Management

Conference

• 18.-19.03.2020: „Homo Digitalis und die Conditio Humana: Mensch und Menschenbild im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung“ (online conference) in Vienna, Austria (co-organized by Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (BCSSS); University of Vienna, Mathematik: R. Bot, Informatik: P. Reichl, Philosophie: M. Funk, Biologie: W. Weckwerth; TU Vienna, Informatik: J. Neidhardt, C. Frauenberger) [online format]

• 14.-17.02.2018: „Robophilosophy 2018: Envisioning Robots in Society – Politics, Power, and Public Space“ in Vienna, Austria (co-organized by the Chair of Philosophy of Media and Technology: Univ.-Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh, Dr. Janina Loh, Michael Funk, University of Vienna, Austria; TRANSOR: Johanna Seibt, Marco Nørskov, Aarhus University, Denmark)

• 11.-12.11.2010: „Future of Robotics in Germany and Japan: Intercultural Perspectives and Technical Opportunities“ in Dresden, Germany (organized by Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Irrgang & Michael Funk, TU Dresden, Germany; funded by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung & MEXT Global COE Program: The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, JSPS Kakenhi Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No. 21520004)

Workshop

• 20.08.2020: „Trust in Robots and AI“ to the conference „Robophilosophy 2020: Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics – Challenges, Methods and Solutions“ in Aarhus, Denmark (organized by TU Wien & Universität Wien, Austria: Jesse de Pagter, Gugliemo Papagni, Laura Crompton, Michael Funk, Isabel Schwaninger & Setareh Zafari) [online format]

• 02.07.2020: „Ethik-Workshop“ to the dAIalog.at project (Vienna, Austria) [online format]

• 01.-02.10. 2019: „Robot Trustworthiness and Credibility – Transdisciplinary Workshop“, at JOANNEUM Robotics, Klagenfurt Austria (organized by Dr. Bernhard Dieber, Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Klagenfurt, Austria; Michael Funk, Philosophy of Media and Technology, University of Vienna, Austria; Franziska Babel, Johannes Kraus, Abt. Human Factors, Uni Ulm, Germany)

• 25.07.2019: „Haben wir die Roboter, die wir brauchen, und brauchen wir die Roboter, die wir haben?“ in Klagenfurt, Austria (one day workshop at the „Summer of Robots Vol. 3“ together with Dr. Bernhard Dieber at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

• 23.08.2018: „Nachdenken über Roboter: Ethik und Verantwortung“ in Klagenfurt, Austria (one day workshop at the „Summer of Robots Reloaded“ together with Dr. Bernhard Dieber at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

• 15.02.2018: „Yumi in Action! Ethics and Engineering as Transdisciplinary Robotics Performance“ to the conference „Robophilosophy 2018: Envisioning Robots in Society – Politics, Power, and Public Space“ in Vienna, Austria (organized by Michael Funk, Philosophy of Media and Technology, University of Vienna, Austria; Dr. Bernhard Dieber, Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Klagenfurt, Austria)

• 30.08.2017: „Roboter, welche wollen wir und welche wollen wir nicht?“ in Klagenfurt, Austria (one day workshop at the „Summer of Robots“ together with Dr. Bernhard Dieber at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

• 13.03.2017: „Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Technology“ in Vienna, Austria (organized by Univ.-Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh, Michael Funk, University of Vienna, Austria; Stefan Koller, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA)
  

• 11.11.2016: „Plants and Robots: New Directions in Relational Ethics“ in Vienna, Austria (organized and funded by the FWF research project “New Directions in Plant Ethics”: Univ.-Prof. Angela Kallhoff, Dr. Marcello Di Paola, MMag. Maria Schörgenhumer; the Chair of Philosophy of Media and Technology: Univ.-Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh, Dr. Janina Loh, Michael Funk, University of Vienna, Austria)

• 06.-07.06.2015: „Philosophische Fragen und Ethik des Umgangs mit Drohnen, UAVs und Kampfrobotern“ in Dresden, Germany (organized by Michael Funk, Silvio Leuteritz & Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Irrgang, TU Dresden, Germany)

• 12.-13.07.2014: „Philosophische Fragen und Ethik des Cyberwar“ in Dresden, Germany (organized by Michael Funk, Silvio Leuteritz & Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Irrgang, TU Dresden, Germany)

External Review

• Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie (annual)

• Ethics and Information Technology (journal)

• Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (journal)

• Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology (journal)

• Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (journal)