A N D R E A O W E ECOLOGICAL & SPACE ETHICIST | INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER
DETAILS P R O F I L E
Passionate and ambitious researcher in practical ethics and future studies, holding a M.Phil in Vinterbro/Oslo, Norway Development, Environment and Cultural Change, a BA in Fine Arts, and pursuing a Dr.philos. I am specialized within the four areas: ecological ethic, space ethics, AI ethics, and moral [email protected] enhancement. I research practical ethics as it applies to the socio-environmental crisis, global catastrophic and existential risk, human morality, the prospect of making life multiplanetary, and www.andreaowe.com how AI may benefit holistically in the world. Together, these areas make up my macrostrategic and Oct 18, 1989 Norwegian posthumanistic approach to studying the coming future.
LinkedIn I employ related disciplines such as neuroscience, moral science, environmental science, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, astrobiology, and neuro-, bio- and AI ethics. I have a distinct ability to process, analyze, and contextualize complex multidisciplinary data in relation to the bigger picture, and I am deeply excited by the challenges of operating in largely uncharted LINKS territory. Through associated projects, I have substantial experience in working independently, proactively, and internationally. Master's program Arne Næss Programme on Global By shedding an exploratory light upon the long-term future, I aim to identify, research, and provide Justice and the Environment novel insights to the macroscale and high-impact issues of our time, improving the long-term Culture, Ethics and Sustainability prospects for our terrestrial civilization, on Earth and beyond. Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
Space Generation Advisory Council E D U C A T I O N
Ethics & Human Rights PG M.Phil in Development, Environment and Cultural Change Space Governance Lab Centre for Development and the Environment, The University of Oslo | 2017 - 2019 Interplanetary Initiative
Effective Altruism Thesis: Environmental Ethics in Outer Space - A macrostrategic space journey through cosmism, posthumanism and moral enhancement IEEE Supervisor: Dr Nina Witoszek Commission: Dr Anthony Milligan (King’s College London) and Dr Martin Lee Müller (Rudolf Steiner University College) REFERENCES Grade: A Extent: 189p Selected Courses: FIL4390 Environmental Philosophy: A SUM4030 Environmental Humanities: A Dr Seth D. Baum Executive Director, Global Catastrophic Competence: Risk Institute Deep interdisciplinary understanding of the Anthropocene, the socio-environmental crisis, sustainability and Research Affiliate, Centre for the Study of development, particularly through political, philosophical, anthropological, socio-economic and cultural- Existential Risk, The University of Cambridge historic perspectives Substantial analytical skills and competence in interdisciplinary qualitative methodology Dr Milan M. Ćirković Specialization in environmental ethics, space ethics, and the method of macrostrategy Senior Research Associate, Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade Research Associate, The Future of Humanity Institute, The University of Oxford Supplementary Subjects Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Oslo | 2015 - 2017 Dr Nina Witoszek Research Professor, Centre for Development Social Anthropology, Social Geography, Environmental Literature, and Art History and the Environment, The University of Oslo Director, The Evolution Institute Bachelor of Fine Arts Dr Anthony Milligan Department of Fine Arts, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | 2012 - 2015 Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London Thesis: Nature – The In-Between: A one year expedition through art’s relation to and reality of nature Contact info available upon request Short-listed for best BA Thesis PUBLICATIONS C U R R E N T E M P L O Y M E N T
Space Perspectives in the Time of Covid-19 Andrea Owe - Ecological & Space Ethicist MEDIUM, The Startup, April 2020 Research Consultancy Practice in Future Studies | www.andreaowe.com | Jan 2020 - Present
The Ethical Dark Side of the New Space Age Conducting research with organizations, institutions, or businesses which aim to contribute to enable a socially Andrea Owe, Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty and environmentally fair, sustainable, safe, and meaningful future - across generations and species, on Earth and On behalf of The Interplanetary Initiative beyond. Space Advisory Pilot Project, Arizona State University Expertise: Skills: MEDIUM, The Startup, March 2020 ECOLOGICAL ETHICS Interdisciplinary Research & Analysis Developing human moral understanding and practice Qualitative Methodology Environmental Ethics in Outer Space towards an ethic which benefits the planetary life- Written and Oral Communication Master's Thesis, Reprosentralen, Macrostrategy University of Oslo, May 2019 system which we all depend on, to enable the flourishing of all instead of the few Creativity and Innovation Det Skjøre Korthuset Working in International Environments SPACE ETHICS Klassekampen daily newspaper, Independent Research Dec 2019 (Norwegian) Space expansionism as long-term sustainability and flourishing of terrestrial life beyond Earth
Will we have an IPCC Report from Mars in AI ETHICS Current Main Project: Anthropocentrism 2218? Environmental and socio-political perspectives on the The SUM Blog, Oct 2018 in AI Ethics development and implementation of AI in our society Client: Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, Næssland: Staten gjør oss gode MORAL ENHANCEMENT New York Pan Harvest Magazine, Nov 2018 How moral enhancement can help humankind Role: Project Lead (Norwegian) overcome global issues and enable a fairer, more environmentally sustainable, and meaningful future
IN PROGRESS P A S T E M P L O Y M E N T
A series of research papers connected to the research project: Researcher at the research group Culture, Ethics and Sustainability Anthropocentrism in AI Ethics Centre for Development and the Environment, The University of Oslo | 2018 - 2019 Andrea Owe, Seth D. Baum 2020 The Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment
The Ethics of Space Exploration: A Review Main tasks: Andrea Owe, Seth D. Baum, Milan M. Interdisciplinary academic research and analysis Ćirković Written communication and public speaking Elite interviews Beyond the Peak - Why degrowth could be the Organization of the Arne Næss Symposia best thing that happened to us (Book) Main research project: Homo Futurus. Presented at the Arne Næss Symposium 2018 and broadcasted at NRK2 Eirik Newth and Andrea Owe
I N T E R N S H I P S
Scientific Research Intern, GCRI Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, New York | July - Sept 2018
Main Supervisor: Dr Seth D. Baum, Executive Director, GCRI
Main tasks: Extensive literature review, academic writing, and professional networking
Result: Review paper on space ethics
P E E R - R E V I E W
Springer Nature Science and Engineering Ethics | 2020 OUTREACH V O L U N T A R Y A N D H O N O R A R Y P O S I T I O N S
UPCOMING Space Ethicist & Researcher, The Space Governance Lab Interplanetary Initiative Space Advisory Pilot Project, Arizona State University | Sept 2019 - ENHANCEMENT: COGNITIVE, MORAL AND MOOD; PART II Oral Presentation Dedicated legal clinic and advisory service to identify and address the future of space legal and policy The Center for the Study of Bioethics and The issues as they relate to industry, government, and academia. Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities of The University of Oxford Recent Project: Outreach Paper: The Ethical Dark Side of the New Space Age, MEDIUM Belgrade April 27-28, 2020 Andrea Owe, Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty (Postponed due to COVID-19) Researcher & Project Developer, Ethics & Human Rights Project Group Space Generation Advisory Council, European Space Policy Institute, Vienna | Sept 2019 - PAST EVENTS
Council to support the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM OSLO Virtual Presentation (due to COVID-19) Vision: To employ the creativity and vigour of youth in advancing humanity through the peaceful uses of "Space Ethics - Colonizing Space: space. Perspectives on Existential Risks and Project Group vision: To identify how space technology can best contribute to the realization of the Opportunities for Life on Earth" United Nation’s objectives on Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. At the same time, EA Norway May 14, 2020 the project group aims to be a platform for the diversity of peoples who make up the space sector in order to help shape its development to be representative of all humanity.
ROMKAPSEL Podcast Current Projects: (1) Survey on ethics and human rights in space and in the space sector, (2) Collating Expert guest as Space Ethicist an ethics and human rights in space resource compilation and build an online community platform Hosted by Eirik Newth and Nils Johan Halvorsen "Should we send bulldozers to Mars without thinking it through first?" (Norwegian) Member, IEEE Working Group on AI Governance Jan 3, 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Aug 2020 -
ABELS TÅRN NRKP2 AND The world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NORWAY Radio Show/Panel Debate Expert Guest as Space Ethicist Board Member, The Arne Næss Advisory Council "Mars Special" (Norwegian) Nov 29, 2018 Centre for Development and the Environment, The University of Oslo | 2018 - 2019
Think tank to plan, organize, and evaluate Arne Næss Council activities and annual symposia. VARIOUS RADIO APPEARANCES Expert Guest as Space Ethicist The council is part of the Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment. 2018, 2019, 2020 Recipient, The Arne Næss Research Grant THE ARNE NÆSS SYMPOSIUM 2018 Oral Presentation/TV Centre for Development and the Environment, The University of Oslo | 2018 - 2019 "Homo Futurus with a Thousand Faces" Young Researchers Challenge The Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment Gamle Festsal UiO/NRK2 Grant: 30 000 NOK (3000 USD) Oct, 2018
EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE Expedition Guide, Ambassador and Blogger, Fjelltid CONGRESS 2018 FjellTid.no, Norway | 2015 - 2018 Oral Presentation "The Anthropocene Goes Cosmic - A Post-dualistic Approach to the Future" Outdoors organisation, online platform, and social network, working to bring people interested in hiking Technical University of Berlin and outdoors life together, and provides various types of expeditions and group tours. Sept, 2018 Member, Effective Altruism DECOLONIZING MARS Interactive Session www.effectivealtruism.org | 2019 - "Extraterrestrial Settlements - The Risk of Human Existential Loneliness" An Unconference on Inclusion and Equity Member, The Planetary Society in Space Exploration. Part of the JustSpace Alliance. www.planetary.org | 2019 - The Kluge Center, The Library of Congress, Washington DC June, 2018 Member, WWF www.worldwildlife.org | 2010 -