Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Karsten Weber
Affiliations
- Co-Head of the Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment (IST) at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg (Technical University of Applied Sciences).
- Director of the Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology (RCHST) at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg (Technical University of Applied Sciences).
- Honorary professor for Culture and Technology at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg.
- October 2018 visiting professor at Rzeszów University of Technology/Poland (Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza).
Topics in Teaching and Research
- Ethics, particularly ethics of technology, information ethics, social impacts of the Internet.
- Technology assessment, acceptance and usability research.
- ELSI/ELSA research.
- Philosophy of science, methodological issues of interdisciplinary research, simulations in science.
- Sustainability.
- Political philosophy of new media.
- „Something about media!“ (That's a joke only persons who had contact with students of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder might understand.)
- Analytical philosophy of mind, history of the notion of „mind as machine“.
Memberships in Scientific Associations and Editorial Boards
- Wissensdomäne Tier – Mensch – Maschine im Forschungsnetzwerk Wissen und Sprache.
- Mitglied im Ethikgremium des Bayerischen IT-Sicherheitscluster e.V.
- 2009-2012 Internationale EU-COST-finanzierte Arbeitsgruppe Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS).
- 2005-2008 Nachwuchsnetzwerk des Zentrums für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF) in Bielefeld.
- 2002-2004 Sprecher der Fachgruppe Informatik und Ethik in der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI).
- 2009-2013 Erster Vorstand der Deutschen Sektion e.V. der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Wissensorganisation (ISKO).
- 2011-2019 Fachbeirat der Integrata-Stiftung.
- 2011-2019 Fachbeirat der Bürgerbeteiligungsplattform Polit@ktiv.
Reviewing, Evaluation and Counseling (selected)
Curriculum Vitae
- Bent. If you are interested in more details, please have a look here.
