Dr. Martina Baumann

Scientific staff
Research group “Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology”
Phone: +49 721 608-23019
martina baumann ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Schliemannstr. 46
10437 Berlin

Current positions

Member of scientific staff in ITAS
Member of scientific staff in the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Institute for Science in Society

Fields of work

Applied ethics
Health technology assessment
Neuro- and medical technologies, synthetic biology

Current projects

Member of scientific staff in the project STIMULUS
Member of scientific staff in the project IANUS
Member of scientific staff in the project irecs (2022-2023)

Completed projects

Project leader of the project DaDuHealth
Project coordination ITAS in the project INOPRO
Member of scientific staff in the project Deepen Genomics
Member of scientific staff in the project FUTUREBODY
Member of scientific staff in the project VI-DAS
Member of scientific staff in the project Additive Bio-Manufacturing

On the internet

Author IDs:
ORCID

Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Professional background

2008 - 2014	Bachelor and Master studies of Molecular Biotechnology at the TU Munich
2014 - 2017	Master studies of Philosophy of Science and Technology, thesis title “Science Communication and stimulation of controversial discussions on technology through art using the example of bioart”
2016	Student assistant at acatech (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften)
since 2017	Member of scientific staff at ITAS

Selected publications

Baumann, M. F.; Brändle, C.; Coenen, C.; Zimmer-Merkle, S. (2019)
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

Baumann, M. (2016)
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing – new and old ethical issues arising from a revolutionary technology. NanoEthics 10(2): 139-159. 10.1007/s11569-016-0259-0

Publications

2025

Journal Articles

Weinberger, N.; Baumann, M. F.; Maia, M. J.
Self-monitoring of health - user viewpoints on gathering data using consumer health technologies during leisure time
2025. Frontiers in Digital Health, 7. doi:10.3389/fdgth.2025.1588183

Reports/Preprints

Baumann, M.; Bengler, K.; Diermeyer, F.; Brettin, L. J.; Fastenmeier, W.; Fleischer, T.; Hesse, T.; Flemisch, F.; Huetten, M.; Jipp, M.; Klingler, F.; Kolarova, V.; Kühn, M.; Maag, C.; Oubaid, V.; Riegelhuth, G.; Sommer, C.; Wietfeld, C.; Albrecht, M.; Salem, N. F.; Maurer, M.; Schrank, A.; Oehl, M.; Wasser, J.; Herzberger, N.; Shi, E.; Plum, L.; Marx, T.; Gräcmann, N.; Frey, A.; Berndt-Tolzmann, S.; Merkel, N.
Forschungsbedarf Teleoperation : Abschlussbericht der Arbeitsgruppe Forschungsbedarf Teleoperation
2025. Carl Ed. Schünemann Verlag

Presentations

Baumann, M. F.
Cultivated meat - a hyped technology neglected by (global) TA?
2025. 6th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC6 2025), Vienna, Austria, June 2–4, 2025

2024

PhD Theses

Baumann, M.
Health Technology Assessment und ethische Aspekte der Prothesenversorgung. PhD dissertation
2024, May 13. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000170547

Journal Articles

Baumann, M.
PD34 Ethics In Health Technology Assessment – A Case Study Of Prosthetic Care And Proposal For An Empirical Approach
2024. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 40 (S1), S111. doi:10.1017/S0266462324002976

Posters

Baumann, M. F.
Ethics In Health Technology Assessment : A Case Study Of Prosthetic Care And Proposal For An Empirical Approach
2024. Hybrid HTAi Annual Meeting (2024), Seville, Spain, June 15–19, 2024

2023

Book Chapters

Baumann, M. F.
Diversitätsbotschafter:innen, Kämpfer:innen, Cyborgs? Prothesenträger:innen in deutschen Print- und Online-Medien
2023. Medizin- und Pflegeethik in den Medien. Hrsg.: K.W. Schmidt, 67–86, Königshausen und Neumann

Journal Articles

Baumann, M.; Maia, M.; Weinberger, N.
Meeting report: „Privatsphäre, Datenschutz, Gemeinwohl: Ethische, rechtliche und soziale Herausforderungen der Nutzung von Gesundheitsdaten für die Forschung“ : Conference, 2022, Karlsruhe, DE (hybrid)
2023. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 31 (3), 82–83. doi:10.14512/tatup.31.3.82

Baumann, M. F.; Maia, M. J.
Improving access to prosthetic limbs in Germany: An explorative review
2023. Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 47 (5), 486–493. doi:10.1097/PXR.0000000000000254

Baumann, M. F.; Weinberger, N.; Maia, M.; Schmid, K.
User types, psycho-social effects and societal trends related to the use of consumer health technologies
2023. DIGITAL HEALTH, 9, 205520762311639. doi:10.1177/20552076231163996

Reports/Preprints

Aucouturier, E.; Grinbaum, A.; Aliukonis, V.; Baumann, M.; Coenen, C.; Gaillard, V.; Gefenas, E.; Lekstutiene, J.; Lindemann, T.; Ladikas, M.; Miranda, L.; Ogoh, G.; Proske, D.; Shaw, D.; Maia, M. J.; Mijatovic, A.; Resseguier, A.; Townend, D.; Spyrakou, E.; Berghmans, S.; Aucouturier, E.; Grinbaum, A.; Peneoasu, A.-M.
D2.2: Recommendations to address ethical challenges from research in new technologies
2023. doi:10.5445/IR/1000180136

Presentations

Baumann, M. F.; Lefint, J.; Weinberger, N.; Maia, M. J.
Schritte, Herzfrequenz, Schlaf, Trinkmenge… sind wir Sklaven oder Meister unserer Selbstvermessung?
2023. Vortragsreihe Xtra-Tracks - Facetten der Selbstvermessung (2023), Heilbronn, Germany, June 14, 2023

Baumann, M. F.; Maia, M. J.; Weinberger, N.
Erfahrungen mit Consumer Health Technologies – Ergebnisse eines narrativen Reviews und aus Interviews mit Nutzenden
2023. DMEA : Connecting Digital Health (2023), Berlin, Germany, April 25–27, 2023

Baumann, M. F.; Weinberger, N.; Maia, M. J.
CHT-Datennutzung – Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen und Potenziale aus Stakeholder*innen und Nuzer*innenperspektiven
2023. Workshop DaDuHealth : Abschlusskonferenz des Projekts (2023), Freiburg, Germany, March 24, 2023

Sontheimer, V.; Baumann, M. F.; Kellmeyer, P.; Kubosch, E. J.
Querschnittsstudie zur Evaluation der Versorgungslandschaft Deutschland: Sport nach Amputation der unteren Extremität
2023. 38. GOTS Jahreskongress (2023), Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 15–17, 2023

Sontheimer, V.; Kellmeyer, P.; Baumann, M. F.; Kubosch, E. J.
Querschnittsstudie zur Patientenzufriedenheit nach Extremitätenamputation
2023. 71. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden und Unfallchirurgen (2023), Baden-Baden, Germany, April 27–29, 2023

2022

Presentations

Baumann, M.; Coenen, C.
Nutzerpartizipation in der Pro- und Orthetik
2022. Jahreskongress des ISPO Deutschland e.V., Orthopädische Universitätsklinik in Heidelberg (2022), Heidelberg, Germany, June 2–3, 2022

Baumann, M.; Weinberger, N.; Maia, M. J.; Schmid, K.; Brunold, L.
Consumer Health Technologies im Spiegel gesellschaftlicher Trends
2022. Midterm Konferenz/Projekt DaDuHealth (2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, April 7–8, 2022

Baumann, M. F.; Weinberger, N.; Maia, M. J.
Consumer Health Technologies – societal trends, user behaviour and use of CHT data for research
2022. Tagung zur Digitalisierung in Medizin und Gesundheitswesen (2022), Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2022

Posters

Baumann, M. F.
Darstellung ethischer Aspekte der Arm-und Beinprothesentechnologie (und -versorgung) in deutschen Medien
2022. AEM Jahrestagung (2022), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 29–October 1, 2022

2021

Journal Articles

Hammel, G.; Woll, S.; Baumann, M.; Scherz, C.; Maia, M. J.; Behrisch, B.; Borgmann, S. O.; Eichinger, M.; Gardecki, J.; Heyen, N. B.; Icks, A.; Pobiruchin, M.; Weschke, S.
Citizen science approaches in medical and health research Selected terms with focus on the degree of participation = Bürgerwissenschaftliche Forschungsansätze in Medizin und Gesundheitsforschung. Ausgewählte Begriffe mit Fokus auf den Beteiligungsgrad
2021. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 30 (3), 63–69. doi:10.14512/tatup.30.3.63

Heil, R.; Heyen, N. B.; Baumann, M.; Hüsing, B.; Bachlechner, D.; Schmoch, U.; König, H.
Artificial intelligence in human genomics and biomedicine - Dynamics, potentials and challenges
2021. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 30 (3), 30–36. doi:10.14512/tatup.30.3.30

König, H.; Baumann, M. F.; Coenen, C.
Emerging Technologies and Innovation — Hopes for and Obstacles to Inclusive Societal Co-Construction
2021. Sustainability, 13 (23), Art.Nr.: 13197. doi:10.3390/su132313197

König, H.; Frank, D.; Baumann, M.; Heil, R.
AI models and the future of genomic research and medicine: True sons of knowledge? Artificial intelligence needs to be integrated with causal conceptions in biomedicine to harness its societal benefits for the field
2021. Bioessays, 43 (10), Art. Nr.: 2100025. doi:10.1002/bies.202100025

Reports/Preprints

König, H.; Heyen, N. B.; Baumann, M.; Schmoch, U.; Bachlechner, D.; Heil, R.; Hüsing, B.
Künstliche Intelligenz in der genomischen Medizin – Potenziale und Handlungsbedarf
2021. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000130255

2020

Journal Articles

Baumann, M. F.; Frank, D.; Kulla, L.-C.; Stieglitz, T.
Obstacles to Prosthetic Care - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Access to Upper and Lower Limb Prosthetics in Germany and the Improvement of Prosthetic Care from a Social Perspective
2020. Societies, 10 (1), Art.-Nr.: 10. doi:10.3390/soc10010010

Hahn, J.; Schneider, C.; Baumann, M. F.; Coenen, C.; Gazsó, A.; Sinozic, T.; Sotoudeh, M.; Weinberger, N.; Woll, S.
Technology assessment for a changing world
2020. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 29 (3), 74–75. doi:10.14512/tatup.29.3.74

Presentations

Baumann, M. F.
(Dis)information and the legitimation of new technologies in the fight against (Dis)information and the legitimation of new technologies in the COVID-19 pandemic – ELSI with a focus on a health justice perspective
2020. Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany, Online, 25.06.2020 : Workshop des OI Istanbul (2020), Istanbul, Turkey, June 25, 2020

2019

Journal Articles

Baumann, M. F.; Brändle, C.; Coenen, C.; Zimmer-Merkle, S.
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

Baumann, M. F.; Brändle, C.; Zimmer-Merkle, S.
Dis/orientations on driverless driving and autonomous vehicles?
2019. Applied Mobilities, 4 (2), 251–255. doi:10.1080/23800127.2019.1623566

Bellet, T.; Cunneen, M.; Mullins, M.; Murphy, F.; Pütz, F.; Spickermann, F.; Brändle, C.; Baumann, M. F.
From semi to fully autonomous vehicles: New emerging risks and ethico-legal challenges for human-machine interactions
2019. Transportation research / F, 63, 153–164. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.04.004

Reports/Preprints

Baumann, M. F.; Brändle, C.; Anastassova, M.; Bellett, T.; Cunneen, M.
Societal and cultural aspects and ethics protocols for future ADAS development
2019. European Commission (EU). doi:10.5445/IR/1000139388

Presentations

Baumann, M.; Maia, M. J. F.
Improving access to arm and leg prosthesis in Germany - Perspectives from HTA and RRI
2019. 4. Internationale TA-Konferenz (2019), Bratislava, Slovakia, November 4–6, 2019

2018

Reports/Preprints

Ferrari, A.; Baumann, M.; Coenen, C.; Frank, D.; Hennen, L.; Moniz, A. B.; Torgersen, H.; Torgersen, J.; Bogedem, L. van; Duijne, F. van; Geesink, I.; Meulen, B. van der; Mordini, E.; Riisgaard, K.; Nielsen, R. O.
Additive bio-manufacturing: 3D printing for medical recovery and human enhancement
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/923327

Presentations

Baumann, M.; Frank, D.
Ethical and societal issues of anticipatory machine learning applications
2018. 10th Annual S.NET Meeting (2018), Maastricht, Netherlands, June 25–27, 2018

Coenen, C.; Baumann, M.; Frank, D.
User and societal acceptance of prostheses
2018. 52nd Annual Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT within VDE) (BMT 2018), Aachen, Germany, September 26–28, 2018

2017

Presentations

Baumann, M.
Partizipative RRI-Ansätze am Beispiel von PAYD-Algorithmen in der Versicherungsbranche
2017. Workshop ’ Elektronische Person, Governance-by-Design &Co - Potenziale und Grenzen innovativer Ansätze zur Kontrolle von Algorithmen und Robotern’, Wien, 2.Oktober 2017