Michael Hoffmann
Professor
- School of Public Policy
- Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center
Overview
Dr. Michael Hoffmann is a Professor for Philosophy in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. He is the Director of the Reflect! Lab, Co-Director of ETHICx, the Ethics, Technology, and Human Interaction Center, and he directs the VIP Digital Deliberation. He is doing research in three areas. In political philosophy, he focuses on the question of how democratic institutions should be designed that strengthen democracy. In AI ethics, he works on participatory design for human well-being. And across multiple disciplines he develops methods and collaborative software tools to support deliberation, argumentation, and consensus-building, as well as instruments to assess the skills and dispositions needed for these activities.
For publications to download see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Hoffmann-5 and http://works.bepress.com/michael_hoffmann/.
- Dr. phil. habil., Philosophy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany, 2003
- PhD, Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians University
Distinctions:
- Gold Star Award in recognition of the highest level of accomplishment in research. Awarded 2011by Georgia Tech
Interests
- Argumentation Theory
- Computer Supported Argument Visualization
- Digital Humanities
- Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Wicked Problems
- Inequality and Social Justice
- Communication
- Conflicts
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Digital and Mixed Media
- Digital Communication
- Digital Humanities
- Education
- Emerging Technologies - Innovation
- Framing
- Higher Education: Teaching and Learning
- Intercultural Issues
- Interdisciplinary Learning and Partnering
- Problem-Based Learning
- Technology
- Wicked Problems
Courses
- LCC-6748: Social Justice & Design
- PHIL-2010: Intro Philosophy
- PHIL-2025: Philosophical Analysis
- PHIL-2698: Research Assistantship
- PHIL-3050: Political Philosophy
- PHIL-3127: Sci, Tech & Human Values
- PHIL-6000: Responsible Conduct-Res
- PST-1101: Philosophical Analysis
- PST-2020: Philosophical Analysis
- PST-3109: Ethics&Tech Profession
- PUBP-6001: Intro to Public Policy
- PUBP-6010: Ethic,Epistem&Public Pol
- PUBP-6748: Social Justice & Design
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Reflective Consensus Building on the Nation’s Largest Confederate Memorial. A Case Study
In: Social Science Quarterly v.102 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: April 2021