Anne Siegetsleitner
University Professor

Academic career
- 10/2013 Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Innsbruck
- 2012 Habilitation and authorisation to teach philosophy, University of Salzburg (Habilitation thesis: Ethik und Moral im Wiener Kreis. Zur Geschichte eines engagierten Humanismus, Böhlau 2014)
- 2011 Visiting professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Vienna
- 2007–2011 FWF-Elise-Richter position at the University of Salzburg
- 2001–2005 DFG project on Schlick's ethics and head of the BMBF junior research group on dignity in genetic engineering at the Ethics Centre of the University of Jena
- 1999–2001 FWF project on the Internet and privacy at the University of Salzburg
- 1999–2001 1st degree (with honours) in law, University of Salzburg
- 04/1999 Doctorate in Philosophy (with honours), University of Salzburg (Dissertation: Rechte auf Privathiet: Begriff, Begründung und Relevanz für E-Mail im Internet)
- 01–06/1998 Teaching Assistant at the Philosophy Department of the University of California at Irvine, USA
- 07/1997 Degree in Philosophy (with honours), University of Salzburg
- 1996/1997 Federal scholarship holder at the Ethics Research Centre, University of Zurich
- 04–06/1993 Exchange student at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Fribourg
- 1987–03/1993 Mag. phil. in Philosophy, Psychology, Education and German Philology (LA) (with honours), University of Salzburg Thesis: Wissenschaftsfreiheit und die Singer-Debatte
Current lectures, publications and media contributions
- Siegetsleitner, Anne: "Josef Frank und der Wiener Kreis", in: Düchs, Martin/Prasser, Christian (ed.) 2025: Eine menschliche Moderne – Zum Menschenbild der Villa Beer von Josef Frank. Springer VS, Wiesvaden, pp. 345–363.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne (lecture): KI und Ethik in der Arbeit der Polizei. Fachtagung für Angehörige der Bayerischen Polizei: Künstliche Intelligenz und polizeiliche Anwendungen, 29.09.2025.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne (lecture): O. Neurath and F.A. Hayek: Ethics, Economics and Enlightened Politics. Workshop II: Adverse Allies: Logical Empiricism and Austrian Economics (23.–25.09.2025), Linz.
- Siegetsleitner Anne with a short statement on the topic "Recht auf Vergessenwerden im Internet". BR quer, 17.07.2025.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in a radio interview: Diskretion, nein danke – Wo bleibt die Privatsphäre? SWR Kultur Forum, 14.07.2025.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in an interview with David Rennert 2025: Rennert, David: "Von Menschen, Wölfen und dem guten Leben", in: upgrade 2025 (2), 9–12.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne (lecture): A heterodox tradition in analytic philosophy: Traces of the Vienna Circle. Towards the history of a heterodox tradition in analytic philosophy: transformative, humanistic, conversational, Cesano Maderno, 20.03.2025.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne; Fitsch, Magdalena: Achtung Liebe: Polyamorie im Diskurs. Philosophisches Café, Innsbruck, 12.03.2025.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne (lecture): Otto Neurath: The Vienna Circle meets Critical Theory. The 4th International Conference of the Slovenian Philosophical Society: The Divide Between Continental and Analytic Philosophy, 14.02.2025 (online).
- Siegetsleitner, Anne/Isbrandt, Cedric (ed.) 2025: Liebe in Zeiten von Liberalisierung und Digitalisierung, Innsbruck: innsbruck university press.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne (lecture): Epistemic Injustice and Gender-Biased AI. Jagellonian University Krakow, Krakow, 12.12.2024.
- Siegetsleitner, Annemarie: Faszination Cyborg. Akademikerhaus AKI, Zürich, 14.11.2024.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in a radio interview: Wieviel Sicherheit ist sicher? Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) from 27.09.2024.
Functions and memberships
- Head of the Department of Philosophy (2021–2025)
- Chairwoman of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (since 06/2025)
- Member of the University of Innsbruck's Senate (2022–2025)
- Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice (2021–2023)
- Substitute member of the Gene Technology Commission of the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (2020–2029)
- Substitute member of the Advisory Board for Quality Agreements at the Philosophical-Historical Faculty (2020–2024)
- President of the Austrian Society of Philosophy (2017–2021), since 2021 member of the presiding committee
- Deputy Chair of the Curriculum Commission of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016–2022)
- Member of the FWF-Kuratorium (Subject officer for philosophy/theology and cultural studies, term of office 2017–2020)
- Substitute member of the Senate of the University of Innsbruck (2014–2016)
- Co-editor of the Series Angewandte Ethik of the Karl Alber publishing company
- Editorial Board Member - Re:visit. Humanities & Medicine in Dialogue (since 2022)
- Further memberships: FSP Kulturelle Begegnungen - Kulturelle Konflikte, FZ Medical Humanities, DK Medizinrecht und Gesundheitswesen
Focuses in research and teaching
- General ethics: metaethics, history of ethics (ethics and morality in the Vienna Circle), possibilities of normative ethics, concept of norms, philosophy of the art of living
- Applied ethics: information and media ethics (including protection of privacy, AI), bioethics (genetic and reproductive technology, pregnancy, euthanasia, concept of dignity), ethics committees, feminist ethics, theoretical foundations of applied ethics
- Cultural and social philosophy: philosophy of love, gender relations, family forms, social philosophy of Bernard Bolzano and Karl R. Popper
- Philosophical anthropology: philosophy of age(ing), transhumanism
- Philosophy of politics and law: Hannah Arendt, concept of honour, democracy and religion, legal positivism, natural law, responsibility, Kant's law of marriage
- History of philosophy: logical empiricism, women philosophers
- Literature and philosophy
Latest and selected publications and media contributions
- Siegetsleitner Anne with a short statement on the topic "Recht auf Vergessenwerden im Internet". BR quer, 17.07.2025.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in a radio interview: Diskretion, nein danke – Wo bleibt die Privatsphäre? SWR Kultur Forum, 14.07.2025.
- Siegetsleitner Anne (interviewed) 2025: Rennert, David: "Von Menschen, Wölfen und dem guten Leben", in: upgrade 2025 (2), pp. 9–12.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne/Isbrandt, Cedric (eds.) 2025: Liebe in Zeiten von Liberalisierung und Digitalisierung. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne/Isbrandt, Cedric (2025): "Liebe in Zeiten von Liberalisierung und Digitalisierung – Einleitung", in: Siegetsleitner, Anne/Isbrandt, Cedric (ed.): Liebe in Zeiten von Liberalisierung und Digitalisierung. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press (IUP), pp. 7–13.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in dialogue: Wieviel Sicherheit ist sicher? Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) from September 27, 2024.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in an interview with Marian Kröll 2024: Marian Kröll Güteklasse (econ.nova). September 2, 2024.
- Siegetsleitner Anne in an interview 2024: "Trotz allen Fortschritts ist es nicht die KI, die Verantwortung trägt. Universitätsprofessorin Anne Siegetsleitner zu Fragen der Ethik in der Forschung", in: Haymon Verlag Magazin. February 23, 2024.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2023: "Review Essay: Carnap and the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 and 2", in: Cantù, P./Schiemer, G. (eds.): Logic, Epistemology, and Scientific Theories – From Peano to the Vienna Circle. Cham: Springer Nature (= Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 29), pp. 311–316.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2023: "Die Bedeutung der Ethik in einer zunehmend technisierten Medizin", in: Journal für Gynäkologische Endokrinologie/Österreich, vol. 33, pp. 142–146.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2023: "Die Reichen, die Gerechtigkeit und das Erben", in: Die Furche. September 21, 2023, p. 8.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2022: "Noncognitivism", in: Uebel, Th./Limbeck-Lilienau, Ch. (eds.): The Routledge Handbook of Logical Empiricism. Routledge, pp. 168–175.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2022: "Die Covid-19-Pandemie und Anerkennung", in: Vieweg, K./ Kodalle, K.-M/ Knoepffler, N. (eds.): Hegel, Krise und Corona – Hegels Aktualität für heutige Konflikte. Reihe Kritisches Jahrbuch der Philosophie 22, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, pp. 33–44.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2022: "Ethics and Morality in the Vienna Circle", in: Damböck C., Tuboly A.T. (eds.): The Socio-Ethical Dimension of Knowledge. Cham: Springer Nature (= Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 26), pp. 17–31.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne/Oberprantacher, Andreas/Frick, Marie-Luisa/Metschl, Ulrich (eds.) 2021: Crisis and Critique: Philosophical Analysis and Current Events. Proceedings of the 42nd International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium. DeGruyter
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2020: "Who Bears Moral Responsibility in the Case of Autonomous Artifical Intelligence?", in: Hengstschläger, M./Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (eds.): Digital Transformation and Ethics. Ecowin Publisher, pp. 118–133.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2020: “Jodl, Friedrich (1849–1914)”, Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2020: Notizen einer Philosophin im Ausnahmezustand. Hannah Arendt zum Gedenken, April 26, 2020. Beitrag zum Projekt "Das Triakontameron".
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2019: "Carnaps Autobiographie als Autobiographie", in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, vol. 67, iss. 2, pp. 236–250.
- Siegetsleitner, Anne 2017: “Philipp Frank on Relativity in Science and Morality”, in: Studies in East European Thought, vol. 69, iss. 3, pp. 215–225.
Complete list of publications, lectures, etc. from 2013 onwards (Forschungsleistungsdokumentation)
You can also find some of my publications here: https://philpapers.org/s/Siegetsleitner
- Telefon: +43 512 507 40204
- E-mail: anne.siegetsleitner@uibk.ac.at