CV
| 1996-2001 | MA, BA in philosophy and history at Konstanz University |
| 2001 | VEUK-Price for the best master thesis (Alumni of Konstanz University) |
| 2002-2005 | Ph.D. in philosophy at the Georg-August-University Göttingen |
| (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin, Prof. (em.) Dr. Dr. h.c. Günther Patzig) | |
| 2004 | Researcher at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen |
| 2005 | Received the Ph.D. with a thesis on Aristotle's notion of justice in the |
| Nicomachean Ethics (mcl) | |
| 2006-2008 | Researcher and lecturer at the Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 2009 | Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queen's University Kingston, Canada |
| (DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service) | |
| 2009-2010 | Visiting Professor at Queen's University Kingston, Canada |
| (Heinrich Hertz-Stiftung) | |
| 2010-2016 | W1 Professor of Anthropology and Ethics at the University of Cologne |
| 2010-2016 | Academic Co-director of the Hans Jonas–Institute at the |
| University of Cologne | |
| since 2012 | Permanent Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy at |
| Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 2014/15 | Stand-in Professor/ Chair in Practical Philosophy at Siegen University |
| 2015-2022 | Full Professor of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2016-2022 |
Head of the Research Cluster for Applied Ethics (RCAE) at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2017-2022 |
Principal Investigator of the EU-funded project Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2018-2022 |
Chief Researcher, Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2022-2023 |
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, DP of Family Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 11-12.2024 |
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Animal Sciences, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 05.2025- |
Chief Researcher (full professor equivalent), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 09.2025- |
Adjunct Full Professor, DP Applied Informatics, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania |
Memberships
| since 2002 | Member of the Society of Analytical Philosophy (GAP) |
| since 2005 | Associated Member of the Interdepartmental Centre for Ethics in the |
| Sciences and Humanities (IZEW, Tübingen University) | |
| since 2007 | Member of the Editorial Board of Bioethics |
| 2007-2014 | Member of the Editorial Board and Area-Editor for Bioethics of the Internet |
| Encyclopedia of Philosophy | |
| 2010-2014 | Associate Editor for Ethics of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
| 2010-2015 | Member of The German Association of University Professors and Lecturers |
| (DHV) | |
| 2010-2015 | Member of the Society of Intercultural Philosophy (GIP) |
| since 2018 | Editor of the book series "Philosophy and Human Rights" at Brill |
| 2017-2018 | Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Conference ALTER 2018 in Lille, France |
| 2018-2022 | Member of the Editorial Board of The Baltic Journal of Law & Politics |
| since 2018 | Member of the Advisory Board of AI & Society |
| since 2020 | Associate Editor of AI & Society |
| since 2021 | Member of the Technical Programme Committee for the International Conference EURAS 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| since 2022 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil) |
| since 2024 | Associate Fellow of the Academy of International Affairs NRW |
| since 2025 | Member of the Centre for Media Culture, Landshut University of Applied Sciences |
External Funds (ca. 770.000 €)
- BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
- Erasmus
- EU R&D
- Forschungskolleg "Zukunft menschlich gestalten" an der Universität Siegen
- Heinrich und Alma Vogelsang Stiftung
- Heinrich Hertz-Stiftung
- Hermann und Marianne Straniak Stiftung
- KölnAlumni – Freunde und Förderer der Universität zu Köln e.V.
- Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics
- Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
- Research Council of Lithuania
- Swedish Network for European Studies
- Trebuth-Stiftung zur Nachwuchsförderung in der Philosophie
- Vytautas Magnus University
Review Activities
Journals
- AI and Ethics
- AI & Society
- American Philosophical Quarterly
- Applied Artificial Intelligence
- Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej/Journal of the Polish Section of IVR
- Artificial Intelligence Review
- Australian Feminist Studies
- Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
- Bioethics
- Croatian Journal of Philosophy
- Developing World Bioethics
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
- Ethics and Information Technology
- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
- Ethics, Policy & Environment
- Etyka
- European Journal of Education
- History of Political Thought
- Human Rights Review
- Inquiry
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Journal of Applied Philosophy
- Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Journal of Philosophy
- Journal of Social Philosophy
- Journal of Value Inquiry
- Journal on African Philosophy
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
- Kybernetes
- Medical Law International
- Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
- Metaphilosophy
- Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy
- Philosophia
- Philosophical Studies
- Philosophy & Technology
- Robonomics
- Science and Engineering Ethics
- Socius
- Synthese
- The Age of Human Rights Journal
- Theoria
- TOPOI
- Universitas Philosophica
Publishers
- Anthem Press
- Brill
- deGruyter
- Oxford University Press
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Peter Lang
- Routledge
- Springer
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Rowman & Littlefield
Academic Associations
- Canadian Philosophical Association
- COST (European Cooperation in Science & Technology)
- Croatian Science Foundation
- EU
- Humboldt Foundation
- National Science Center Poland
- Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies (University of Lund, Sweden)
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- The Autonomous Province Bozen - South Tirol
