Contact and Affiliations
- Office Address:
-
Pohlweg 55
33098 Paderborn - Room:
- N2.304
- Office hours:
During the lecture period
Thursdays, 2.15 to 3.15 pm
At times outside the lecture period contact me via email.
- Office Address:
-
Pohlweg 55
33098 Paderborn - Room:
- N2.304
- Office hours:
During the lecture period
Thursdays, 2.15 to 3.15 pm
At times outside the lecture period contact me via email.
About Suzana Alpsancar
Suzana Alpsancar ist PI im EU-geförderten Projekt “Cultures of the Cryosphere” sowie im SFB/TRR 318 “Constructing Explainability”
Curriculum Vitae
Since 04/2025: Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
12/2021 - 04/2025: Juniorprofessor for Applied Ethics with a focus on technology ethics in the digital world
10/2018 - 12/2021: Academic assistant at the Chair of General Technology Science at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Research and teaching on the philosophy and ethics of technology, specifically the history and theory of technology assessment
04/2020 - 09/2020: Senior Fellow at MECS, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Research semester at the DFG Research Group "Media Cultures of Computer Simulations" at Leuphana University Lüneburg; research project on a critical phenomenology of autonomous driving (publication: Vom Fahrzeug zum Fahrding).
10/2016 - 09/2018: Visiting professor at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Head of the Philosophy of Technology Department at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Research
Research Interests
- Philosophy and ethics of AI, explainable AI
- Philosophy of cryogenic cultures, sustainability and digitalization
- Technology-driven time diagnoses, imaginaries of computing
- Autonomy and agency in human-technology relations
Teaching
Current Courses
- Verflochtene Zukünfte: Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit
- Philosophie und Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz
- Philosophie und Critical Data Center Studies
- Modulabschlussprüfung Mastermodul 3: Themen der Praktischen Philosophie (GyGe, BK)
- Modulabschlussprüfung Mastermodul 2: Themen der Theoretischen Philosophie (GyGe, BK)
- Modulabschlussprüfung Mastermodul 2: Themen der Philosophie (HRSGe)
- Eine Einführung in den Utilitarismus
Further Information
Third-party funded projects
07/23 – 06/ 25 DFG-Transregio 318 „Constructing Explainability“ (Paderborn-Bielefeld), Project B06 „Ethics and Normativity of explainable AI” (Project lead: S. Alpsancar & T. Matzner)
09/24 - 08/30 ERC Synergy Grant "Cultures of the Cryosphere" (Paderborn, Darmstadt, Duisburg/Essen, Canberra)