Mark Coeckelbergh

Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh is a full Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the Philosophy of Department of the University of Vienna, and until recently Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. He is also ERA Chair at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and Guest Professor at WASP-HS and University of Uppsala. Previously he was the President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT).

His expertise focuses on ethics and technology, in particular robotics and artificial intelligence. He is a member of various entities that support policy building in the area of robotics and artificial intelligence, such as the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, the Expert Council Ethics of AI of the Austrian UNESCO Commission, the Austrian Council on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, and the Austrian Advisory Council on Automated Mobility. He is also on the advisory board of the University of Milan’s Research Center on the Philosophy of Technology and is also on the editorial board of the journal "Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance."

His publications include "Growing Moral Relations," "Human Being @ Risk," "Moved by Machines," "Introduction to Philosophy of Technology," "AI Ethics," "The Political Philosophy of AI," "Self-Improvement," "Robot Ethics," "Digital Technologies, Temporality, and the Politics of Co-Existence," and most recently "Why AI Undermines Democracy and What to Do About It."