engagement

Teaching

Ethics for Nerds

Since 2015, I’ve co-developed and taught Ethics for Nerds, a course that brings philosophical ethics to computer science students — not as an afterthought, but as a core competency.

The course won the Hochschulperle des Jahres 2019 from the German Stifterverband, recognizing innovative approaches in higher education.

We’re currently developing an online version, “KI und Moral: Der Basiskurs”, for the KI Campus platform (publication expected 2026).

Recent & Upcoming Teaching

Summer Schools & Tutorials

• IJCAI 2024: “Machine Ethics: A Tutorial for Prospective Researchers” (with Marija Slavkovik & Louise Dennis)
• SICSS Saarbrücken 2025: “Ethical Reasoning in the Dark: How to Make Justifiable Decisions When You Don’t Know What’s Right”
• Europaeum Summer School 2025: “The Ethics of Humans in and on the Loops”
• IDESSAI 2024: Keynote on “Current Ethical Challenges of AI”

Policy & Advisory Work

I believe academic research on AI ethics should inform real-world governance. I’ve been fortunate to contribute to policy discussions at multiple levels:

Current Roles

• Expert Member, Ministerial Expert Network “AI in Saarland Education” (2026–2027)
• Advisory Member to the Saarländische Krebsgesellschaft e.V. (via Algoright)
• Ethics Advisor, DFKI Ethics Team (since 2023)
• Member, Ethical Review Board, Saarland Informatics Campus (since 2021)
• Member, Strategy Board, Saarland de:hub on AI (since 2024)

Past Roles

• Permanent Expert on Digital Ethics, Saarland State Parliament Enquête Commission on Digitalization (2020–2022)
• Member & Deputy Chairman, Commission for the Ethics of Security-Relevant Research, Saarland University (2019–2022)
• Ethics Advisor, EU Horizon 2020 project (undisclosed, 2018–2022)

Notable Engagements

• 2024: Member of the German delegation (Federal Minister Stark-Watzinger) to the UK-German Science, Innovation and Technology Dialogue, Imperial College London
• 2025–2026: Invited participant, IASEAI conferences at OECD Paris and UNESCO House
• 2025: Co-organizer, Dagstuhl Seminar 25272 “Challenges of Human Oversight”

Algoright e.V.

In 2018, I co-founded Algoright e.V., an interdisciplinary think tank for responsible digitalization. We focus on:

• Science communication: Making AI ethics accessible to the public
• Ethical consulting: Supporting organizations navigating AI governance
• Public events: Bridging research, policy, and civil society

Recent events include collaborations with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), and the first TEDxSaarbrücken (June 2025, co-organized with DFKI and I²SC).

Public Speaking (Selection)

I regularly give keynotes and talks for non-academic audiences. Recent examples:

For speaking inquiries: academia@kevinbaum.de

Media & Interviews

Selected publications:

• *F.A.Z. PRO Digitalwirtschaft (Oct 2025): “Wie menschliche Aufsicht über Künstliche Intelligenz gelingt” (with Johann Laux & Markus Langer)
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (March 2025): “Deutschland sollte sich bei KI sicher sein” (with Jonas Andrulis, Kristian Kersting, Sebastian Vollmer, Alexander von Mutius & Patrick Schramowski)
• VolkswagenStiftung IMPULSE (2022): “Sicherheitsrisiko KI”
• OPUS Kulturmagazin (2021): “Moral für Maschinen?”

Interviews:

• IM+io (Nov 2025): “Looking for Something Causal? Die versteckten Beziehungen der Daten” — on causality, bias, and responsible AI in practice
• Stiftung Demokratie Saarland (Aug 2025): Public interview on AI and philosophy

I’m happy to talk to journalists about AI ethics, trustworthy AI, or the philosophy of technology. Contact me via mail or through Algoright.