2017 – 2018

Academic Coordinator, Research Center for Political Philosophy, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen

2015

Erasmus Visiting Lecturer, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria;
Visiting Research Student, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK 

2013 – 2017

Doctorate “Migration and cosmopolitan law”, Philosophy Department, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen

2012

Erasmus Visiting Lecturer, Ankara University, Turkey

2009 – 2010

Visiting Graduate Student, Philosophy Department, New York University (NYU), New York, USA

2006 – 2012

Magistra Artium, Philosophy and Political Science, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen

Monograph

Migration und Weltbürgerrecht. Zur Aktualität eines Theoriestücks der politischen Philosophie Kants, Freiburg/München: Verlag Karl Alber 2019, Second Edition 2021

• Migrazioni e diritto cosmopolitico. Sull’attualità della filosofia politica di Kant [Italian translation], Rom: il Mulino, 2022
• Review by Riccardo Pozzo in Kant-Studien 112(2), 2021, pp. 334–337
• Walter-Witzenmann Prize of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (2019)
• Kant-Prize for Young Researchers, Kant-Foundation (2018)
• Interview with Michael Seifert for the article “Kants Weltbürgerrecht” [Kant’s cosmopolitan law] published on 14 march 2020 in German, English and arabic as part of the magazine of integrative media project tünews International - Nachrichten von Flüchtlingen für Flüchtlinge

Special issue

"Neue Vertrauensfragen? Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz", [New questions of trust? Digitalization and artificial intelligence] in: Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 11 (1), 2024

Supererogation: Feministische Perspektiven  [Supererogation: Feminist perspectives], together with Katharina Naumann, Marie-Luise Raters, in: ZEMO Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Springer Nature (Hrsg.), 7, 2024

Articles

Einleitung: Neue Vertrauensfragen? Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz, [Introduction: New questions of trust? Digitalization and artificial intelligence] in: Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 11 (1), 2024, pp. 325-342

Sprachmodelle, Wahrhaftigkeit und die soziale Natur des Wissens. Künstliche Intelligenz in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft, [Language models, veracity and the social nature of knowledge. Artificial intelligence in a democratic society] in: zur debatte, 54 (2), 2024, pp.52-56

Die Grenzen der Pflicht und die Grenzen der Supererogation  [The limits of duty and the limits of supererogation], in: ZEMO Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, 7, 2024, pp. 215-235

Supererogation: Feministische Perspektiven  [Supererogation: Feminist perspectives], together with Katharina Naumann, Marie-Luise Raters, in: ZEMO Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Springer Nature (Hrsg.), 7, 2024, pp. 189-194

Migrationsethik. Grundeigentum und Weltbürgerrecht - oder: Wem gehört das Land?  [Migration ethics. Land ownership and global citizenship - or: Who owns the land?] in: Holli Gruber, Laura Scheier, Anna Henkel (eds.): 10 Minuten Soziologie: Land, transcript verlag 2024, pp. 163-174.

Kants Weltbürgerrecht Revisited [Kant's world citizenship law revisited], in:  Revista de Estudios Kantianos, 8 (2), 2023, pp. 588-598.

A Right to Migrate? On the Virtue of Productive Disharmony, in: Studi Kantiani, 35, 2022, pp. 167-176

Trust and Trustworthiness in AI Ethics, in: AI and Ethics, pp 735-744

Gibt es ein Menschenrecht auf Migration? [Is there a human right to migrate?], in: Jürgen H. Franz / Karsten Berr (eds.): Menschenrechte und Menschenwürde. Philosophische Zugänge und alltägliche Praxis, Frank & Timme, Berlin 2022, pp. 65–74

Diskriminierung durch Algorithmen vermeiden. Analysen und Instrumente für eine demokratische digitale Gesellschaft [Avoiding discrimination by algorithms], together with Jessica Heesen and Laura Schelenz, in: Gero Bauer, Maria Kechaja, Sebastian Engelmann, Lean Haug (eds.): Diskriminierung und Antidiskriminierung: Beiträge aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Bielefeld: transcript 2021, pp. 129–147

Diversity-Sensitive Social Platforms and Responsibility, in: InfTars – Information Society 21 (2), 2021, pp. 43-62.

Das Recht der Auswanderung als vernachlässigte Begründungsaufgabe. Kantische Antworten auf ein gegenwärtiges Problem [On the Neglect to Justify the Right to Emigrate. Kantian Answers to a Contemporary Problem], in: Rechtsphilosophie 7 (1), 2021, pp. 5-18.

Über Begriffe und ihre Folgen: „Parallelgesellschaften“ [On Concepts and their Consequences: „Parallel Societies“], in: Bernhard Frevel (ed.): Migration und Sicherheit in der Stadt, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2021, pp. 128-139.

Kant und Migration: Zur Aktualität des Weltbürgerrechts [Kant and Migration: On the Actuality of Cosmopolitan Right], in: Diethelm Kleszcewski, Steffi Müller-Mezger, Frank Neuhaus (eds.): Migration. Globale Bewegungsfreiheit oder nationale Grenzen?, Paderborn: mentis 2021, pp. 67-90.

Digitaler Humanismus. Jenseits von Utopie und Dystopie [Digital Humanism. Beyond Utopia and Dystopia], in: Berliner Debatte Initial 31 (1), 2020, pp. 111-123.

Between Identity and Ambiguity. Some Conceptual Considerations on Diversity, in: Symposion 7 (2), 2020, pp. 261-283.

Neuere Literatur zu Supererogation und Heldenhaftigkeit [Recent Literature on Supererogation and Heroism], in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 74 (4), 2020, pp. 577-592.

Das Recht auf Auswanderung bei Locke, Kant und Rawls [The Right to Emigrate in Locke, Kant and Rawls], in: Simone Dietz, Hannes Foth, Svenja Wiertz (eds.): Die Freiheit zu gehen in politischen, sozialen und existenziellen Kontexten, Wiesbaden: VS:Springer 2019, pp. 27-43.

Von den Liebespflichten gegen andere Menschen [On the duties of love against others] §§ 23-36, in: Otfried Höffe (ed.): Immanuel Kant. Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre, Berlin/ New York: De Gruyter 2019, pp. 166-179.

Die „Bedingungen der allgemeinen Hospitalität“: Welchen Schutz bietet Kants Weltbürgerrecht für Flüchtlinge und Staatenlose? [The „conditions of general hospitality“: What Protection does Kant’s Cosmopolitan Right Offer to Refugees and Stateless Persons?], in: Dieter Hüning/ Stefan Klingner (eds.): ... jenen süßen Traum träumen. Kants Friedensschrift zwischen objektiver Geltung und Utopie, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag 2018, pp. 127-149.

• Review by Georg Geismann, in: Kant-Studien 112 (2), 2021, pp. 325-330 

No Migration in a Realistic Utopia. Rawls’s The Law of Peoples and the Topic of Migration, in: Proceedings from the 49th Societas Ethica Annual Conference. Theme: Ethics and Migration, August 23–26, Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press 2014, pp. 174-180.

Encyclopedia articles

Monitoring, in: Martin Große Hüttmann, Hans-Georg Wehling (eds.): Das Europalexikon. Begriffe Namen, Institutionen, Bonn 2013, 3rd edition 2020

Screening, in: Martin Große Hüttmann, Hans-Georg Wehling (eds.): Das Europalexikon. Begriffe Namen, Institutionen, Bonn 2013, 3rd edition 2020

Book Reviews

Migration und Demokratie by Oliviero Angeli, in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 73 (2), 2019, pp. 292-295.

Über Grenzen denken by Julian Nida-Rümelin, in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 72 (2), 2018, pp. 297-300.

Ethik und Migration, ed. by Frank Dietrich, in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 72 (1), 2018, pp. 125-127.

Walter-Witzenmann Prize, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (2019)

Kant-Prize for Young Researchers, Kant-Foundation (2018)

Doctoral Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (2013-2017)

Doctoral Scholarship, Heinrich Böll Foundation (2013-2016)

Graduate School Tuition Scholarship der NYU (2009-2010)
            
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Scholarship for Graduate Studies in North America (2009-2010)    

Scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation (2007-2012)

Young Academy, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences

German Society for Philosophy (DGPhil)

German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP)

Kant-Gesellschaft

Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP Germany)

Spokesperson Akademie-Kolleg, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences

Advisory Board Member, Con-textos Kantianos

International Board Member, Philosophy & Digitality

Reviewer for: AI and Ethics, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Digital Society, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Ethics and Information Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Moral Philosophy and Politics, Philosophy & Technology, Revista de Estudios Kantianos, Studi Kantiani

Media Appearances

• Talk with Sophie Menasse about "Kosmopolit Kant, Gedanken zu Frieden, Völkerrecht und Asyl"  [Cosmopolitan Kant, thoughts on peace, international law and asylum], Science Arena, ORF,  on April 15 2024, available online:  https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20240415/755841/Kosmopolit-Kant 
• Interview "Was ich noch sagen wollte" [What else I wanted to say], published on PhilPublica 2023, available online: https://philpublica.de/Interviews/d837ffa6-e86d-490f-90aa-d6e73f577f73
• Interview with Lisa Pingerra for the article  "Unsterblich werden mit KI" [Becoming mortal with AI], published on April 27 2023, available online: https://futurezone.at/start-ups/grief-tech-ki-kuenstliche-intelligenz-ai-hereafter-start-up-chatbot-trauer-ethik-tod/402415583
• Interview with Lisa Pingerra for the article "Nachrichten aus dem Jenseits" [Messages from the hereafter], published on April, 27 2023 in Kurier.
• Interview with Nils Dampz for the article "Geliebte Stimmen aus dem Jenseits" [Beloved voices from beyond], published in the tv podcast Echtzeit on February 11 2023
• Interview with Theresa Palm for the article "Bis in alle Ewigkeit" [Until Ethernity], published in GEO, Vol. 11, 2023
• Interview with Theresa Palm for the article “Über den Tod hinaus” [Beyond death], published in GEOkompakt Vol. 71, 2022
• Interview with Ekin Deniz Dere for the article “Was KI nicht ist” [What AI is not], published in FORBES 3-2022, available online via https://www.forbes.at/index.php/artikel/WAS-IST-KI-NICHT.html
• Lecture from “Migration and Cosmopolitan Law” for “Marktplatz TV Tübigen” – project 2021
• Interview with Michael Seifert for the article “Kants Weltbürgerrecht” [Kant’s cosmopolitan law] published on March 14 2020 in German, English and arabic as part of the magazine of integrative media project tünews International - Nachrichten von Flüchtlingen für Flüchtlinge
• Interview with Manfred Hantke for the article “Die Tugend muss die Vernunft trainieren” [Virtue must train reason] published on February 12 2018 in Schwäbisches Tageblatt

Panel Discussions and Lecture Series

• Lecture series "ChatGPT, Bard und Co: Generative Sprachmodelle in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft"[ChatGPT, Bard and Co: Generative language models in society and science],  talk on "Moral für Sprachmodelle? Ethische Probleme aktueller KI-Forschung" [Morality for language models? Ethical problems of current AI research], University of Passau,  June 15, 2023
• Lecture series "Diversity, Gender & Intersektionalität: Normalität - Bilder, Diskurse, Praktiken" [Diversity, Gender & Intersectionality: Normality - Pictures, Discourses, Practices] , talk on "Normalität und Normativität: Philosophische Perspektiven" [Normality and normativity: philosophical perspectives], University of Passau, May 3, 2023
• Panel discussion on "AI and Ethics", CAROLL-Workshop, University of Passau, March 31, 2023
• Lecture series, “10 Minuten Soziologie: Land”,“Migrationsethik: Grundeigentum und Weltbürgerrecht – Oder: Wem gehört das Land?“ [Ethics of migration: Property and Cosmopolitan Law – or: Whose land is it?], University of Passau, July 13, 2022
• Panel discussion on “Wie entscheiden Kollektive in einer Welt der Umbrüche?“ [How do collectives decide in an ever-changing world?], 20 years of WIN-Kolleg ceremony, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, May 20, 2022
• Lecture series, “(R)evolution. Künstliche Intelligenz und menschliche Gesellschaft“ [(R)evolution. Artificial Intelligence and human society], talk on „Menschliche Ethik als Orientierung für Maschinen?” [Human ethics as an orientation for machines?], Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences, May 11, 2022

Cooperations with VHS

• Participation in the semester’s focus of the VHS Tübingen on the topic “Künstliche Intelligenz” [Artificial Intelligence] 2020 among others with a talk on “Computer und Moral: Lässt sich alles berechnen)?!” [Computer and Morality: Is everything calculable?!]

• Participation in the semester’s focus area of the VHS Tübingen on the topic “zusammenleben.zusammenhalten” [living together.holding together] 2019 with a talk on “Kant und Migration” [Kant and Migration]

Participation in training courses and summer schools

• Contribution to the summer school “Migration – Globale Bewegungsfreiheit oder nationale Grenzen?“ [Migration – freedom of international movement or national borders?], which took place from the 2^nd to the 6^th of September 2019 in Halle (Saale) organised by the faculty of law of the university of Leipzig in cooperation with Academia Philosophia Juris e.V. and open for students, PhD students and practitioners, with an opening statement and collaboration in several working groups
• Contribution to in the training course “Ethik und Migration” [Ethics and migration] in October 2015 with a talk on “Die aktuelle Debatte um Migration in der Politischen Philosophie” [The current debate on migration in political philosophy] as well as instructing the workshop “Fremde und Bürger: Weshalb Grenzen offen sein sollten” (J.H. Carens) [Aliens and Citizens: The Case for Open Borders]

Winter Semester 2024/25

40090 Seminar: Ethik der internationalen Beziehungen
40091 Vorlesung: Einführung in die philosophische Ethik
40092 Seminar: John Rawls zur Einführung

Summer Semester 2024

40090 Seminar: Die Grenzen der Gerechtigkeit
40100 Seminar: Aristoteles: Nikomachische Ethik
40110 Blockseminar: Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics, #Kant: Digitalization - Europe - Sustainability
40130 Oberseminar: Aktuelle Fragen der Philosophie

Winter Semester 2023/24

40090 Blockseminar: Künstliche Intelligenz: Ethische Perspektiven
40091 Vorlesung: Einführung in die philosophische Ethik
40092 Seminar: Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan
40093 Oberseminar: Aktuelle Fragen der Philosophie

Summer Semester 2023

40090 Globale Gerechtigkeit
40091 Immanuel Kant: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten
40092 Verantwortung
40093 Oberseminar: Aktuelle Fragen der Angewandten Ethik

Winter Semester 2022/23

40091 Migrationsethik: Philosophische Herausforderungen und aktuelle Fragen
40092 John Stuart Mill: Utilitarismus

I supervise theses and doctorates in the area of applied ethics, ethics and political philosophy with a distinct focus on the areas of digitalisation, AI, migration, global justice, supererogation and heroism as well as sustainability.