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Dr. Miriam Leis
Researcher
/ Future Analyst / Futurist:
Sociology of
Technology and
Societal
Implications of Emerging Technologies
Short Bio:
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1976:
Birth in Seoul / South Korea (having lived in Germany, Great Britain,
Japan, Saipan and the Netherlands and visited more than 20
countries, languages: German (native); English (fluent); Japanese
(conversational); French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Arabic (basic).
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1996
- 2002: Study of political sciences and sociology at University
Konstanz / Germany
(with supplementary courses in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics
and philosophy)
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2002:
Master Thesis in political sciences about European human
embryonic stem cell legislation
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2003
- 2005: phD-thesis in sociology about robotics
in Germany and Japan
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2006
- 2008: Work as researcher and foresight analyst in Germany
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2008
- 2009: Work as researcher and foresight analyst in the Netherlands
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Interest Fields: |
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Societal
Implications of Nano- / Bio- / Information Technology and Artificial
Intelligence / Cognitive Sciences
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Societal Implications of Human Enhancement
Technologies (HET) |
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Medical Technology, biomedical
engineering,
"Cyborgology" |
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Vision Assessment and Future Studies |
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Non humans in social analysis |
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Biopolitics |
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Transhumanism |
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Planned Voluntary Activities 2009
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Organization
of Interdisciplinary Foresight Conference in Den Haag
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Academic workshop/conference contribution
about Human Enhancement Technologies (HET)
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Publication
of (popular scientific) book about Transhumanism (German)
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Voluntary
Activities 2008
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Educational
Video Projects (2003-2008, to be continued in 2009)
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Cooperation
on
a book about Transhumanism
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Clean
Energy
for Saipan
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Research
on "Hybrids
in Social Analysis"
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Maintenance
of the EmergingTechWatch RSS Feed () |
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Past Voluntary
Activities (2003 - 2007)
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"Techniklesekreis"
(Summer Semester 2006, University
Duisburg-Essen) |
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Introduction
and presentations about transhumanism (2006)
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Presentations
about "Vision Assessment" (2006)
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Presentations
at University Duisburg-Essen (2006) |
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Scenario
Project about the Future of Technology and Humanity (2006)
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Information
providing about robotics (2003 - 2005)
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Presentations
about robotic research in Germany and Japan (2003 - 2005)
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Biopolitics
Projects (2001 - 2002)
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Other Activities
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Assistance
and
research for the UN-Millennium
Project (State
of the Future Report)
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Professional Publications
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Maurits
Butter, Arjan Rensma, Joey van Boxsel, Sandy Kalisingh, Marian Schoone,
Miriam Leis, Gert Jan Gelderblom, Ger Cremers, Monique de Wilt, Willem
Kortekaas, Axel Thielmann, Kerstin Cuhls, Anna Sachinopoulou, Ilkka
Korhonen, European Commission, DG Information Society: Robotics in Healthcare (Final Report).
2008
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Contribution
to the "State
of the Future 2007" publication of the UN Millennium Project |
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Zeini,
S. / Malzahn, N. / Günther, A. / Leis, M.J.S
/ Tünte, M.:
„Techniknutzung und Technikgestaltung im
Spannungsfeld zwischen Präsenz und Distanz“. Shire, Karen/
Borchert,
Margret/
Hoppe, Ulrich (2007) (Hrsg.): „Jenseits von Virtualität:
Arbeiten
und
Lernen in
Projektnetzwerken. Entstehung, Kompetenzentwicklung und
informationstechnische
Lösungen“. Lohmar-Köln: Eul-Verlag. |
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Tünte,
M. / Urspruch, T. / Günther, A.
/ Leis, M.J.S:
„Entstehung und Organisation von
Projektnetzwerken“. Shire,
Karen/ Borchert, Margret/ Hoppe, Ulrich (2007) (Hrsg.): „Jenseits von
Virtualität: Arbeiten und Lernen in Projektnetzwerken. Entstehung,
Kompetenzentwicklung
und informationstechnische Lösungen“. Lohmar-Köln:
Eul-Verlag.
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Günther, A. / Malzahn, N. /
Urspruch, T.
/ Tünte, M. / Zeini, S. / Leis, M.J.S.:
Vermittlung
und Entwicklung von Kompetenzen. In: Shire,
Karen/ Borchert, Margret/ Hoppe, Ulrich
(2007) (Hrsg.): „Jenseits von Virtualität: Arbeiten und Lernen in
Projektnetzwerken. Entstehung, Kompetenzentwicklung und
informationstechnische
Lösungen“. Lohmar-Köln: Eul-Verlag.
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Leis, M.J.S 2006.
Robots
- Our Future Partners?! - A Sociologist's View from a German
and Japanese Perspective. .Marburg
:Techtum
(dissertation) |
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Research
assistance for: Immergut / Anderson (Eds.): The
Handbook of West European Pension Politics. Oxford University Press
2007. |
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For others ("Project2050") and
"non-professional" publications and presentations pls. click here
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Responsible
for content: Dr. Miriam Leis - contact - (c) 2005
- 2009 Miriam Leis
This
information is not intended to be used for commercial purposes.
Last update: January 2009
All picture
material is either created by Miriam Leis or from public
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