I think, write, and speak about the governance of scientific and technological innovation in society.

As a researcher and consultant, I’m particularly interested in policy-making on emerging neurotechnology and AI.

With an interdisciplinary background in the social studies of science and technology (STS), I draw on qualitative and interpretive tools to better understand

  • Frameworks and instruments for the ethical, responsible, and socially inclusive governance of science and technology

  • Policies and strategies for a greater alignment of technological development with social values and needs

  • Cultural, institutional and organisational differences in steering technoscientific innovation with and for society

  • Emerging soft and hard law for innovation in international and global governance

  • Possibilities for a better understanding and critique of innovation imperatives in policy and politics

Currently, I’m a postdoctoral researcher and Co-PI of the research project “Imaginaries of Existential Risks: Making, Governing, Contesting Humanity’s Future” at the Department for Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark.

I hold a PhD in philosophy (summa cum laude) from the Technical University of Munich, a Master of Science in Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies from Maastricht University. I’ve studied and been a fellow at

  • The Department of Science, Technology and Society at the Technical University of Munich, Germany

  • The Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard University, US

  • The Institute of Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany

  • The Instituto de Estudios sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología at the University of Quilmes, Argentina

  • The Department of Social Sciences at the University of East London, Great Britain

  • The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands

In previous research projects, I’ve lead research on topics as diverse as “The Making of AI Ethics in Europe” at Aarhus University, “Responsible Innovation in Transnational Governance Settings” at the TU Munich and the OECD, on “Cultures of Cooperation” in the transdisciplinary network smart3 at TU Berlin and Fraunhofer Dresden, on “Diversity in Large Cooperations and their Trade Unions” at the Deutsche Bahn AG and TU Berlin, and on “Digital Inclusion Paradigms for Development” at the University of Quilmes, Argentina.

Beyond research, I provide my expertise to different organizations and initiatives, including

  • The OECD’s Working Party on Bio, Nano and Converging Technologies, Paris, France

  • The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

  • The Pioneer Center for AI, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Dresden, Germany

  • Deutsche Bahn AG and its labor union EVG, Berlin, Germany

  • Artifex Balear and Balears Verd, Spain

  • The International Literature Festival, Berlin, Germany