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Markus Christen

University of Zurich

research group leader at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine

Rämistrasse 71

Zürich, CH-8006

Switzerland

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Canvas White Paper 1 – Cybersecurity and Ethics

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 28 Dec 2017
Emad Yaghmaei, Ibo van de Poel, Markus Christen, Bert Gordijn, Nadine Kleine, Michele Loi, Gwenyth Morgan and Karsten Weber
Delft University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, University of Zurich, Dublin City University, OTH Regensburg, Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment (IST), Università di Milano, Dublin City University and OTH Regensburg, Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment (IST)
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Cybersecurity, Ethics, Health, Finance, National Security

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Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Big Data - A Comprehensive Overview

White Paper of the ELSI Task Force for the National Research Programme “Big Data” (NRP 75)
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 28 Apr 2022
Eleonora Viganò, Markus Christen, Bernice S. Elger, Marcello Ienca, Michele Loi, Christophe Schneble, Mira Burri, Christian Hauser and David Shaw
Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, University institute of Legal Medicine, EPFL, College of Humanities, Università di Milano, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Lucerne, Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship and University of Basel
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Big data, informed consent, data protection law, big data divide, digital sovereignty, health data, discrimination, big data research, big data in industry

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An Evaluation Schema for the Ethical Use of Autonomous Robotic Systems in Security Applications

University of Zurich Digital Society Initiative White Paper Series, no. 1
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 03 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2018
Markus Christen, Thomas Burri, Joseph Chapa, Raphael Salvi, Filippo Santoni de Sio and John Sullins
University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen, US Air Force Academy, ETH Zürich, Delft University of Technology and Sonoma State University
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Ethics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weapons Systems, Technology, Geneva, Certain Conventional Weapons Convention, Humanitarian Law, Philosophy, Risk Regulation

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Big Data and the Morality of Inclusion

Definitive (and shortened) version published in Italian as a book chapter in "Per cosa lottare. Le frontiere del progressismo", edited by Enrico Biale and Corrado Fumagalli, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milano, 2019 ISBN: 9788868353476
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2019
Michele Loi and Markus Christen
Università di Milano and University of Zurich
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big data, ethics, insurance, people analytics, human resources, solidarity

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Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Robotics in the Security Sector

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 26 Jul 2022
Thomas Burri and Markus Christen
University of St. Gallen and University of Zurich
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Ethics, robotics, robots, disaster relief, armed conflict, international humanitarian law, human rights, laws of war, autonomous robots, autonomous weapons systems, CCW

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Capable but Amoral? Comparing AI and Human Expert Collaboration in Ethical Decision Making

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 160: pp. 1–17, 2022
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Feb 2023
Suzanne Tolmeijer, Markus Christen, Serhiy Kandul, Markus Kneer and Abraham Bernstein
University of Zurich, University of Zurich, University of Zurich, University of Graz and University of Zurich - Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group
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Trust and Responsibility in Human-AI Interaction

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Nov 2025
Markus Kneer, Michele Loi and Markus Christen
University of Graz, Università di Milano and University of Zurich
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Trust, Reliance, Responsibility, Responsibility Gap, Retribution Gap, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Human-Robot Interaction

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Eight Recommendations for Ethical and Legal Assessments of Robotic Systems Interacting with Humans

Woodrow Barfield, Ugo Pagallo, and Yueh-Hsuan Weng (eds), Research Handbook on the Law, Regulation, and Policy of Human Robot Interaction, CUP, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 May 2023
Thomas Burri, Markus Christen, Juliane Beck and Daniel Trusilo
University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen and University of St. Gallen
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Meaningful Human Control, Robots, AI, International Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Ethics, Policy

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Implementations in Machine Ethics: A Survey

Suzanne Tolmeijer, Markus Kneer, Cristina Sarasua, Markus Christen, and Abraham Bernstein. 2020. Imple- mentations in Machine Ethics: A Survey. ACM Comput. Surv. 53, 6, Article 132 (December 2020), 38 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3419
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Feb 2023
Suzanne Tolmeijer, Markus Kneer, Cristina Sarasua, Markus Christen and Abraham Bernstein
University of Zurich, University of Graz, University of Zurich, University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group
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Insurance Discrimination and Fairness in Machine Learning: An Ethical Analysis

Michele Loi and Markus Christen, “Choosing How to Discriminate: Navigating Ethical Trade-Offs in Fair Algorithmic Design for the Insurance Sector,” Philosophy & Technology, March 13, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-021-00444-9.
Posted: 28 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 05 May 2021
Michele Loi and Markus Christen
Università di Milano and University of Zurich

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insurance, discrimination, big data, fairness in machine learning, ethics