Februar, 2020
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Armin Grunwald, full professor of Philosophy of Technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He is Director of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at KIT and Director of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag. His research interests include technology assessment, ethics of philosophy, digital transformation of society, theory of sustainable development, and the epistemology of inter- and transdisciplinary research. In his professional work, he is member of several advisory commissions and committees in various fields of technological progress. More about Armin Grunwald can be found here (www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_grunwald_armin.php)
Erkan Erdil studied Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1990 and in 2001 his Ph.D. from University of Maastricht. Since 1992 is working at METU, where between 2002–2017 he acted as Director of the Science and Technology Policies Research Center (METU-TEKPOL). He also served as board member of GLOBELICS (The Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) and ISS (International Schumpeter Society). http://stps.metu.edu.tr/sites/stps.metu.edu.tr/files/resume_Erdil_1.pdf
Ömer İlhan studied Economics (B. Sc., 2012) and Science and Technology Policy Studies (M. Sc., 2019) at METU. Since June 2014 he is working at the Department of Chemical Products in the Directorate General of Export of the Ministry of Trade. His main areas of academic interest are international trade, international business, economics of technology and public policy.