Peter-Paul Verbeek

Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is professor of philosophy of technology and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Twente. From July 2013 - July 2015 he is president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. He is a member of the Dutch Council for the Humanities. Verbeek is an editor of Tijdschrift voor Filosofie and De Academische Boekengids, and a member of the editorial board of SATS. Journal for Northern Philosophy and of the scientific advisory board of Philosophy & Technology. Between April 2011 and April 2013 he was chairman of the ‘Young Academy’, which is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He also held the Socrates chair in the philosophy of human enhancement at Delft University of Technology (2009-2012), and was guest professor at Aarhus University, Denmark (2006).