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.

+49 89 540 235 616
niina.zuber@bidt.digital
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Participations and Contributions
Publications
Participations and Contributions
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Re-Konfiguration von Kreativität durch generative KI in der Werbebranche V1
Digital work environment

Re-Configuring Creativity through generative AI in the Advertising Industry

Project

How does generative AI reshape creativity in advertising? The project explores its impact on creative work, professional identities, and the meaning of creativity – between innovation, efficiency, and human authorship.

Digital society

Franco-German dialogue: Is Artificial Intelligence Gender Biased? How Women Reshape AI

Event
13 May 2025

The French Embassy in Germany is organising a Franco-German dialogue on gender bias in AI with other partners such as bidt.

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 responsibility

Facial recognition – A contribution to the discussion on the regulation of technology

Publication

In passport control, to unlock mobile phones or to detect diseases – facial recognition has long been used successfully, but remains a controversial topic. What risks are named and does a technology have to be used just…

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…

Digital responsibility

Codes of Ethics for Software Development: Why they are only of minor use

Blog
17 September 2020

Codes of ethics in the context of software development lack practical applicability, as they cannot solve emerging conflicts of values. Our approach “Ethical Deliberation for Agile Software Processes” (EDAP) takes up ethical…

Publications

  • Zuber, Niina; Gogoll, Jan (2024)

    Vox Populi, Vox ChatGPT

    Large Language Models, Education and Democracy

    Journal article
    MDPI, Philosophies
    DOI: 10.3390/philosophies9010013
    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
    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
  • Winter, Dorothea; Zuber, Niina (2023)

    Philosophisches Aperçu – Kulturvermittlung – cui bono?

    Journal article
    STMWK, Aviso – Magazin für Kunst und Wissenschaft in Bayern. Kultur digital – Strategie, München
    Project: EDAP
  • 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
  • Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina; Kacianka, Severin (2022)

    Software ist ein ganz besonderer Saft

    Grey literature / report
    Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademie Aktuell, P. 33-34, München
    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
    pflegen: Palliativ, Nr. 51
    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
  • Bauer, Nikolaus; Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina (2021)

    Gesichtserkennung

    Ein Diskussionsbeitrag zur Regulierung der Technologie

    Book
    bidt, bidt Analysen und Studien, Nr. 6
    https://www.bidt.digital/publikation/gesichtserkennung-ein-diskussionsbeitrag-zur-regulierung-der-technologie/
    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