Klaus Kornwachs

Klaus Kornwachs (born 1947) studied physics, mathematics, and philosophy in Tübingen, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern, and Amherst (Mass., USA). After graduating in physics (1973), he received his doctorate in Freiburg (1976) and his habilitation in philosophy in Stuttgart (1987). From 1979 to 1992, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering in Stuttgart, as head of the department for qualification research and technology assessment. In 1991, he received the Research Award for...See more

Klaus Kornwachs (born 1947) studied physics, mathematics, and philosophy in Tübingen, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern, and Amherst (Mass., USA). After graduating in physics (1973), he received his doctorate in Freiburg (1976) and his habilitation in philosophy in Stuttgart (1987). From 1979 to 1992, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering in Stuttgart, as head of the department for qualification research and technology assessment. In 1991, he received the Research Award for Technical Communication from the Alcatel SEL Foundation. From 1992 to 2011, he held the Chair of Philosophy of Technology at BTU Cottbus. Visiting professorships and fellowships have taken him to Vienna, Budapest, Stuttgart, Dalian (China), and Stellenbosch (South Africa). He is a full member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). Klaus Kornwachs has been Honorary Professor at the University of Ulm since 1990 and Honorary Professor at the Intelligent Urbanization Co-Creation Center at Tongji University, Shanghai, since 2013. Klaus Kornwachs founded his "Office for Culture and Technology" in 2011. He is editor and author of numerous specialist books and publications (www.kornwachs.de). See less