Michael Decker

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Michael Decker (born December 24, 1965 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German physicist and technology assessor.

Michael Decker

life and work

After studying physics with a minor in economics (graduation 1992), he received his doctorate in 1995. rer. nat. at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on spectroscopy of oxygen in high-pressure combustion. In 2006 he received his habilitation at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in the field of applied sciences with a thesis on applied interdisciplinary research in technology assessment (TA).

From 1993 to 1995 Decker was a research assistant at the Physico-Chemical Institute of the University of Heidelberg, 1995-1996 research assistant at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart and from 1997 to 2002 a research assistant at the European Academy Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler . Since 2003 he has been a research assistant at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) in Karlsruhe. Since 2004 he has been deputy director of the institute and since 2014 he has been head of ITAS together with Armin Grunwald . Since 2009 he has also been a university professor for technology assessment at the Institute of Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Functions

  • Head of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe
  • University professor for technology assessment at the Institute for Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board "Society and Technology" of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
  • Chairman of the advisory group "Innovation and Technology Analysis" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • Spokesman for the Network for Technology Assessment (NTA)
  • Speaker of the topic “Key Technologies and Innovation Processes” in the program “Technology, Innovation and Society” of the Helmholtz Association.

Fonts (selection)

Michael Decker has written and edited numerous articles and books. The most important and recent ones include:

  • M. Decker: Robotics. In: D. Sturma, B. Heinrichs (Ed.): Handbuch Bioethik. JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2015, pp. 373–378.
  • M. Decker, S. Bellucci, S. Bröchler, C. D'Anna-Huber, M. Nentwich, L. Rey, M. Sotoudeh (eds.): Technology assessment in the political system. Between conflict management and technology design. edition sigma, Berlin 2014.
  • M. Decker: Technological consequences. In: A. Grunwald (Hrsg.): Handbuch Technikethik. Stuttgart, Metzler / Weimar 2013, pp. 33–38.
  • M. Decker, M. Gutmann (Ed.): Robo- and Informationethics - Some fundamentals. (= Hermeneutics and Anthropology. Volume 3). LIT, Zurich / Berlin 2012.
  • M. Decker, A. Grunwald, M. Knapp (Ed.): The system view on innovation. Technology assessment in technology design. edition sigma, Berlin 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Employee page at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
  2. ^ Entry at the Institute for Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  3. ^ Professional policy advisory board of the VDI
  4. ↑ ITA advisory group of the BMBF ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmbf.de
  5. ↑ Complete list of publications

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personal data
SURNAME Decker, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and technology assessor
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein