Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar

Heinz Nixdorf Institute

Member

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.

Member - Professor
Project Leader B06
Professor
Head of Section Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
Member - Professor
Head of Section Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
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)