Judith Simon

Judith Simon is Full Professor for Ethics in Information Technologies at the Universität Hamburg. She is interested in ethical, epistemological and political questions arising in the context of digital technologies, in particular in regards to big data and artificial intelligence. 

Since February 2017 Judith Simon has held the chair for Ethics in Information Technologies at the University of Hamburg. Furthermore, since 2018 she has been member of the German Ethics Council, the Commission on Data Ethics of the Federal Government of Germany, and the Joint Committee of Leopoldina and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research. Before joining the University of Hamburg, Judith Simon was associate professor for philosophy of science and technology at the IT University Copenhagen as well as principal investigator of the project “Epistemic Trust in Socio-Technical Epistemic Systems” (FWF-P23770) at the University of Vienna.

Judith was a visitor of the Centre in April 2023.

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Past Visiting ResearcherCTMF AdminComputer Ethics & Philosophy of Computing, Critical Big Data Studies, Philosophy of Technology & Philosophy of Science, Socio-Technical Epistemology, Science and Technology Studies & Technology Assessment, Values in Design & Responsible Research and Innovation