Aline Shakti FRANZKE

Education

• Utrecht University
  Master’s Degree in Applied Ethics
  
  University of Vienna
  Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Professional Appointments

Aline Shakti Franzke is a Research Associate of the NRW Graduate School Digital Society, located at the University of Duisburg Essen, Germany. Her PhD research is centered around ethical guidelines in public management. While obtaining her Master’s Degree in Applied Ethics at Utrecht University, Franzke used her final thesis project to explore the role of ethicists in advising governments in the era of big data. During her studies she also worked for the Utrecht Data School, where she developed the Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA), a deliberation tool that is widely used in a variety of contexts. Franzke obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, where she looked into ethical implications of social robots.  Aline Franzke is affiliated with the Datafied Society and STEEM (Centre for the Study of Technology, Emerging and Ethical Methods, Aarhus University), as well as being a part of the ethics committee for the Association for Internet Research (AoIR).

Research Areas

For most of her career, her focus has been on the intersection of philosophy, ethics and technology. More specifically, Computer Ethics and its practical implications in our society. She is fascinated by design's moral implications and how those choices shape our values. This has led her to pursue Data Ethics. Her interest in privacy, transparency, and responsibility matured throughout my Masters program. In addition, she had opportunities to learn about human rights, human dignity, and the morality of law and politics.