Keywords
Intelligent Systems / Robotics / Artificial Intelligence / Data Economy / Ethics / Trust and Responsibility / Legal Frameworks / Standardization
Description
Beyond general guidelines, research at the human–technology interface touches on two essential ethical dimensions: responsibility toward the individuals directly involved in research and the potential long-term impacts on society. The Ethics & Law focus examines human–technology relationships particularly from the perspective of societal frameworks shaped by our values. These values are reflected not only on an ethical-moral level, guiding behavior and decisions, but also within our legal system, where constitutionally guaranteed protections and rights define individual and collective well-being, including corresponding duties, responsibilities, and liabilities.
We investigate how new technologies affect this carefully balanced system of values and how society and law should respond. This involves both the theoretical grounding of technical and socio-technical systems to design them in a value-oriented and regulatory-compliant manner, as well as addressing current, concrete questions at the interface of research, development, innovation, technology, and law.
Contacts
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Gesmann-Nuissl – Chair of Private Law and Intellectual Property Law
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Bendixen – Chair of Structure and Function of Cognitive Systems
Prof. Dr. Anja Strobel – Chair of Personality Psychology and Assessment
