publications

Selected publications and links to full lists.

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Selected Journal Articles

Schlicker, N., Baum, K., Uhde, A., Sterz, S., Hirsch, M.C., & Langer, M. (2025). How Do We Assess the Trustworthiness of AI? Introducing the Trustworthiness Assessment Model (TrAM). Computers in Human Behavior, 170. DOI

Langer, M., Baum, K., & Schlicker, N. (2024). Effective Human Oversight of AI-Based Systems: A Signal Detection Perspective. Minds and Machines, 35(1), 1–30. DOI

Biewer, S., Baum, K., Sterz, S., Hermanns, H., et al. (2024). Software Doping Analysis for Human Oversight. Formal Methods in System Design. DOI

Baum, K., & Sterz, S. (2022). Ethics for Nerds. The International Review of Information Ethics, 31(1). DOI

Baum, K., Mantel, S., Schmidt, E., & Speith, T. (2022). From Responsibility to Reason-Giving Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Philosophy & Technology, 35(1). DOI

Langer, M., Oster, D., Speith, T., Hermanns, H., Kästner, L., Schmidt, E., Sesing, A., & Baum, K. (2021). What Do We Want from Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)? – A Stakeholder Perspective. Artificial Intelligence, 296. DOI


Selected Conference Papers

Jahn, F., Muskalla, Y., Dargasz, L., Schramowski, P., & Baum, K. (2026). Breaking Up with Normatively Monolithic Agency with GRACE: A Reason-Based Neuro-Symbolic Architecture for Safe and Ethical AI Alignment. IASEAI 2026, Paris.

Baum, K., & Slavkovik, M. (2025). Aggregation Problems in Machine Ethics and AI Alignment. AIES 2025, Madrid. DOI

Steingrüber, A., & Baum, K. (2026). Justifications for Democratizing AI Alignment and Their Prospects. AISoLA 2025 Proceedings, Springer LNCS. DOI

Baum, K. (2026). Disentangling AI Alignment: A Structured Taxonomy Beyond Safety and Ethics. AISoLA 2024 Post-Proceedings, Springer LNCS. DOI

Sterz, S., Baum, K., Biewer, S., Hermanns, H., et al. (2024). On the Quest for Effectiveness in Human Oversight: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. FAccT 2024. DOI

Baum, K., Biewer, S., Hermanns, H., et al. (2025). Taming the AI Monster: Monitoring of Individual Fairness for Effective Human Oversight. SPIN 2024, Springer LNCS. DOI

Baum, K., Dargasz, L., Jahn, F., Gros, T.P., & Wolf, V. (2024). Acting for the Right Reasons: Creating Reason-Sensitive Artificial Moral Agents. FEAR Workshop @ iFM 2024. arXiv


Book Chapters

Baum, K. (2026). Utilitarismus und das Problem kollektiven Handelns. In V. Andrić & B. Gesang (Eds.), Handbuch Utilitarismus (pp. 163–176). J.B. Metzler. DOI

Baum, K., & Steffen, B. (2026). Let’s Talk AI with Philosophy and Computer Science Expert Kevin Baum. In B. Steffen, E.A. Lee, & B. Steffen (Eds.), Let’s Talk AI: Interdisciplinarity is a Must (pp. 104–112). Springer. DOI


Dissertation

Baum, K. (2024). Doing Wrong with Others – Multi-Agent Consequentialism as a Solution for the Collective Action Problem. TU Dortmund. (summa cum laude)