Born in Moscow, Russia, in 1947. He studied electronic engineering and philosophy (Lomonosov University) in Moscow and received his doctoral degrees in 1975 („Methodology of Systems Engineering“) and in 1986 („Methodological Analysis of the Developm
...MoreBorn in Moscow, Russia, in 1947. He studied electronic engineering and philosophy (Lomonosov University) in Moscow and received his doctoral degrees in 1975 („Methodology of Systems Engineering“) and in 1986 („Methodological Analysis of the Development of the Theoretical Knowledge in the Modern Engineering Sciences“) in the Institute for Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). He founded in 1988 Research Group for Philosophy of Technology in this Institute and is currently a leading scientist there. At the same time he is scientific coordinator of the German-Russian Postgraduate College and the International Academy for Sustainable Development and Technologies at the University of Karlsruhe, from 1.08.2006 also as visiting scientist in the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. He was also in 1993-2000 managing coordinator of the international project for the environmental monitoring of the ecological dangerous objects and in 2001/2002 visiting professor at the economical faculty of the University of Bremen and in 2004/2005 in University Witten/Heideke. He is also from 2005 professor of the Moscow State Lomonosov University. He was published 250 articles and 12 books in Russian, German and English.
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