Description: Michael Klenk is a philosopher working at the intersection of (meta-)ethics, epistemology, and moral psychology.
I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Delft University of Technology . My research is part of the ERC-funded Value Change project and the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies research programme, where I coordinate the Foundations & Synthesis research line. I strive to put my research insights into practice as a member of the EU's Meaningful and Ethical Communications project and through two institutes: The Delft Design for Values Institute and the Delft Digital Ethics Centre . If you want to get i
During the academic year 2019/20, I worked at the University of St Gallen and the Stanford Social Media Lab as a Niels Stensen Fellow . I obtained my PhD in Philosophy in June 2018 at Utrecht University , under the supervision of Herman Philipse. My thesis, Survival of Defeat - Evolution, Moral Objectivity, and Undercutting , was awarded the distinction 'cum laude', the highest possible distinction in the Netherlands.
Apart from my research, I am a columnist at 3Quarks Daily (visit my author page for an overview) and I enjoy organising and participating in outreach events (examples: Ethical Intelligence Podcast on Online Manipulation and DCT , Evolution and Moral Epistemology 2018 , Debunking and Disagreement 2017 , Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy 2017 , or Science Slam Stuttgart ).