Christoph Lütge

Christoph Lütge is a business ethicist whose research addresses AI, robotics and automated driving. Born in Helmstedt, he studied philosophy and business informatics in Braunschweig, Göttingen and Paris, earned a philosophy doctorate in 1999, and completed a habilitation at LMU Munich in 2005. He took TUM's Chair in Business Ethics in 2010, published work on automated-driving ethics in 2017, coauthored AI and business ethics books in 2020–2021, and published a review of AI-enabled recruiting in 2022. He holds TUM's Chair in Business Ethics, directs its Institute for Ethics in AI, and in June 2026 discusses aligning AI with human values and doctoral research.

Now at: Technical University of Munich
Works: 215
Citations: 7,411
h-index: 24
Badges: Rising
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Timeline

1969–1999

Philosophy and business informatics

Born in Helmstedt in 1969, he completes A-levels at Gymnasium Anna-Sophianeum in Schöningen in 1989 and studies philosophy and business informatics in Braunschweig, Göttingen and Paris from 1990 to 1996. He earns a philosophy doctorate at TU Braunschweig in 1999.
1999–2010

Assistant professor at LMU

He serves as an assistant professor in philosophy at LMU Munich from 1999 to 2010 and completes his habilitation in philosophy there in 2005.
2007–2010

A Heisenberg Fellowship

The German Research Foundation awards him a Heisenberg Fellowship in 2007. He serves as acting professor of Management, Business Ethics and Social Change at Witten/Herdecke in 2007–2008 and of Philosophy at TU Braunschweig in 2008–2010.
2016–2017

Germany's automated driving ethics code

He serves on Germany's Ethics Commission on Automated and Connected Driving from 2016 to 2017 and publishes an article on the commission's ethics code in 2017.
2020–2021

Tokyo appointment and ethics books

At the University of Tokyo, he becomes a Distinguished Visiting Professor in 2020. He coauthors An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI (Springer, 2020) and Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2021).
2022

Ethics in AI recruiting

He publishes a review of ethics in AI-enabled recruiting and selection in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2022.
June 2026

TUM's business ethics and AI roles

He holds the Chair in Business Ethics at TUM, which he takes in 2010, and directs its Institute for Ethics in AI from 2019. In June 2026, he discusses aligning AI with human values and his support for doctoral researchers.

Career

Since 2010Technical University of MunichChair in Business Ethics, Director
2020University of TokyoDistinguished Visiting Professor
2016–2017Ethics Commission on Automated and Connected DrivingMember
2008–2010Technical University of BraunschweigActing professor of Philosophy
2007–2008Witten/Herdecke UniversityActing professor of Management, Business Ethics and Social Change
1999–2010LMU MunichAssistant professor in philosophy