Dipl.-Pol. Christopher Coenen

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Current positions

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
  • Art-Science Collaborations/Interfaces

Current projects

  • Project “Inspiring and Anchoring Trust in Science, Research and Innovation (IANUS)”
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  • Project “iRECS – improving Research Ethics Expertise and Competences to Ensure Reliability and Trust in Science”
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  • Project “QuTec: Quantum Technology Innovations for Society”
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  • Project “Staying young with robots (JuBot) – Versatile assistance robotics for coping with everyday life”
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  • Project “Cooperative and Communicating AI methods for medical image-guided diagnostics (CoCoAI)”
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  • Project “AI Space for Intelligent Health Systems (KI-SIGS)”
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  • Project “Socio-technical futures as socio-epistemic practices. An analytical matrix for technology assessment”
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Completed projects

On the internet

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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

Ruggiu, D.; Blok, V.; Coenen, C.; Kalloniatis, C.; Kitsiou, A.; Mavroeidi, A.-G.; Milani, S.; Sitzia, A.
Responsible innovation at work: gamification, public engagement, and privacy by design
2022. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 9 (3), 315–343.
doi:10.1080/23299460.2022.2076985

Coenen, C.; Kazakova, A.
Utopian Grammars of Human-Machine Interaction
2021. Technology and Language, 2 (1), 67–80.
doi:10.48417/technolang.2021.01.06  

Coenen, C.; Stieglitz, T.
Neurotech-Ethics: Suggestions for the Way Forward
2021. 2021 10th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), 639–642, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
doi:10.1109/NER49283.2021.9441374 

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.; 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  

Recent publications


2024
Book Chapters
Coenen, C.; Scherz, C.
Nachwort
2024. Woll, Silvia: Gesundheitsaktivismus am Beispiel des Typ-1-Diabetes: #WeAreNotWaiting, 367–373, Springer Fachmedien 
2023
Book Chapters
Borrmann, V.; Coenen, C.; Gerstgrasser, L.; Albers, E.; Müller, O.; Kellmeyer, P.
Resurrecting the ‘body’: phenomenological perspectives on embodiment
2023. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, Hrsg.: Fabrice Jotterand, Marcello Ienca, 87–102, Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003105596-9 
Borrmann, V.; Coenen, C.; Nordmann, A.; Cantoni, R.; Dickel, S.; Groves, C.; Grunwald, A.; Hurlbut, B.; Jasanoff, S.; Khushf, G.; Pfotenhauer, S.; Rip, A.; Sand, M.; Schües, C.
Future Conversations - A Topical Exchange
2023. Hermeneutics, History and Technology. The Call of the Future. Ed.: A. Grunwald, 42–72, Routledge 
Coenen, C.
Spotlights on the history of human enhancement discourse
2023. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, Hrsg.: Fabrice Jotterand, Marcello Ienca, 18–29, Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003105596-4 
Fuller, S.; Nordmann, A.; Coenen, C.; Dickel, S.; Sand, M.; Schomberg, R. von
Proactionary or Precautionary - A Debate
2023. Hermeneutics, History, and Technology : The Call of the Future. Hrsg.: A. Grunwald, 131–153, Taylor and Francis 
Journal Articles
Seskir, Z. C.; Umbrello, S.; Coenen, C.; Vermaas, P. E.
Democratization of Quantum Technologies
2023. Quantum Science and Technology, 8 (2), Art.-Nr.: 024005. doi:10.1088/2058-9565/acb6ae Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Conference Papers
Coenen, C.
Play and Labour - Some Conceptual Remarks on Gamification in the Context of Manual Work
2023. The World of Games: Technologies for Experimenting, Thinking, Learning – XXIII Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future, Volume 1. Ed.: D. Bylieva, 197 – 211, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48020-1_17 
2022
Book Chapters
Coenen, C.; Grunwald, A.
Von der Erlösung zur Lösungsorientierung und zurück? Quasi-religiöse Zukunftsvisionen als Herausforderung und Chance für die Technikfolgenabschätzung
2022. Immanente Religion – Transzendente Technologie: Technologiediskurse und gesellschaftliche Grenzüberschreitungen. Hrsg.: Sabine Maasen, David Atwood, 159–190, Verlag Barbara Budrich 
Conference Papers
Kazakova, A.; Coenen, C.
Creativity in Engineering - Classics of Modern Dialectical Philosophy Revisited
2022. Technology, Innovation and Creativity in Digital Society: XXI Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future. Ed.: D. Bylieva, 3–10, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89708-6_1 
Reports/Preprints
Seskir, Z. C.; Umbrello, S.; Coenen, C.; Vermaas, P. E.
Democratization of Quantum Technologies
2022. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2208.03368 
Posters
Seskir, Z. C.; Coenen, C.
How will quantum technologies (QT) change the digital world?
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference "Digital Future(s). TA in and for a Changing World" (ETAC 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 

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