Researcher

Dr Christina Boshuijzen van Burken

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Professional ethics, History and philosophy of engineering and technology

Biography

Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken holds a PhD degree in ethics and philosophy of technology. Her dissertation was on the role of technology on moral decision making in military operations. She holds a BSc in Human Kinetic Engineering (The Hague University of Professional Education, 2002), a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (Eindhoven, Fontys University of Professional Education, 2004) and a MA in Christian Studies of Science and Society at the...view more

Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken holds a PhD degree in ethics and philosophy of technology. Her dissertation was on the role of technology on moral decision making in military operations. She holds a BSc in Human Kinetic Engineering (The Hague University of Professional Education, 2002), a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (Eindhoven, Fontys University of Professional Education, 2004) and a MA in Christian Studies of Science and Society at the Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit, faculty of Philosophy (2006). Christine currently works as senior researcher at University of New South Wales (UNSW) at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) based in Canberra, Australia. Her current research is on Value Sensitive Design of autonomous systems. She held research and teaching positions at Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, the Royal Military Academy in the Netherlands, Queensland University of Technology in Australia and Linnaeus University in Sweden. Her topics of research include ethics of military technology, ethics of humanitarian logistics for refugees, ethics and technology in the sharing economy, normative practices and reformational philosophy.  She worked several years in industry as a mechanical engineer and served as assistant director for the Dutch Research School for Philosophy from 2014-2018. 

Besides her academic work, Christine serves as a reserve soldier at the Royal Netherlands Reserve Army. She is married to Richard and they have three children.  

 

 

 


My Grants

Ethically aligned cyberbullying detection tool, SysCom Rapid Research Fund (2023, $23k, team grant)

Ethics of Battlefield AI, UNSW Canberra AI Hub Seed Funding ((2022/2023, $50k, team grant)

Socially and Ethically informed Engineering and Design (2021/2022, $23k, internal grant, together with Dr. Bianca Baggiarini; 2022/2023 $15k)  

Trusted Autonomous Systems DCRC - Ethics Uplift Program Fellowship (2022/2023, $250k) 


My Research Activities

In my current research I focus on Value Sensitive Design for autonomous weapon systems. This research is part of a large project in which Defence, industry and academics work together on a more ethical development of autonomous weapon systems.

Ph.D. scholarships of $35,000 (AUD) (per year) are available for high-achieving students (H1/High Distinction in their UG program and/or have completed a Masters by Research) with an interest in ethics of technology, values in autonomous systems, reformational philosophy, ethics of military systems in Defence, under Dr. Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken's supervision. Please contact me if you are interested.


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Ethics of Technology

Military Ethics

Value Sensitive Design

Reformational Philosophy

Engineering Ethics


Currently supervising

Rhiannon Nee-Salvador

Matthew Anderson

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