Dr Christina Boshuijzen van Burken

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 Movement 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.