Fachleiterin
Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar
Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 318
Member - Professor - Project Leader B06
Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
Professor - Head of Section Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
Member - Professor - Head of Section Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures
During the lecture period
Thursdays, 2.15 to 3.15 pm
At times outside the lecture period contact me via email.
33098 Paderborn
- Brief Profile
Suzana Alpsancar ist PI im EU-geförderten Projekt “Cultures of the Cryosphere” sowie im SFB/TRR 318 “Constructing Explainability”
- Research Interests
- Philosophy and ethics of AI, explainable AI
- Philosophy of cryogenic cultures, sustainability and digitalization
- Technology-driven time diagnoses, imaginaries of computing
- Autonomy and agency in human-technology relations
Education and Academic Career |
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| Since 04/2025 |
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures |
| 12/2021 - 04/2025 |
Juniorprofessor for Applied Ethics with a focus on technology ethics in the digital world |
| 10/2018 - 12/2021 |
Academic assistant at the Chair of General Technology Science at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Research and teaching on the philosophy and ethics of technology, specifically the history and theory of technology assessment |
| 04/2020 - 09/2020 |
Senior Fellow at MECS, Leuphana University Lüneburg Research semester at the DFG Research Group "Media Cultures of Computer Simulations" at Leuphana University Lüneburg; research project on a critical phenomenology of autonomous driving (publication: Vom Fahrzeug zum Fahrding). |
| 10/2016 - 09/2018 |
Visiting professor at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Head of the Philosophy of Technology Department at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| Since 04/2025 |
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures |
| 12/2021 - 04/2025 |
Juniorprofessor for Applied Ethics with a focus on technology ethics in the digital world |
| 10/2018 - 12/2021 |
Academic assistant at the Chair of General Technology Science at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Research and teaching on the philosophy and ethics of technology, specifically the history and theory of technology assessment |
| 04/2020 - 09/2020 |
Senior Fellow at MECS, Leuphana University Lüneburg Research semester at the DFG Research Group "Media Cultures of Computer Simulations" at Leuphana University Lüneburg; research project on a critical phenomenology of autonomous driving (publication: Vom Fahrzeug zum Fahrding). |
| 10/2016 - 09/2018 |
Visiting professor at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Head of the Philosophy of Technology Department at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg |
Publications
Latest Publications
Algorithmische Kulturen des Pflanzensammelns? Das Beispiel der Computerisierung des Botanischen Gartens und Botanischen Museums Berlin
S. Alpsancar, in: U. Hashagen, R. Seising (Eds.), Algorithmische Wissenskulturen. Der Einfluss des Computers auf die Wissenschaftsentwicklung, Springer, Wiesbaden, 2025, pp. 327–365.
Warum und wozu erklärbare KI? Über die Verschiedenheit dreier paradigmatischer Zwecksetzungen
S. Alpsancar, in: R. Adolphi, S. Alpsancar, S. Hahn, M. Kettner (Eds.), Philosophische Digitalisierungsforschung Verantwortung, Verständigung, Vernunft, Macht, transcript, Bielefeld, 2024, pp. 55–113.
AI explainability, temporality, and civic virtue
W. Reijers, T. Matzner, S. Alpsancar, M. Philippi, in: Smart Ethics in the Digital World: Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2024. 21th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT. Universidad de La Rioja, 2024., Longrono, 2024.
Unpacking the purposes of explainable AI
S. Alpsancar, T. Matzner, M. Philippi, in: Smart Ethics in the Digital World: Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2024. 21th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT, Universidad de La Rioja, 2024, pp. 31–35.
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