Person

Current positions

Senior researcher, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Institute
Member of the Convention of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Convention
Member of the KIT programme committee of the HGF programme "Engineering Digital Futures", Programme

Expert workshop "Menschengerechte Gestaltung von KI-Systemen im Gesundheitswesen", Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 12-13 Mar and 22-23 May 2024, Berlin
Expert workshop "Schutz vor Diskriminierung durch algorithmische Entscheidungssysteme: Was braucht es und was bringt die KI-Verordnung?", Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, 11 Jan 2024, Berlin
Expert workshop "Ordnungsrahmen für den menschenzentrierten Einsatz von KI in Arbeit und Gesellschaft", AI Observatory, project of the Denkfabrik of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 26 Feb 2020, Berlin
Expert workshop "Diskriminierungsrisiken durch Verwendung von Algorithmen", Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, 16 Dec 2019, Berlin
Expert brainstorming meeting on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Rights, Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights, 1 Feb 2019, Strasbourg
"Sherpa Meeting" of High Level Group on Digital Rights Management, European Commission, 28 Sep 2004, Brussels
Expert workshops of the project "E-Commerce" by the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag, 4, 7 and 9 Mar 2001, Berlin

Speaker of research field "Risks and Regulation" of the Helmholtz Alliance "Energy-Trans", 2011-2014
Deputy Speaker of Topic "Knowledge and Technology" of the KIT-Focus "Human and Technology", 2010-2014
Coordinator of research area "Knowledge society and knowledge politics" at ITAS, 2010-2014
Member of the project team for the establishment of the research focus "Human and Technology" of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2008-2009
Co-organiser of workshop "Software als Institution", Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 12 December 2008
Co-organiser of workshop "PerCoMed Expertenworkshop", Berlin, 21 November 2006
Organiser of workshop "Digital Rights Management in Public Science", Brussels, 8 December 2005

Co-editor of issue 'Pervasive Computing in der medizinischen Versorgung' of Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2008, together with Asarnush Rashid, Michaela Wölk, Carsten Holtmann, Mandy Scheermesser, Hannah Kosow
Co-editor of issue 'Digital Rights Management - Herausforderungen für Recht, Technik und Technikfolgenabschätzung" of Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006, together with Knud Böhle
Co-editor of issue 'E-Commerce Politik' of TA-Datenbanknachrichten, Vol. 10, 2001, No. 4, together with Ulrich Riehm
Co-editor of special issues 'Integrated Product Policy and the Environment' of European Environment, Vol. 9, 1999, No. 5, together with Helmut Karl

Contributions to seminar "Internet and Society", 2015 - 2022, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Telematics
Co-advisor (2006-2009) of doctoral candidate Andreas Graefe, at University of Karlsruhe and visiting scholar at Wharton Business School, Thesis title: Prediction markets versus alternative methods. Empirical tests of Accuracy and Acceptability
Co-advisor (2009) of Bachelor student, University of Karlsruhe
Co-advisor (2007-2008) of Diploma student, University of Karlsruhe

Research staff and Ph.D. candidate: (former) Chair of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Research staff and Ph.D. candidate: (former) Department of Resource and Environmental Economics, Institute for Agricultural Politics and Market Research, University of Bonn
Research staff, Chair of Economic Policy (Prof. Paul Klemmer), Department of Economics, Ruhr-University of Bochum

Received a doctorate of the Department of Economics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, dissertation thesis on "Corporate Environmental Disclosure – An Economic Analysis"
Studies of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftswissenschaft) at the Ruhr-University of Bochum

Carsten Orwat
Sep 2015