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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

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

External Funds (ca. 760.000 €)

 

  • 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
  • Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
  • Bioethics
  • Croatian Journal of Philosophy
  • Developing World Bioethics
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
  • Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
  • Ethics, Policy & Environment
  • Etyka
  • European Journal of Education
  • History of Political Thought
  • Human Rights Review
  • 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
  • Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy
  • Philosophy & Technology
  • Robonomics
  • Science and Engineering Ethics
  • The Age of Human Rights Journal
  • Theoria

Publishers

  • 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