Dr. Niina Zuber

Research Coordinator , bidt

Dr Niina Zuber is a research coordinator in the research area “State, Regulation and Infrastructure” at the bidt. As an ethicist, she deals with the challenges of ethical software design, requirements engineering and the question of how ethical principles can be methodically integrated into software development. A particular focus of her work is the interaction between software and democracy, in particular how digital technologies influence democratic processes and what ethical requirements arise from this for software development. She has explored these topics in depth as part of the bidt project “Ethics in agile software development”.

After studying philosophy, economics and sociology in Tübingen and at the University of Oregon, she completed her doctorate at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) on developing software ethically. Previously, she worked as a research consultant at Cognostics AG, a start-up in the field of software development. Before joining bidt, she was at the LMU Munich and worked at the Zentrum Digitalisierung Bayern (ZD.B) at the interface of culture and digital transformation.

Publications

  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan (2024)

    Vox Populi, Vox ChatGPT

    Large Language Models, Education and Democracy

    Journal article
    Project: EDAP
  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Nida-Rümelin, Julian; Pretschner, Alexander (2023)

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

    Contribution / chapter
    ISBN: 9783031453038
    Project: EDAP
  • Winter, Dorothea; Zuber, Niina (2023)

    Philosophisches Aperçu – Kulturvermittlung – cui bono?

    Journal article
    Project: EDAP
  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Pretschner, Alexander; Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2022)

    Empowered and embedded: ethics and agile processes

    Journal article
    Project: EDAP
  • Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin (2022)

    Software ist ein ganz besonderer Saft

    Grey literature / report
    https://badw.de/die-akademie/presse/zeitschrift-akademie-aktuell/einzelartikel-aa/detail/akademie-aktuell-jahrgang-2022-ausgabe-nr-77.html
    Project: EDAP
  • Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin; Gogoll, Jan (August 2021)

    Superhelden ohne Menschlichkeit?

    Für einen empathischen Umgang mit Menschen und einen sachlichen Blick für das Digitale

    Grey literature / report
    Project: EDAP
  • Pretschner, Alexander; Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan; Kacianka, Severin; Nida-Rümelin, Julian (2021)

    Ethik in der agilen Software-Entwicklung

    Journal article
    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
    Project: EDAP
  • Bauer, Nikolaus; Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina (2021)

    Gesichtserkennung

    Ein Diskussionsbeitrag zur Regulierung der Technologie

    Book
    https://www.bidt.digital/publikation/gesichtserkennung-ein-diskussionsbeitrag-zur-regulierung-der-technologie/
  • Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin; Pretschner, Alexander; Nida-Rümelin, Julian

    Ethische Deliberation für agile Softwareprozesse: EDAP-Schema

    Book (edited)
    Project: EDAP