Events

23–25 April: WeRobot Conference 2026 (Berlin). Further information and registration here: https://ai-laws.org/werobot-2026/?lang=en Our Institute will host a workshop on the ethics of AI and robotics.

05 May: Ethics in Practice with Siemens Energy: Alexander Bayer. Room D2.022, TUHH Main Campus, 13:15-14.45. Registration via ethics(at)tuhh.de

11 May: Research Talk by Prof. Fernanda Felix de Oliveira (PUCRS). Further details tba.

19 May: Responsible AI Workshop with Hamburg Ambassadors:https://www.hamburg.com/business/network/hamburg-ambassadors-17074 Workshop o Responsible AI, 09:00 – 13:00, Raum B0.001, TUHH Main Campus. Registration via ethics(at)tuhh.de

26 May: Ethics in Practice Series with Aleph Alpha: Tobias Haar. Room A0.19, TUHH Main Campus, 15:15-16:45. Registration via ethics(at)tuhh.de

17 June: Workshop Reflective Equilibrium, jointly organised with colleagues at the University of Bern, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and KU Ingolstadt-Eichstätt. At the University of Bern. Further details tba.

22–23 June: Ethics and Innovation Conference 2026.  TUHH, Palmspeicher. Rooms 4006 und 4007. Speakers: Dr. Mandi Astola (Delft University of Technology), Prof. Dr. Vincent Blok (Wageningen University & Research / Erasmus University Rotterdam), Prof. Dr. Philip Brey (University of Twente), Prof. Dr. Dr. Rafaela Hillerbrand (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Dr. Benjamin Lange (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Dr. Konrad Kollnig (Maastricht University), Dr. Mareike Smolka (Wageningen University & Research / RWTH Aachen University), Prof. Dr. Vincent Müller (FAU). Registration: https://forms.gle/6PBaFGDo57PHSEGq7

26–27 June: Normative Theory Conference. Jointly Organised with the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Hamburg. The conference takes place at DeepTech Campus Hamburg. Speakers: John Hyman (UCL), Claire Benn (Cambridge), Luise Müller (FU Berlin), Erasmus Mayr (FAU), Anna Mahtani (LSE), Matthew Braham (UHH). Registration details tba.

22 July: Research Talk by Jeremy Fix (Oxford). 16:00-17:30, at Hamburg University. Details tba. No registration needed.

We had an exciting winter term 2025/26, as we welcomed speakers for inspiring Research Talks and continued our Fireside Talk in Politics and Technology series. In addition, our very own Prof. Dr. Maximilian Kiener launched his book Moral Responsibility and Artificial Intelligence in Oxford. 

We had a thought-provoking summer term 2025, as we explored the pressing ethical challenges at the intersection of technology, society, and the environment. This season featured our acclaimed Ethics in Practice series, where real-world dilemmas meet academic insight. We launched Fireside Talks in Politics and Technology—a new, informal format bringing together leading voices for candid conversations on power, policy, and progress. We dove deeper with cutting-edge research talks and held our flagship Conference on Climate Ethics, where global scholars and practitioners tackled the moral dimensions of the climate crisis.