Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
Humanities, Physical sciences
Philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, practical ethics
Decision-making under risky or uncertain conditions
Decision theory
Interpretation of probabilities
Philosophy of physics
Member of the Junge Akademie (academy of young scientists), a joint project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, since 2009
Distinguished Young Scientist, InterAcademy Panel Conference of Young Leaders at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, China, September 2009
Ingrid zu Solms Prize in the natural sciences from the Ingrid zu Solms Foundation, 2008
Doctoral fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2006
Doctoral fellowship from the University of Münster, Germany, 2006
Two research fellowships from the French research society, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 2005 and 2006
Lilli Bechmann-Rahn Prize (awarded each year for a doctoral dissertation from one of the three faculties of humanities), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 2005
Dr Heinz Dürr Fellowship, Zeiss Foundation and the German National Academic Foundation (3 fellowships are awarded each year to graduates from any faculty), 2005
German National Academic Foundation, fellowship and named Fellow, 2002 – 2005
Conference scholarship to attend the 47th meeting of the Nobel Laureates, Lindau, Germany, 1997
Oskar-Karl Foster Scholarship, 1993/1994
English, French, German
Hillerbrand, R.: Technik, Ethik und Ökologie. Ein normativ-ethischer Grundlagendiskurs über den Umgang mit Wissenschaft, Technik und Umwelt, mit einem Vorwort von D. Birnbacher, Mentis: Paderborn, 2005, ISBN: 978-3-89785-436-9.
Hillerbrand, R.: On non-propositional aspects in modeling complex systems. Limits of assessing the uncertainty of climate predictions, erscheint bei Analyse und Kritik.
Hillerbrand, R.: Epistemic Uncertainties in Climate Predictions. A Challenge for Practical Decision Making, in: Intergenerational Justice Review 3, 2009. S. 94-100.
Hillerbrand, R., Ghil, M.: Anthropogenic climate change: Scientific uncertainties and moral dilemmas, in: Physica D 237, 2008. S. 2132-2138.
Hillerbrand, R.: Stochastic suspensions of heavy particles, in: Physica D 237, 2008. S. 2037-2050.
Bec, J., Cencini, M., Hillerbrand, R.: Clustering of heavy particles in random self-similar flow, in: Physical Review E 75, 025301(R), 4 pages, 2007.
Bec, J., Cencini, M., Hillerbrand, R.: Heavy particles in incompressible flows: the large Stokes number asymptotics, in: Physica D 226, 2007. S. 11-22.
Hillerbrand, R.: Renormalized perturbation theory for Lagrangian turbulence, in: Peinke, J. et al. (Hg.), Progress in Turbulence, Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2005. S. 87-90.
Hillerbrand, R.: Einheit in der Vielheit oder: Warum der Kreationismus keine wissenschaftliche Alternative zur Evolutionstheorie bietet, in: Kolmer, P., Gott und Natur. Neuer Streit um die Evolutionstheorie. Kritische Beiträge, im Erscheinen.
Ethics of technology
Ethics for energy technology
Modelling in the sciences
Philosophy of simulation
Scientific reductionism
Capability Approach
Reviewer for Climatic Change and Science and Engineering Ethics
Speaker for the Junge Akademie (academy of young scientists), a joint project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and member of the executive committee, since 2010
Student liaison for the German National Academic Foundation and assisting in selection seminars, since 2010
Member of the HumTec steering committee, since 2009
Member of IESP (International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation), since 2008
Member of the advisory board of the Lifeboat Foundation, since 2008
Member of the review board for research funding (final selection board), The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, since 2007
Member of the selection committee for a Research Fellow, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, 2007
Member of the physics department advisory board, University of Münster, Germany, 2006
Member of the search committee for a professor of applied physics, University of Münster, 2006
Equal opportunity representative for the physics department, University of Münster, 2004 – 2006
Elected member of the physics department advisory board, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 1998 and 1999
Member of physics department student association, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 1995 – 1999
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Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
Humanities, Archaeological Prehistory, Paleovegetation and paleolandscape reconstruction, use of plant resources by past populations, plant diet, fossil plant microremains (phytoliths)
Humanities, Prehistoric archaeology
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences, Environmental virology, Molecular and structural biology, biochemistry
Rafaela Hillerbrand discusses her field of technology ethics, her impressions of the German Ethics Commission on a Safe Energy Supply, academic neutrality and the plan to include technology ethics into the engineering curriculum. Hillerbrand is a junior professor for philosophy at the RWTH Aachen and head of the interdisciplinary research group Ethics for Energy Technology (HumTec).