Dr. Johan Rochel Swiss/Italian – 15.09.1983 2 children (5 y. and 3 y.) ACADEMIC POSITIONS Postdoc Researcher Faculty of Law Uni. Zürich Lecturer “Ethics and Law of Robots” EPFL Lecturer “Legal Theory” Kalaidos Law School Associate Member Center for Ethics Uni. Zürich Member of the IEEE Committee “AI Synergies” __________________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC TRAINING Candidate Habilitation in Public International Law/Philosophy of Law 2016–now University of Zürich “The Foundation of Data Sciences” 2020 EPFL – professional education Doctoral dissertation in European Law/Philosophy of Law 2010–2014 University of Fribourg “Immigration to the EU: Challenging the Normative Foundations of the EU Immigration Regime” Sup. Prof. S. Besson (Fribourg) and Prof. N. Levrat (Geneva) – distinctions ; published by LGDJ Master in International and European Law 2009–2011 University of Berne - 90 ECTS Master Thesis “Migrating Europe – A Kantian Approach to the Free Movement of People” Sup. Prof. M. Oesch (European Law, Zürich) Master in Political and Economic Philosophy 2007–2009 University of Berne - 120 ECTS Master Thesis “Self-Determination for Peoples: A Model of Non-Domination” Sup. Prof. L. Meyer (Philosophy, Graz) and Prof. W. Kälin (International Law, Berne) Bachelor in Philosophy and Political Sciences 2004–2007 University of Lausanne and Zürich High School Diploma (Economics and Law); St-Maurice (VS) 1998–2003 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH STAY Cambridge University – Prof. Grosse Ruse-Khan 2018 (Summer) European Institute, Florence – Prof. Peter Drahos 2018 (Spring) Sapienza University, Rome – Prof. Alberta Fabbricotti 2017–2018 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome – Prof. Daniele Archibugi 2017–2018 Graduate Institute, Geneva – Prof. Joost Pauwelyn 2017 (Summer) Institute of Social Science, Tokyo – Prof. Junji Nagakawa 2017 (Spring) Doctoral School “The Foundations of European and International Law” 2010–2014 Researcher Center for Ethics, Zurich – Prof. Francis Cheneval 2010–2015 McGill University, Montreal – Prof. Arash Abizadeh 2012 (Spring) Dr. Johan Rochel, [email protected] – May 2020 GRANT / AWARD Project grant Social Media and Democracy – Initiative for Media Innovation 2020-2021 Fonds zur Förderung des akademischen Nachwuchs Zürich 2018–2020 Trophée de l’enseignement en éthique (Paris) 2017 “Borsisti 2017-2018” Swiss Institute Rome 2017 Swiss National Science Foundation: Early Post-doc Funding 2017–2018 Funding for PhD-publication Council of the University of Fribourg 2015 Swiss National Science Foundation: Founding for a PhD Thesis 2010–2014 Prize of the “Academic Society Valais” for the best master thesis 2012 Prize “Best Student Economics and Law 2003” – St-Maurice 2003 GRANT/PROJECT UNDER REVIEW Algorithmic Fairness – InnoSuisse (Consortium UZH ; ZHAW ; Industrie) 2020-2022 FairElection Tool – Call for project OpenData and Mercator Foundation 2020-2021 ____________________________________________________________________________ TEACHING EXPERIENCES (in English-German-French) Bachelor/Master “Ethics and Law of Robots” – BA ; EPFL Since 2019 Independent design of the seminar (2h/Term), teaching, supervision of papers and exams “Einführung in die Rechtsphilosophie ” – BA ; Kalaidos Law School Since 2020 Independent design of the course (blended), teaching, supervision of papers and exams “EU Law and Institutions ” – MA ; University of Zürich (replacement Prof. Oesch) 2020–2021 Independent design of the course (2h/Term), teaching, supervision of papers and exams “Political Philosophy and Legal Theory” – MAS; University of Zürich Since 2020 Independent design of the courses for MAS-Students (4 days), teaching, supervision of papers “Einführung in die Rechtsphilosophie” - BA; University of St-Gall 2015–2017 Independent design of the seminar (2h/Term), teaching, supervision of papers and exams “Philosophie pour les non-philosophes” – BA ; University of Fribourg 2014–2015 Independent design of the courses on applied ethics (1h/Term), teaching, supervision papers “Introduction to Social Philosophy” - BA ; University of Berne 2008 Independent design of the seminar (2h/Term), teaching, supervision of papers “Ethics for IT Engineers” – BA ; HES-SO Sierre Since 2019 Independent design of the of the courses for IT-students (1 day), teaching “Ethics for Life Science Engineers” – BA ; HES-SO Sion Since 2019 Independent design of the of the courses for Life-science-students (1 day), teaching Professional education “Weiterbildung Migrationsethik” - University of Zürich Since 2015 Independent design of the courses for professionals (3 days), teaching, team supervision “Weiterbildung Ethik, Digitalisierung, Innovation” - University of Zürich Since 2020 Independent design of the courses for professionals (3 days), teaching, team supervision “Data Ethics” – Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft Since 2019 Independent design of the of the courses for professionals (1 day), teaching “Innovation Ethics” – University of Luzern MAS in Philosophy Since 2019 Independent design of the of the courses for professionals (1 day), teaching Teaching Assistant for Advanced Studies in Applied Ethics - University of Zürich Since 2010 Independent design of the seminar sessions, teaching and supervisions of Master Thesis Dr. Johan Rochel, [email protected] – May 2020 Teaching: Introduction to ethics, ethics of human rights, ethics of economics political philosophy, environmental ethics Teaching CUSO Programme droit « Droit et philosophie » 2015–2016 Independent design of the course, teaching on methodological issues (with A. Zysset) “Atelier d’éthique de l’immigration” 2015–2017 Design of >100 interactive workshops for public and political decision-makers in DE and FR “Ethik Atelier” in Berufschulen/Ecole professionnelle/Gymnase Since 2014 Participative introduction to ethics with apprentices Expert/examiner EPAH 2010-2016 National Examination for Foreign Trade Exams (EPAH) REVIEWER Peer-reviewed Journal “Politics, Philosophy & Economics” Peer-reviewed Journal “International Journal of Law and Information Technology” Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) Peer-reviewed Journal “Revue philosophique de Louvain” MEMBERSHIP Société suisse de droit international IEEE – Committee “AI Synergies” Research Group on the Philosophy of AI LERU (with F. Cheneval) Association Notre droit Association suisse de politique étrangère ____________________________________________________________________________ NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS Founder and Co-Director “EthiX: Laboratoire d’éthique de l’innovation” Since 2018 Strategic, operational and thematic supervision Creation of new participation formats (Ethics and CivicTech) Management of budget of >400’000 CHF/year ; team of 6 people Member of the Ethical Pool “EMS Valais” Since 2018 Ethical expertise for hospitals and institutions for elderly people Elected representative “Constituante Valais” Since 2018 Member of the Commission on Fundamental Rights ____________________________________________________________________________ PAST EXPERIENCES Vice-president of the Swiss National Commission on Children and Youth 2012–2019 Elaboration of expert assessment on political issues related to the Commission Vice-president foraus – Think-Tank Forum Foreign Policy 2011–2017 Budget of >1’000’000 CHF ; team of 12 people; >1’000 members Representation of the think-tank with national and regional decisions-makers and medias Fundraising with foundations and family offices Founder and Project leader “Atelier d’éthique de la migration” 2015–2019 Strategic, operational and thematic supervision Management of budget of >200’000 CHF ; team of 3 people Conception, organization, facilitation of >100 participative ethics workshops in 3 languages Legal Officer (Swiss Refugee Council) 2014 Legal officer on Swiss asylum law Political Assistant (Fondation pour Genève) 2014 Concept for an interactive exhibition on the International Geneva Dr. Johan Rochel, [email protected] – May 2020 Parliamentary Assistant 2008–2012 Elaboration of Parliamentary documents, speeches and presentations Preparation of actual political issues and follow-up Scientific assistant at Humanrights.ch 2009–2010 Social worker in an asylum seekers’ center 2009 Journalist in different medias 2000–2010 Columnist at Le Temps (L’Hebdo) with own blog Since 2013 > 200 blog contributions on ethics, politics, culture ____________________________________________________________________________ LANGUAGES French Mother Tongue Deutsch Speaking (C2), Reading (C2), Writing (C2) (Schweizerdeutsch: C2) English Speaking (C2), Reading (C2), Writing (C2) Italian Speaking (B2), Reading (B2), Writing (B1) IT COMPETENCES InDesign Website creation (WordPress) SPORTS AND HOBBIES Sports Karate (black belt), Running (Istanbul Marathon), Moutainsski (Polyathlon 2006), Dance Lindy Hop Travels Trans-Siberian, China, Nepal, Tibet, South-East Asia, Japan Dr. Johan Rochel, [email protected] – May 2020 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES (May 2020) Three main research focuses – Law and Ethics of Innovation – Justice and International Law – Immigration Law, especially in the EU context Key objectives – Develop a methodological approach combining international law and political philosophy – Elaborate a theory of interpretation for legal values and principles – Address the legal theory and political philosophy of the EU 1. Monograph 1. Immigration to the EU: Challenging the Normative Foundations of the EU Immigration Regime Ed. Schulthess/LGDJ, June 2015 2. La Suisse