Biography

Wang Guoyu is a Professor at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, and Director of the CAST–FDU Institute of Technology Ethics for Human Future. She is a Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education's Changjiang Scholars Program, a recipient of the Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award, and receives the State Council Special Government Allowance. She was elected to the Academic Advisory Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 2024. She also serves as Chair of the National Steering Committee for Professional Degree Graduate Education in Applied Ethics, a member of the Medical Ethics Subcommittee of the National Ethics Committee, and a member of the Shanghai Expert Committee on AI Ethics and Governance. She was also selected as one of the “Best Teachers in My Eyes” by Fudan University undergraduate graduates in 2024.

Education and Career

Education

1980–1984: B.A., Department of Philosophy, Fudan University

1991–1997: M.A. in Philosophy and German Language and Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

 2005–2007: Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, Dalian University of Technology (joint training with the University of Stuttgart)

Career

November 2022 – Present: Director, Institute of Technology Ethics for Human Future

March 2016 – Present: Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University; Director of the Center for Biomedical  Ethics (from November 2016)

August 2005 – August 2008: Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Stuttgart, Germany

August 2002 – December 2017: Associate Professor, then Professor (from December 2007) and Doctoral Supervisor (from June 2008), School of Humanities, Dalian University of Technology. Concurrently served as Deputy Director, then Director of the EU Research Center and the Center for German Philosophy of Technology (December 2002 – August 2017); and Deputy Director of the Office of Scientific Research (March 2015 – August 2017).

August 2003 – October 2003: DAAD Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

July 2000 – October 2000: DAAD Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

January 1996 – July 2002: Lecturer, Dalian University of Foreign Languages; Director of the Institute for German-Speaking Countries’ Literature

July 1984 – September 1989: Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Fudan University

Academic Affiliations

Chair, National Steering Committee for Professional Degree Graduate Education in Applied Ethics

Member, Medical Ethics Subcommittee of the National Ethics Committee

Member, Supervisory Committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Vice Chair, Committee on Science and Technology Ethics for UN Consultative Affairs, China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

Vice Chair, Ethics Working Committee, Chinese Society for Cell Biology

Member, Shanghai Expert Committee on AI Ethics and Governance

Executive Director, Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature

Editor-in-Chief, Technoethics Inquiry

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Synthetic Biology Journal

Vice Chair, Academic Committee of Chinese Medical Ethics

Member, Academic Advisory Board, Jahrbuch der Technikphilosophie

Research Areas

Ethics of Science and Technology; Biomedical Ethics; AI Ethics; Environmental Ethics; German Philosophy of Technology.

Ongoing Research Projects

Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): Contemporary Bioethical Discourses from the Perspective of Practical Philosophy（2025）

Completed Research Projects

 Key Project under the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Precision Medicine): Ethical, Policy, and Regulatory Frameworks for Precision Medicine（2017-2020）

Project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Major Issues and Strategic Responses of Chinese Research Ethics in a Global Perspective（2018-2020）

Project of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ethical Issues and Social Governance of Big Data (2017–2019)

Emergency Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Governance of Research Ethics and Research Integrity (2018–2020)

Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): Ethical Issues in Advanced Technologies（2012-2018）

Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): Theoretical Foundations and Social Mechanisms of German Technology Ethics（2009-2012）

Project of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Ethical Issues in Digital Technology (Sub-project，2017-2019) 

Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Project: Ethical Issues of Brain–Computer Interfaces in the Context of Big Data (December 2023–December 2024)

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Professor, Changjiang Scholars Program

Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award

Third Prize, 9th Liaoning Provincial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences

Special Prize, 2025 Fudan University Teaching Achievement Award (First-ranked Recipient)

“Best Teacher in My Eyes” Award, selected by Fudan University undergraduates

Leader of the “Zhong Yang Style” Research Team, Fudan University

Leader of the “May Fourth Youth Medal” Team, Fudan University

Selected Publications

Books

AI Ethics – A Cross-Cultural Dialogue (Co-editor with C. Mitcham and A. Nordmann). Springer, 2026 (in press).

Energy Justice Across Borders (Co-editor with G. Bombaerts). Springer, 2019.

The Theory and Mechanism of Technical Ethics in Germany. Beijing: Science Press, October 2018.

Selected Articles

Zhou, J., Liu, Y., & Wang, G. (corresponding author) (2026). Virtual reality and agential moral enhancement. Ethics and Information Technology, 28(2), 20.

Zhou, J., Cao, Y., Ji, J., & Wang, G. (corresponding author) (2026). Enhancing the Teaching of Applied Ethics with Virtual Reality–Presented Thought Experiments. Teaching Philosophy, 49(1), 97-126.

Wang, G., Wang, W., Cao, Y., et al. (2025). Possibilities and challenges in the moral growth of large language models: a philosophical perspective. Ethics and Information Technology, 27(1), 9.

Wang, G. (2024). Ethics committees promote responsible research in China. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(7), 1226–1227.

Qu, J., Chen, Z., & Wang, G. (corresponding author). (2025). How Can Medical Artificial Intelligence Large Models Achieve Patient-Centered Care? (人工智能医疗大模型如何实现以患者为中心?) Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 41(9), 34–41.

Shi, J., Wang, G. (corresponding author), & Wang, Y. (2024). Artificial intelligence foundation model risk identification and governance model from the ESG perspective (ESG视角下人工智能大模型风险识别与治理模型). Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2024.

Yang, Y., & Wang, G. (corresponding author) (2024). “Identity Crisis” and Ethical Controversy in the Domain of Implantable Brain-Computer Interface (植入式脑机接口论域下的“同一性危机”与伦理争议). Philosophical Trends, 4, 80–89, 129.

Yang, Y., Shi, Y., & Wang, G. (corresponding author). (2024). Ethical challenges and countermeasures of human biobank (人类生物样本库面临的伦理挑战及应对). Scientia Sinica Vitae, 54(6), 976–986.

Wang, G. (2023). Sharing, shared responsibility and shared governance: The new challenges and solutions of precision medicine ethics (共享、共责与共治——精准医学伦理的新挑战与应对). Chinese Science Bulletin, 68(13), 1600–1603.

Wang, G. (2023). Three levels of ethical governance of science and technology (科技伦理治理的三重境界). Studies in Science of Science, 41(11), 1932–1937.

Wang, G., & Mei, H. (2021). Constructing Ethical Order of Digital World (构建数字化世界的伦理秩序). Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 36(11), 1278–1287.

Wang, G. (2021). “Big Issues” and “Small Issues” in the Philosophy of Technology: A Response to Carl Mitcham's “Suspicion” (技术哲学的“大问题”和“小问题”—对米切姆“怀疑”的回应). Philosophical Trends, 1, 29–32, 126.

Chen, C., & Wang, G. (corresponding author) (2022). Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics in China: A scoping review and implications for precision public health. China CDC Weekly.

Zhang, J., & Wang, G. (corresponding author). (2021). Public perceived knowledge of, attitude toward, and use of genetic testing in urban China. Journal of Genetic Counseling.

Ma, S., Wang, G. (corresponding author), et al. (2020). Prudently conduct the engineering and synthesis of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Systems and Synthetic Biology.