Mattis Jacobs

• Applied Ethics
• Political Philosophy
• Technology Assessment

Mattis Jacobs is a research associate at the chair of Ethics in Information Technology within the Department of Informatics. His research is mainly settled in the Information Governance Technologies project. Mattis has a background in Computer Science and Philosophy (B.A., University of Münster) as well as in Philosophy of Science and Knowledge (M.A., TU Berlin). Before coming to Hamburg, Mattis worked as a Research Assistant and Junior Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) in Berlin. Here, he participated in various TA projects for e.g. the Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) or the TA-Swiss concerning different aspects of the digitalization.

Journals:

Philosophy & Technology

Conferences:

ETHICOMP

Articles:

Jacobs, Mattis. 2020. “How Implicit Assumptions on the Nature of Trust Shape the Understanding of the Blockchain Technology.” Philosophy & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-020-00410-x.

Books:

Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy; Prieur, Yvonne; Hegyi, Stefan; Stockinger, Kurt; Eyyi, Gabriel; Evers-Wölk, Michaela; Jacobs, Mattis; Oertel, Britta; Becker, Heidrun (2018): Quantified Self - Schnittstelle zwischen Lifestyle und Medizin. Zürich: vdf (TA-Swiss, 67/2018). Available online at https://vdf.ch/quantified-self-schnittstelle-zwischen-lifestyle-und-medizin-e-book.html. ISBN: 978-3-7281-3892-7.

Thio, Sie Liong; Oertel, Britta; Jacobs, Mattis (2016): JuHdo. Junge Menschen und ihr Umgang mit ethischen, rechtlichen und sozialen Fragen der Leistungssteigerung durch Hirndoping. Berlin: IZT (IZT-Text, 1-2016). Available online at https://doi.org/10.2314/GBV:1017809461. ISBN: 978-3-941374-28-7.

Presentations:

"How Implicit Assumptions on the Nature of Trust Shape our Understanding of the Blockchain-Technology", 2nd Transatlantic Conference: Data and Ethics, Universität Wien, Klosterneuburg, AT, November 23rd, 2019.

"Blockchain’s New Trust Model", Hamburg Interdisciplinary Summer School: Privacy, Fair-
ness, and Transparency, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, DE, September 17th, 2019.

"Hardcoded Historical Entitlement? Embedded Values and the Concept of Ownership in the Blockchain Technology", Blockchain, Public Trust, Law & Governance, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL, November 30th, 2018.

"Ownership and Distributive Justice in Blockchain-based Value Transfers", Data Justice Conference, Cardiff-University, Cardiff, UK, May 22nd, 2018.

Panels:

"Global Citizenship and E-Identity", Emerging Technologies and the Future of Citizenship -- Cit-Tech International Workshop, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, GER, June 13th, 2018.