Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Julian Nida-Rümelin

Member of bidt's Board of Directors, Professor emeritus of Philosophy and Political Theory | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich

Julian Nida-Rümelin is a member of the bidt board of directors. He studied philosophy, physics, mathematics and political science and is a professor emeritus of philosophy and political theory at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. His academic focus is on rationality theory, political philosophy and ethics. In 2018, Piper published his Plea for a Digital Humanism, written with Nathalie Weidenfeld, and in 2020 his opus magnum, A Theory of Practical Reason. He was Minister of State for Culture in the first Schröder cabinet, cultural advisor of the City of Munich and president of the Society for Analytic Philosophy and the German Society for Philosophy. He is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He has been an honorary professor at Humboldt University since 2001. In 2014, the University of Trieste awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2016 he was awarded the Europe Medal of the Bavarian State Government; in 2019, he received the Bavarian Order of Merit.

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Julian Nida-Rümelin in Bayern2-Diskussion über Transformation und Zukunft
Digital public sphere

Julian Nida-Rümelin in Bayern 2 discussion on dealing with digital transformation and AI

News
15 April 2025

Julian Nida-Rümelin discussed in the Bayern2 podcast “Echt und ehrlich! Reden übers Leben” with systems engineer Jasvin Bhasin about the skills we need now for a vibrant future.

Digital society

What is digital humanism — and what does it mean in times of generative AI?

News
10 December 2024

Julian Nida-Rümelin examines digital humanism in the age of AI, emphasising human reason and self-determination. Digital humanism promotes ethical software development and reflected technology consumption.

Nahaufnahme: Frauenhände machen Notizen auf Tablet und Papier

Thinking like a …

Event
5 March 2024

Content: Interdisciplinary work is hard: scientists from other disciplines have different problems, use different terminology, pursue different pathways to a solution and have different criteria for what makes a good solution.

bidt-Forschungsprojekt Digitaler Humanismus
Digital society

Digital humanism

Project

The project aims to contribute to ensuring that the process of digital transformation in Bavaria and Europe is aligned with human needs and ethical values in the spirit of the core ideas of humanist philosophy and practice.

Digital responsibility

Digital Humanism: “We do not create human beings – machines are our tools”

News
19 May 2023

Julian Nida-Rümelin and Klaus Staudacher explain in an interview what is behind the term digital humanism and why research can provide important impulses here around human-machine interaction.

Digital responsibility

WELT guest article: How ethically (un)problematic is ChatGPT?

News
23 January 2023

In a guest article in the WELT, Julian Nida-Rümelin and Dorothea Winter discuss how ethically (un)problematic the speech synthesis system ChatGPT is.

Digital responsibility

Ethics in agile software development (EDAP)

Project

The project aims to design a tool facilitating the creation of software systems, integrating ethical questions into the process of development.

Digital politics

On the relation of legislation and ethics in digitalisation

Project

The project undertook an ethical and legal assessment of legal policy projects in the field of digitalisation.

Digital responsibility

Philosophical Reflections on AI Responsibility: A Rejection of the Concept of the E-Person

Publication

Who is responsible if damage occurs through the use of artificial intelligence? Can machines take responsibility at all? This working paper aims to show that responsibility requires a degree of reason, freedom and autonomy…

Digital responsibility

Ethical deliberation for agile software processes: EDAP scheme

Publication

The increasing use of software in more and more areas of society makes it inevitable to talk about ethics in software development. This paper presents the EDAP (Ethical Deliberation for Agile Processes) scheme, a tool that…

Publications

  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Pretschner, Alexander (2023)

    Value-Sensitive Software Design: Ethical Development in Agile Development Process

    Contribution / chapter
    Werthner, Hannes; Ghezzi, Carlo; Kramer, Jeff; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Prem, Erich; Stanger, Allison, Introduction to Digital Humanism. A textbook., P. 339-358, Cham, Springer
    ISBN: 9783031453038
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45304-5
    Project: EDAP
  • Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Winter, Dorothea (2023)

    Humanism and Enlightenment

    Contribution / chapter
    Werthner, Hannes; Ghezzi, Carlo; Kramer, Jeff; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Prem, Erich; Stanger, Allison, Introduction to Digital Humanism. A textbook., P. 3-16, Cham, Springer
    ISBN: 9783031453038
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45304-5
    Project: DigHab
  • Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Staudacher, Klaus (2023)

    Philosophical Foundation of Digital Humanism

    Contribution / chapter
    Werthner, Hannes; Ghezzi, Carlo; Kramer, Jeff; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Prem, Erich; Stanger, Allison, Introduction to Digital Humanism. A textbook., P. 17-30, Cham, Springer
    ISBN: 9783031453038
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45304-5
    Project: DigHab
  • Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2022)

    Digitaler Humanismus

    Philosophische Aspekte künstlicher Intelligenz

    Contribution / chapter
    Chibanguza, Kuuya; Kuß, Christian; Steege, Hans, Intelligenz – Recht und Praxis automatistierter und autonomer Systeme, P. 27-40, Baden-Baden, Nomos
    Project: Sonstige
  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Pretschner, Alexander; Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2022)

    Empowered and embedded: ethics and agile processes

    Journal article
    Humanit Soc Sci Commun (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications), Volume: 9, Nr. 1
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01206-4
    Project: EDAP
  • Pretschner, Alexander; Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2021)

    Ethik in der agilen Software-Entwicklung

    Journal article
    Informatik Spektrum, Volume: 44, Nr. 5, P. 348-354
    DOI: 10.1007/s00287-021-01390-8
    Project: EDAP
  • Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin; Greger, Timo; Pretschner, Alexander; Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2021)

    Ethics in the Software Development Process: from Codes of Conduct to Ethical Deliberation

    Journal article
    Philos. Technol. (Philosophy & Technology), Volume: 34, Nr. 4, P. 1085-1108
    DOI: 10.1007/s13347-021-00451-w
    Project: EDAP
  • Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Staudacher, Klaus (2020)

    Philosophische Überlegungen zur Verantwortung von KI

    Grey literature / report
    bidt Working Paper
    Project: Rechtspolitik und Ethik
  • Bauer, Nikolaus; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Staudacher, Klaus (2020)

    Verantwortungsteilung zwischen Mensch und Maschine?

    Contribution / chapter
    Beck, Kusche et al., Digitalisierung
    Project: Rechtspolitik und Ethik
  • Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin; Pretschner, Alexander; Nida-Rümelin, Julian

    Ethische Deliberation für agile Softwareprozesse: EDAP-Schema

    Book (edited)
    bidt, bidt Working Paper
    Project: EDAP