Person
Sebastian Bernhard
M.A.Address
Kackertstraße 9
52072 Aachen
Responsibilities
Sebastian is a Research Associate and Ph.D. candidate at the Research Group Gender and Diversity in Engineering (GDE), where his work mainly contributes to the conceptional framework of the gender perspective in the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence "Internet of Production". Furthermore, he contributes his perspective and insights to other DFG-funded projects on a national level, such as the "Cluster of Excellence "Fuel Science Center - FSC", SFB TRR 188 - "Subproject Equal Opportunities", as well as "SFB 1394 - Structural and Chemical Complexity" but also on an international level within the ENHANCE Alliance.
His Ph.D. project deals with gendered experiences within the so-called engineering culture through an interdisciplinary perspective of Experimental Philosophy, which synthesizes methods from Social Psychology and Social Science with Ethics. Through his work, he contributes to an inclusive and equitable development of engineering.
His research interests include Ethics (especially Discourse Ethics, Feminist Ethics, Climate Ethics and Animal Ethics), Social and Environmental Justice, Philosophy of Language (especially Ludwig Wittgenstein), Philosophy of Culture, Critical Theory (especially Theodor W. Adorno and Jürgen Habermas), Social Psychology (especially Dehumanization) and Sustainable Development from a philosophical perspective.
Career
Sebastian studied Philosophy and German Literary and Linguistic Studies at RWTH Aachen University and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. He is a research associate and Ph.D. student at the GDI, where his dissertation project is located within the Cluster of Excellence, funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation) and supervised by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carmen Leicht-Scholten and apl. Prof. Dr. Kellerwessel at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the RWTH Aachen.
Supervised Theses
Bachelor's Theses
- Engineering Education and Implementation of artificial intelligence using the example of ChatGPT - What do students think? (2023)
- Diversity in civil engineering – Diversity Management of companies in
comparison using the example of Germany and Sweden (2022)
Master's Theses
- Engineering Identity in international comparison – a comparative study between early career civil engineering students from Germany vs. Egypt (2022)
Teaching
Applied Ethics - Projekt "Leonardo" (since SoSe 2023)
Expanding Engineering Limits: Culture, Diversity and Gender – Lecture Part (since WS 21/22)
Winter School "Responsible Innovators of Tomorrow" (WS 22/23)
Presentations
2023
Bernhard, Sebastian (2023). Discourse Ethics in Times of Climate Change. Project Leonardo "Applied Ethics", Aachen, 06.06.2023.
Bernhard, Sebastian; Steuer-Dankert, Linda; Leicht-Scholten, Carmen (2023): About the Paradox of Sustainable Production. Transforming Consumption-Production Systems Toward Just and Sustainable Futures, Wageningen Campus, Netherlands, 07.07.2023.
Publications
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Sustainability in the Internet of Production: Interdisciplinary Opportunities and Challenges Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023) | Bernhard, Sebastian (Corresponding author) Pütz, Sebastian Röhl, Calvin Lucas Baier, Ralph Oliver Brauner, Philipp Christou, Ester Dammers, Hannah Flaig, Roman Gorißen, Leon Michel Heilinger, Jan-Christoph Hinke, Christian Rüdiger Koren, István Lüttgens, Dirk Millan, Michael Müller, Kai Bruno Schollemann, Alexander Vervier, Luisa Sophie Gries, Thomas Mertens, Alexander Nagel, Saskia K. Piller, Frank Thomas Schuh, Günther Ziefle, Martina Nitsch, Verena Leicht-Scholten, Carmen |
| Engineering Society: The Role Of Intersectional Gender And Diversity Studies For A Sustainable Transformation On The Case Of Interdisciplinary Engineering Education Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023) | Bosen, Jennifer Bernhard, Sebastian Fauster, Evamaria Decker, Marie Christin Lämmerhirt, Miriam Leicht-Scholten, Carmen |
| Human-Centered Work Design for the Internet of Production Contribution to a book (2023) | Baier, Ralph Oliver Brauner, Philipp Brillowski, Florian Sascha Dammers, Hannah Liehner, Gian Luca Valentin Pütz, Sebastian (Corresponding author) Bernhard, Sebastian Schollemann, Alexander Steuer-Dankert, Linda Vervier, Luisa Sophie Gries, Thomas Leicht-Scholten, Carmen Mertens, Alexander Nagel, Saskia K. Schuh, Günther Ziefle, Martina Nitsch, Verena |
| An Interdisciplinary View on Humane Interfaces for Digital Shadows in the Internet of Production Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2022) | Pütz, Sebastian (Corresponding author) Baier, Ralph Oliver Brauner, Philipp Brillowski, Florian Sascha Dammers, Hannah Liehner, Gian Luca Valentin Mertens, Alexander Rodemann, Niklas Schneider, Sebastian Schollemann, Alexander Steuer-Dankert, Linda Vervier, Luisa Sophie Gries, Thomas Leicht-Scholten, Carmen Nagel, Saskia K. Piller, Frank Thomas Schuh, Günther Ziefle, Martina Nitsch, Verena |
| Capability Configuration in Next Generation Manufacturing Contribution to a book (2022) | Hinke, Christian Rüdiger (Corresponding author) Vervier, Luisa Sophie Brauner, Philipp Schneider, Sebastian Steuer-Dankert, Linda Ziefle, Martina Leicht-Scholten, Carmen |
| Organization Routines in Next Generation Manufacturing Contribution to a book (2022) | Brauner, Philipp (Corresponding author) Vervier, Luisa Sophie Brillowski, Florian Sascha Dammers, Hannah Steuer-Dankert, Linda Schneider, Sebastian Baier, Ralph Oliver Ziefle, Martina Gries, Thomas Leicht-Scholten, Carmen Mertens, Alexander Nagel, Saskia K. |