Prof. Christoph Hubig 

Christoph Hubig (*1952) studied Philosophy, Culture and Social Sciences from 1970 to 1974 in Saarbrücken and Berlin. In 1974 M.A., 1976 doctorate (Dialectics and Logic of Science), 1983 qualification as lecturer (action – identity – understanding). lectureships in Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Braunschweig; professorships in Practical Philosophy/Philosophy of Technology in Berlin, Karlsruhe, Leipzig (Founding Professor and Dean). Since 1997 Professor of Philosophy (Theory of Science and Philosophy of Technology) at the University of Stuttgart, where he has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Structure and Controlling since 2000.

Numerous interdisciplinary research projects together with scientist-engineers on the subjects of construction heuristics, the ethics of technology, business ethics, ecology/global change, the knowledge society / ubiquitous computing / context-related systems (SFB 627 “NeXus”). In 1991 special prize of the International Society for Engineering Education.

In 1994 head of radio-based adult education course by ARD on “Technology”, founding director of the Campus Espenhain centre for science. From 1994 to 2000 Secretary of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (German Society for Philosophy), since then a member of the executive committee. From 1997 to 2003 Head of the Sector “Mensch und Technik” (Man and Technology) of the German Association of Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure - VDI), member of numerous VDI committees, Expert for Systematic Philosophy of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG)