Dr. Niina Zuber
Researcher, bidt
Dr. Niina Zuber is a Researcher at the bidt with a focus on ethics. She was previously a research consultant at Cognostics AG (start-up in the field of software development). She is engaged in the topics of application-oriented rationality theory, ethical software design and the normative conception of platforms for digital citizen participation. Before joining the bidt, she worked for many years at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and the Centre for Digitalisation Bavaria (Z.DB).
Ethics in agile software development
The project aims to design a tool facilitating the creation of software systems, integrating ethical questions into the process of development.
Facial recognition – A contribution to the discussion on the regulation of technology
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…
Ethical deliberation for agile software processes: EDAP scheme
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…
Codes of Ethics for Software Development: Why they are only of minor use
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…