Dipl.-Pol. Christopher Coenen
- Head of research group
- Research group “Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology”
- Room: 310
- Phone: +49 721 608-24559
- christopher coenenIlf3∂kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Head of Research group “Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology”
- Coordinator of the transnational EU ERA-NET project FUTUREBODY
- ITAS project leader for the project INOPRO
- Editor-in-chief of the journal NanoEthics: Studies of New and Emerging Technologies
- KIT expert on the topic “human enhancement”
- Contact person concerning the ITAS SynBio group
Fields of work
Social, ethical, other philosophical, historical, cultural and political aspects of (in particular new and emerging) technosciences in areas of overlap between biology and technology
Main topics:
- Human-machine interaction
- Converging technologies and nanotechnology
- Internet and society
- Neurotechnologies
- Prosthetics
- Synthetic biology
- Human enhancement
- History of transhumanism and other technofuturist thought
Current projects
- Project “Socio-technical futures as socio-epistemic practices. An analytical matrix for technology assessment”
Project description - Project “FUTUREBODY – The Future of the Body in the Light of Neurotechnology”
Project description - Project “INOPRO – Intelligent Orthotics and Prosthetics”
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Completed projects
- Project “Visions as socio-epistemic practices”
Project description - Project “Piloting RRI in Industry: A Roadmap for Transformative Technologies (PRISMA)”
Project description - Project “VI-DAS – Vision Inspired Driver Assistance Systems”
Project description - Project “Additive Bio-Manufacturing: 3D Printing for Medical Recovery and Human Enhancement”
Project description - Project “SYNENERGENE”
Project description - Project “TechnoCitizenScience – Citizen innovation in science and technology”
Project description - Project “Human-machine interaction. Between artificial intelligence and human enhancement”
Project description (German) - Project “SynGovernance”
Project description - Project “Engineering Life”
Project description - Project “Ethics in Public Policy-Making: The Case of Human Enhancement (EPOCH)”
Project description - Project “ITA monitoring”
Project description - Project “Ethical and regulatory issues raised by synthetic biology (SYNTH-ETHICS)”
Project description - Project “Animal Enhancement”
Project description - Project “Risikowahrnehmung zum Thema Nanotechnologie: Analyse von Internetforen”
Project description - Project “Öffentliche elektronische Petitionen und bürgerschaftliche Teilhabe”
Project description - Project “Human Enhancement”
Project description - Project “Converging Technologies (CONTECS)”
Project description - Project “Analyse netzbasierter Kommunikation unter kulturellen Aspekten - Internet und Demokratie”
Project description - Project “Internetkommunikation in und mit Entwicklungsländern”
Project description - Project “Making Perfect Life”
Project description - Project “Nanotechnologie”
Project description - Project “E-Commerce”
Project description - Project “Neue Medien und Kultur”
Project description - Project “Military use of space and possibilities for arms control in space”
Project description - Project “Converging Technologies”
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Professional background
| 2002 - 2009 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS, working for TAB |
| since 2009 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS |
Selected publications
Coenen, C.
Die Mensch-Maschine als Utopie
2019. Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion : Handbuch zu Geschichte - Kultur - Ethik. Hrsg.: K. Liggieri, 71–80, J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05604-7_10
Coenen, C.; Ferrari, A.; Grunwald, A.
Wider die Begrenzung der Enhancement-Debatte auf angewandte Ethik
2018. Die Leistungssteigerung des menschlichen Gehirns. Ed.: N. Erny, 57–85, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-03683-6_4
Grunwald, A.; Coenen, C.
Past and present futures of nanotechnology
2018. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety : Risks, Regulation, and Management. Ed.: Matthew S. Hull, 453–466, Elsevier, Amsterdam
Coenen, C.; Grunwald, A.
Responsible research and innovation (RRI) in quantum technology
2017. Ethics and information technology, 19 (4), 277–294. doi:10.1007/s10676-017-9432-6
Coenen, C.
Whose Future is it Anyway?
2017. Nanoethics, 11 (2), 123–126. doi:10.1007/s11569-017-0304-7
Recent publications
Einleitung.
2020. Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper. Hrsg.: M. Şahinol, V-XVII, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper : Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven.
2020. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-31597-9
Neuroethics (and Beyond) - Towards Responsible Innovation.
2020. Nanoethics, 14 (3), 205–206. doi:10.1007/s11569-020-00380-6
Die Mensch-Maschine als Utopie.
2019. Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion : Handbuch zu Geschichte - Kultur - Ethik. Hrsg.: K. Liggieri, 71–80, J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05604-7_10
Technology Assessment of Socio-Technical Futures - A Discussion Paper.
2019. Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present : Empirical Examples and Analytical Challenges. Ed.: A. Lösch, 285–308, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-27155-8_13
Taking responsibility: A responsible research and innovation (RRI) perspective on insurance issues of semi-autonomous driving.
2019. Transportation research / A, 124, 557–572. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2018.05.004
World Community; and Remarks on our Own Behalf.
2019. Nanoethics, 13 (1), 1–4. doi:10.1007/s11569-019-00338-3