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Prof. Dr. Judith Simon appointed to the German Ethics Council

07/20/2018

Professor Dr. phil. Judith Simon is new member of the German Ethics Council.

In accordance with the proposal of the Federal Government, she was appointed to the German Ethics Council by the President of the German Bundestag, Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, with effect from 1 July 2018. She succeeds Professor Dr. Gabriele Meyer who left the German Ethics Council at her own request at the end of June 2018.

Judith Simon is a full professor for Ethics in Information Technologies at the University of Hamburg with a strong interdisciplinary and international experience. In August, she will participate for the first time in a council meeting.