Christopher Coenen
Technology Assessment and Political Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Head of the research group “Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology” of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Special achievements: Overall coordinator of the transnational research and dialog projects SYNENERGENE (2013-2017) on synthetic biology and FUTUREBODY (2018-2022) on neurotechnologies, neuroethics and transhumanist visions; over 100 invited lectures; policy advice for the German Bundestag, the European Parliament and the OECD, among others; extensive expert work in various countries
- Books: The discourse about “Human Enhancement” (2010); Information and communication technologies in Africa (2021)
- Other positions: Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'NanoEthics: Studies of New and Emerging Technologies” (SpringerNature)
