Dr. Wulf Loh

Head of Robotics and AI

Wulf Loh is Assistant Professor (Akad. Rat) at the Ethics Center and PI of the research focus „Robotics & AI“ (R-Fair) with the following projects: Egar, Interactive Gaze, KI-T-Ü, Prevent, and Viking. In addition, he is a member of the coordination committee of the Plattform Lernende Systeme (“Platform Learning Systems“), as well as part of various initiatives for the operationalization and certification of AI ethics (DIN Joint working committee Artificial intelligence, AI Ethics Impact Group, BW AI Alliance, VDE Spec "AI Trustworthiness").

Areas of expertise

Applied Ethics: AI Ethics, Media and Information Ethics, Privacy, Robot Ethics, Human Machine Interaction
Social Philosophy: Critical Theory, Practice Theory, Social Ontology
Political Philosophy: The Digital Public Sphere, Digital Civil Disobedience, International Political Theory
Philosophy of Law: Constitutional Theory, Legitimacy and Legality, Philosophy of International Law

Career

Wulf Loh studied philosophy, political science and International/ European law in Heidelberg, Bologna and at the FU Berlin. In 2009, he began his doctorate at the Research Training Group "Constitution Beyond the State" at HU Berlin, and was awarded his PhD in 2018 with a dissertation on "Legitimacy and Self-Determination - A Normative Reconstruction of International Law". From 2012 to 2018, he held a full staff position at the Chair of Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology at the University of Stuttgart. Since 2018, Wulf Loh is a Postdoc researcher at the IZEW and since 2021 tenured assistant professor. In the summer term 2023, he served as an interim full professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart.

Publications

Publications (selection)

(2024): “Generative KI und Epistemische Ungerechtigkeit”, in: Rechtsphilosophie (RphZ) 10/2, pp. 215-233.
(2024) “Disadvantage, Demeaning, and Power: Is Geralt of Rivia Being Discriminated Against?”, in Brake/Decker/Irwin (ed.): The Witcher and Philosophy: Toss a Coin to Your Philosopher. The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, Wiley & Sons, pp. 109-116.
(2023) “Anonymity, Fidelity to Law, and Digital Civil Disobedience”, in: Philosophy & Social Criticism 49/4, pp. 448-476.
(2023) with Tadayoshi Kohno, Yasemin Acar: “Ethical Frameworks and Computer Security Trolley Problems: Foundations for Conversations”, in: Proceedings of the 32th USENIX Security Symposium
(2023) “Kritische Theorie als Ethik in den Wissenschaften”, in: Brand/ Meisch/ Frank/ Ammicht Quinn (ed.): Festschrift für Thomas Potthast, p. 415-428.
(2023) with Kathrin Pollmann, Nora Fronemann, Daniel Ziegler: “Entertainment vs. manipulation: Personalized human-robot interaction between user experience and ethical design”, in: Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Online first.
(2022) “Social Pathologies of Informational Privacy”, in: Journal of Social Philosophy, Online first.
(2022) with Janina Loh “Social Robotics and the Good Life. The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots”, transcript.
(2022) with Nora Fronemann, Kathrin Pollmann: “Should my robot know what's best for me? – Human-Robot Interaction between UX and Ethical Design”, in: AI & Society 37, pp. 517-533.
(2022) with Hauke Behrendt: “Informed Consent and Algorithmic Discrimination – Is giving away your data the new vulnerable?”, in: Review of Social Economy 80/1, pp. 58-84.
(2022) “Level-Up? Zur Gamifizierung von Fitness- und Gesundheits-Apps”, in: Ring-Dimitriou et al. (ed.): Aktives Altern im digitalen Zeitalter, Springer, pp. 27-54.
(2022) with Hendrik Paasche, Alena Bleicher, Tobias Weigel: “Ignorance of Model Uncertainty and its Effects on Ethics and Society Using the Example of Geosciences”, in: Gross/McGoey (ed.): “Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies”, 2nd ed., Routledge.
(2022) “Geralt von Riva – Ein Diskriminierungsopfer? Zur Ethik des Fantasy-Franchise ‚The Witcher‘”, in: Meisch/ Brand/ Müller: “Ethik in Serie – Staffel 2”, Tuebingen Library Publishing, pp. 85-102.
(2022) as part of the VDE SPEC team: “VCIO based description of systems for AI trustworthiness characterisation”, VDE SPEC 90012 (AI Trust Alliance), www.vde.com/resource/blob/2176686/a24b13db01773747e6b7bba4ce20ea60/vde-spec-vcio-based-description-of-systems-for-ai-trustworthiness-characterisation-data.pdf
(2022) edited together with Alena Buyx, Gesine Richter, Sebastian von Kielmansegg: “Datenreiche Medizin und das Problem der Einwilligung”, Springer, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-62987-1.
(2022) with Anne Wierling: Informierte Einwilligung, häusliche Altenpflege und soziale Robotik, in: Richter/ Loh/ Buyx/ Kielmansegg: “Datenreiche Medizin und das Problem der Einwilligung”, Springer.
(2021) “Soziale Medien”, in: Festl (ed.): Handbuch Liberalismus, Metzler, pp. 543-551.
(2021) with Nora Fronemann, Kathrin Pollmann: “Should my robot know what's best for me? – Human-Robot Interaction between UX and Ethical Design”, in: AI & Society, Online first.
(2021) “Digitaler ziviler Ungehorsam und transnationale Öffentlichkeiten”, in: Kaelin/ Telser/ Hoppe (ed.): Bubbles & Bodies - Neue Öffentlichkeiten zwischen sozialen Medien und Straßenprotesten, transcript, pp. 217-250.
(2020) “Völkerrechtliche Souveränität”, in: Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte 60/61, pp. 363-408.
(2020) with Anne Suphan and Christopher Zirnig: “Twitter and Electoral Bias”, in: Macnish/Galliott (ed.): Big Data and Democracy, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 89-103.
(2020) „Informationelle Privatheit als Bedingung für Demokratie“, in: ARSP 162, pp. 165-181.
(2019) edited together with Hauke Behrendt, Tobias Matzner, Catrin Misselhorn: „Privatsphäre 4.0“, Metzler.
(2019) „Sozialontologische Bedingungen von Privatheit“, in: Behrendt/Loh/ Matzner/Misselhorn: Privatsphäre 4.0, Metzler.
(2019) „Legitimität und Selbstbestimmung – Eine normative Rekonstruktion des Völkerrechts“, Nomos.
(2019) „The Gamification of Political Participation“, in: Moral Philosophy and Politics, Online First.
(2019) with Catrin Misselhorn: „Augmented Learning, Smart Glasses, and Knowing-How“, in: AI & Society, Online First.
(2019) „Das Völkerrecht zwischen Normativität und Praxis“, in: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft 156.
(2018) „Politik“, in: Feige/Ostritsch/Rautzenberg (ed.): Philosophie des Computerspiels, Metzler.
(2018) with Catrin Misselhorn: „Autonomous Driving and Perverse Incentives“, in: Philosophy & Technology, Online First." in: "(2019) with Catrin Misselhorn: „Autonomous Driving and Perverse Incentives“, in: Philosophy & Technology, 32/4, pp. 575-590.
(2018) „A Practice-Theoretical Account of Privacy“, in: Ethics & Information Technology.
(2018) „Zur Legitimität völkerrechtlicher Normen“, in: RphZ 1/2018, pp. 58-77.
(2017) „Literaturwissenschaft als Sozialkritik“, in: Albrecht/Schramm/Venzl (ed.): Literatur und Anerkennung, LIT.
(2017) with Janina Loh: „Autonomy and Responsibility in Hybrid Systems“, in: Lin/Abney/Jenkins (ed.): Robot Ethics 2.0, Oxford University Press.
(2016) with Stefan Skupien: „Die EU als Solidargemeinschaft“, in: Leviathan 44/4, pp. 1-27.

Talks (recent)

2024

Technoseum, Mannheim: Talk with the title “The Ethics of Autonomous Robotics”
Institute Colloquium Philosophical Seminar, Tuebingen: Talk with the title “A Critical Theory of Informational Privacy”
EASST/4S Conference, Amsterdam: Talk with the title “Contestability of AI and Practices of Critique”
UvA Institute of Advanced Study Workshop “Empirical Ethics”, Amsterdam: Talk with the title “A Critical Theory of Digitalization”
World Congress of Philosophy, Rome: Talk with the title “Can you feel my pain tonight? – AI-Assisted Pain Assessment and Epistemic Injustice”
Research Colloquium Practical Philosophy, Tuebingen: Talk with the title “Generative AI and Epistemic Injustice”
Lecture Series “Bionic Intelligence”, DZNE Tuebingen: Talk with the title “Ethics of autonomous systems”
Research Colloquium Philosophy & Ethics Group, Eindhoven: Talk with the title “Can you feel my pain tonight? – AI-Assisted Pain Assessment and Epistemic Injustice”
Lecture Series “Computer Science and Society”, Ulm: Talk with the title “Fairness and Algorithmic Discrimination”

2023

Research Colloquium Institute for Philosophy, Stuttgart: Talk with the title “The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligences”
X. Tagung für praktische Philosophie, Salzburg: Talk with the title “Is Geralt of Rivia a victim of discrimination?”
Conference “AI, Trustworthiness & Explainability", Tübingen: Talk with the title “Can you feel my pain tonight? – Automated Pain Detection and Epistemic Injustice”
Executive Board Meeting Alphabet (BMW Group), Munich: Talk with the title “Ethical Considerations for the Application of AI Systems”
Lecture Series “Ethik in Serie“, Tübingen: Talk with the title “Is Geralt of Rivia a victim of discrimination?”
Lecture Series “Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz“, Stuttgart: Talk with the title “Operationalization, Risk Matrix, and Criticality Classes”

Teaching

2024 (Tübingen)

„Hannah Arendts politische Philosophie“
„Was ist Ziviler Ungehorsam und (wie) lässt er sich begründen?“
„Demokratietheorie im ideengeschichtlichen Wandel“
„Staatliche Autorität und Ziviler Ungehorsam“
„Einführung in die Datenethik (Data Literacy)“

2023 (Tübingen)

„Staatliche Autorität und Ziviler Ungehorsam“
„Gewalt, Schmerz, Verletzlichkeit“
„Data Literacy“

2023 (Stuttgart)

„Rawls‘ Theorie der Gerechtigkeit
„Einführung in die Kritische Theorie“
„Privatsphäre und Öffentlichkeit“
„Benachteiligung, Ungleichheit und Diskriminierung“

2022 (Tübingen)

„Privatsphäre und Öffentlichkeit“
„Zertifikat Data Literacy: Data Ethics“

2021 (Tübingen)

„Ungerechtigkeit, Ungleichheit und Diskriminierung“
„Einführung in die Kritische Theorie“
„Zertifikat Data Literacy: Data Ethics“

2018 (Stuttgart)

„Was ist eine soziale Praxis?“

2017 (Stuttgart)

„Privatsphäre und Öffentlichkeit“
„Digitalisierung und die Zukunft der Arbeit“

2016 (Stuttgart)

„Hegels‘ Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts“
„On Global Justice“
„Theorien der Anerkennung“
„Klassische Positionen der Rechtsphilosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts“

2015 (Stuttgart)

„Theorien globaler Gerechtigkeit“
„Hegels‘ Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts“
„Kritik von Lebensformen“
„Habermas‘ Diskurstheorie“

2014 (Stuttgart)

„Einführung in die Rechtsphilosophie“
„Demokratietheorien“
„Einführung in die Kritische Theorie“
„Selbstbestimmung, Sezession, Territorialität“

2013 (Stuttgart)

„Genese und Bedeutung kollektiver Identitäten“
„Politische Philosophie der internationalen Beziehungen“
„Klassiker der Gesellschaftstheorie“
„Gerechtigkeit als Gesellschaftsanalyse“

2012 (Stuttgart)

„Transformation der Souveränität“
„Diskursethik“
„Menschenrechte: Soziale Praxis und universalistische Letztbegründung“
„John Rawls‘ Theory of Justice“

2011 (HU Berlin)

„Was ist globale Verantwortung?“

2010 (HU Berlin)

„Politische Theorie und Internationale Beziehungen“