Armin Grunwald

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Involvement at the ISC

  • Member of the Inaugural Committee for Science Planning (2019-2022)

Background

Armin Grunwald’s main working areas include: theory and methodology of technology assessment, ethics of new technology, philosophy of science, concepts of sustainable development, theory and practice of inter- and transdisciplinary research.

Armin Grunwald studied physics at the universities Münster and Cologne.
He received the diploma in Physics in 19884, and the PhD in 1987 with a thesis on
thermal transport processes in semiconductors at Cologne University. From 1987-1991
he acted as software engineer and systems specialist in a company. From 1991-1995
Armin Grunwald was researcher at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) in the field
of technology assessment. In 1996 he was appointed vice director of the
European Academy Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. In 1998 hereceived his habilitation at
the faculty of social sciences and philosophy at Marburg University with a
study on culturalistic planning theory.


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