Gregor Wolbring

Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Current positions

since 2008 Primary Position: Full Professor in Department of Community Health Sciences, Stream Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Assistant Professor 2008-2012, Associate Professor 2012-2021
since 2011 Fellow: Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa, Canada
since 2013 Visiting Professor of Ability Expectation and Ableism Studies American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN); Visiting Professor (Faculty of Medicine), USA
since 2014 Permanent ITAS fellow

Fields of work

  • Ability expectation and Ableism Studies (short Ability Studies)
  • Disability studies
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Technology assessment of social robotics, brain machine interfaces, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and human enhancement
  • Sustainability
  • STEM education
  • Energy, water, climate change policies
  • Aging well
  • Human security (food, water, ability...)
  • Peace studies
  • Determinants of health, global health, health technology assessment, law, care and policies
  • Bioethic issues
  • Sport

More about me at https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/node/3153 and about my research group (in Canada) at https://wolbring.wordpress.com/academic-life-of-my-students-the-wolbpack/.

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Professional background

1982 - 1989 Diploma in Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen and at the University College London, UK. Diploma 1989
1989 - 1992 PhD at University of Frankfurt a.M. and Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt a.M. , Germany; topic: protein kinase A and C and phosphatase 2A in bovine rod outer segments. Supervisors: Prof. Hartmut Michel and Dr. Neil Cook (both Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt a. M., Germany)
1992 - 1998 Post-Doc, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics; Supervisor: Prof. Schnetkamp
1998 - 2008 Research Associate University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics (topic: thalidomide)
1998 - 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary, Canada
2002 - 2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethic Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2005 - 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
since 2014 Member of scientific staff at ITAS

Publications with ITAS


2018
Other
Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part III: Perspectives, needs and opportunities
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/11162 
Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part II: Current and emerging technologies
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/567013 
Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part I: Regulatory, health and demographic aspects
2018. European Union (EU). doi:10.2861/364554 
2017
Presentations
Nierling, L.; Bratan, T.; Cas, J.; Hennen, L.; Maia, M.; Mordini, E.; Wolbring, G.
Assistive technologies - state of the art, regulation, perception and needs
2017. 360⁰-Envsioning Meeting, STOA, Bruxelles, B, January 31, 2017 
2016
Presentations
Nierling, L.; Mordini, E.; Maia, M. J. F.; Bratan, T.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Wolbring, G.; Hennen, L.
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, education and jobs
2016. STOA Panel Meeting, European Parliament, Strasbourg, Frankreich, 15.12.2016 
2015
Presentations
Maia, M. J. F.; Wolbring, G.
Complementarity between health technology assessment and parliamentary technology assessment
2015. 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015 
2009
Reports/Preprints
Coenen, C.; Schuijff, M.; Smits, M.; Klaassen, P.; Hennen, L.; Rader, M.; Wolbring, G.
Human enhancement. Study
2009. European Parliament