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Mark Coeckelbergh
Coecklebergh in Brazil in 2024
Born1975 (age 49–50)
Leuven, Belgium
Academic background
EducationKU Leuven
University of East Anglia
University of Birmingham
ThesisThe metaphysics of autonomy : the reconciliation of ancient and modern (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Maastricht
University of Twente
De Montfort University
University of Vienna
Main interestsPhilosophy of technology, Ethics and technology, Ethics and information technology, Robot ethics, Environmental philosophy
Websitecoeckelbergh.net

Mark Coeckelbergh (born 1975) is a Belgian philosopher of technology. He is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Vienna.[1] He currently holds the ERA Chair at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague[2] and is Guest Professor at WASP-HS and University of Uppsala.[3]

He is an expert in ethics of artificial intelligence[4] and is best known for his work in philosophy of technology and ethics of robotics. He has also published in the areas of moral philosophy, environmental philosophy, and, most recently, political philosophy. He is the author of several books and numerous articles in these fields, with an h-index of 61 (July 2025).[5]

He is a member of national and international committees with direct impact on policy and contributes to public discourse on these topics in the popular press.

Early life and education

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Mark Coeckelbergh was born in 1975 in Leuven, Belgium. He was first educated in social sciences and political sciences at the University of Leuven (Licentiaat, 1997),[6] before moving to the UK, where he studied philosophy. He received his master's degree from the University of East Anglia (MA in Social Philosophy, 1999) [6] and his PhD from the University of Birmingham (PhD in Philosophy, 2003).[6] During the time of his PhD study he also painted, wrote poems, played piano, and worked on engineering ethics at the University of Bath (UK) and at the Belgian nuclear research centre SCK-CEN.

Career and previous positions

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In 2003 he started teaching at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and in 2007 he was assistant professor at the Philosophy Department of the University of Twente, also in the Netherlands.[7] In the same year he received the Prize of the Dutch Society for Bioethics (with J. Mesman).[8] In Twente he started working on the ethics of robotics. In 2013 he became Managing Director of the 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology.[7] In 2014 he was appointed full professor at the Centre of Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, a position he held through early 2019.[7] In 2014 and 2017 he was nominated for the World Technology Awards in the Ethics category.[9] In 2015 he joined the Department of Philosophy of the University of Vienna as full Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology.[1]

Coeckelbergh is the former President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology.[10]

Policy

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Coeckelbergh has membership in numerous domestic and international committees with direct impact on policyis a member of the Expert Council Ethics of AI of the Austrian Unesco Commission,[11] He previously served as a member of the High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence for the European Commission,[12] the Austrian robotics council (Rat für Robotik), inaugurated by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, and a member of the Austrian Advisory Council on Automated Mobility.

Outreach

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Coeckelbergh has published opinion articles in The Guardian,[13] Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[14] De Morgen,[15] De Standaard,[16] Der Standard,[17] and Wired;[18] co-authored opinion articles have appeared in La Libre,[19] Morgenbladet,[20] and Der Tagesspiegel,[21] among others.

Coeckelbergh has also been interviewed or served as expert for articles published in Christian Science Monitor,[22] CNN,[23] De Morgen,[24] De Standaard,[25] De Tijd,[26] Der Spiegel,[27] Der Standard,[28] Die Presse,[29] El Independiente,[30] El Mundo,[31] El País,[32] Folha de S. Paulo,[33] Handelsblatt,[34] Infobae,[35] Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[36] Salzburger Nachrichten,[37] The New Yorker,[38] The Sydney Morning Herald,[39] The Times,[40] and others.

Research

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Following his articles on robot ethics and his book Growing Moral Relations,[41] Coeckelbergh has been attributed a 'relational turn' in thinking about moral status.[42] In his articles Coeckelbergh argues for a phenomenological and relational approach.

Books

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Institut für Philosophie » Neuigkeiten Einzelansicht". philosophie.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  2. ^ "Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha".
  3. ^ "Mark Coeckelbergh WASP-HS guest professor in Uppsala - Uppsala University". 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark (15 March 2015). "Journal articles". wordpress.com.
  5. ^ "Google Scholar". Google Scholar.
  6. ^ a b c Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Education". linkedin.com. Mark Coeckelbergh.
  7. ^ a b c Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Experience". linkedin.com. mark coeckelbergh.
  8. ^ "Prize of the Dutch Society for Bioethics". maastrichtuniversity.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19.
  9. ^ "2014 World Technology Award Nominees". wtn.net.
  10. ^ "The Society for Philosophy and Technology | spt.org". www.spt.org. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  11. ^ "Fachbeirat Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz". Austrian UNESCO Commission.
  12. ^ "AI HLEG - steering group of the European AI Alliance". 12 June 2018.
  13. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "We're all to blame for the oil spill". The Guardian.
  14. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Kein digitaler Zauberstab rettet das Klima". Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  15. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "De VS stoken ergens in de wereld een brandje en wij in Europa mogen schoonmaken". De Morgen.
  16. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Als robots een license to kill hebben". De Standaard.
  17. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Corona app: Ethical, legal, and societal issues". Der Standard.
  18. ^ Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Sure, Artificial Intelligence May End Our World, But That Is Not the Main Problem". Wired.
  19. ^ Smuha, Natalie; De Ketelaeere, Mieke; Coeckelbergh, Mark; Dewitte, Pierre; Poullet, Yves. "Le chatbot Eliza a brisé une vie : il est temps d'agir face à l'IA manipulatrice".
  20. ^ Sætra; van der Velden; Borgebund; Danaher; Coeckelbergh; Selinger. "En KI-milliard for din tekno-optimisme". Morgenbladet.
  21. ^ Metzinger, Thomas; Coeckelbergh, Mark. "Europe needs more guts when it comes to AI ethics". Der Tagesspiegel.
  22. ^ Lindborg, Kristina (16 April 2025). "From retail to the military, 'intelligent connectivity' raises ethical dilemmas". The Christian Science Monitor.
  23. ^ Parke, Phoebe (13 February 2015). "Is it cruel to kick a robot dog?". CNN.
  24. ^ Lelong, Jorn (14 June 2023). "'Nu lopen we in Europa achter de feiten aan': technologiefilosoof over AI-wetgeving in de EU". De Morgen.
  25. ^ Deckmyn, Dominique (22 April 2021). "Europa beperkt 'gevaarlijke' AI". De Standaard.
  26. ^ Legrand, Roland (18 January 2024). "Chatbots vervellen tot digitale mensen: AI laat u babbelen met Napoleon en leert u flirten". De Tijd.
  27. ^ Tenhagen, Hermann-Josef (2 December 2017). "Risiken und Nebenwirkungen des Bitcoin". Der Spiegel.
  28. ^ Traxler, Tanja (16 September 2020). "Künstliche Intelligenz weckt quasireligiöse Erwartungen". Der Standard.
  29. ^ Grancy, Alice (14 February 2018). "Roboterphilosophie: "Kooperieren, statt den Menschen zu ersetzen"". Die Presse.
  30. ^ Martín, Nacho (25 November 2023). "Los cinco días que ratificaron a Sam Altman como líder de la IA: "Hemos sido testigos de su poder"". El Independiente.
  31. ^ Alba, Irene Merayo (2 July 2025). "La peligrosa moda de sustituir a tu psicólogo por una IA". El Mundo.
  32. ^ Figuls, Josep Catà (26 May 2023). "Mark Coeckelbergh: "Democracias débiles, capitalismo e inteligencia artificial son una combinación peligrosa"". El País.
  33. ^ Balbi, Clara (29 March 2024). "Ideia de que IA ameaça humanidade nos distrai de seus problemas reais, diz filósofo". Folha de S. Paulo.
  34. ^ Buschmann, Julia (10 August 2017). ""Der Bitcoin ist unfair"". Handelsblatt.
  35. ^ Lidón, Luis (2 June 2024). "El filósofo Mark Coeckelbergh pide regular cuanto antes la IA para proteger la democracia". Infobae.
  36. ^ Fulterer, Ruth; Thier, Jenni (4 May 2021). "Technikphilosoph Mark Coeckelbergh: "Umwelt und Klima dürfen nicht zum Hobby der grünen Eliten im Westen werden"". Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  37. ^ Hödlmoser, Thomas (10 June 2022). "War das Internet ein Urknall für die Menschheit? Oder wird seine Bedeutung heute überschätzt?". Salzburger Nachrichten.
  38. ^ Somers, James (25 November 2024). "A Revolution in How Robots Learn". The New Yorker.
  39. ^ Drozdiak, Natalia; White, Aoife (17 February 2020). "Europe wants to compete with the big boys of tech". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  40. ^ Moody, Oliver (14 October 2017). "AS AI advances we risk losing our free will". The Times.
  41. ^ Palgrave. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  42. ^ Gerdes, Anne (19 September 2015). "The Issue of Moral Consideration in Robot Ethics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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