Current positions

since 2008	Primary Position: Full Professor in Department of Community Health Sciences, Stream Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Assistant Professor 2008-2012, Associate Professor 2012-2021
since 2011	Fellow: Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa, Canada
since 2013	Visiting Professor of Ability Expectation and Ableism Studies American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN); Visiting Professor (Faculty of Medicine), USA
since 2014	Permanent ITAS fellow

Fields of work

Ability expectation and Ableism Studies (short Ability Studies)
Disability studies
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Technology assessment of social robotics, brain machine interfaces, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and human enhancement
Sustainability
STEM education
Energy, water, climate change policies
Aging well
Human security (food, water, ability...)
Peace studies
Determinants of health, global health, health technology assessment, law, care and policies
Bioethic issues
Sport

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1982 - 1989	Diploma in Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen and at the University College London, UK. Diploma 1989
1989 - 1992	PhD at University of Frankfurt a.M. and Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt a.M. , Germany; topic: protein kinase A and C and phosphatase 2A in bovine rod outer segments. Supervisors: Prof. Hartmut Michel and Dr. Neil Cook (both Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt a. M., Germany)
1992 - 1998	Post-Doc, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics; Supervisor: Prof. Schnetkamp
1998 - 2008	Research Associate University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics (topic: thalidomide)
1998 - 2008	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary, Canada
2002 - 2005	Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethic Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2005 - 2008	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
since 2014	Member of scientific staff at ITAS

2018

Other

Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part III: Perspectives, needs and opportunities
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/11162

Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part II: Current and emerging technologies
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/567013

Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part I: Regulatory, health and demographic aspects
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/364554

2017

Presentations

Nierling, L.; Bratan, T.; Cas, J.; Hennen, L.; Maia, M.; Mordini, E.; Wolbring, G.
Assistive technologies - state of the art, regulation, perception and needs
2017. 360⁰-Envsioning Meeting, STOA, Bruxelles, B, January 31, 2017

2016

Presentations

Nierling, L.; Mordini, E.; Maia, M. J. F.; Bratan, T.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Wolbring, G.; Hennen, L.
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, education and jobs
2016. STOA Panel Meeting, European Parliament, Strasbourg, Frankreich, 15.12.2016

2015

Presentations

Maia, M. J. F.; Wolbring, G.
Complementarity between health technology assessment and parliamentary technology assessment
2015. 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015

2009

Reports/Preprints

Coenen, C.; Schuijff, M.; Smits, M.; Klaassen, P.; Hennen, L.; Rader, M.; Wolbring, G.
Human enhancement. Study
2009. European Parliament