Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Military Medicine and Humanitarian Healthcare

Bernhard Koch studied philosophy, logic and scientific theory in Munich and Vienna. In 2006, he received his doctorate in ancient philosophy. From 2007 to 2024, he was project manager, then long-time deputy director, and finally acting director of the Institute for Theology and Peace in Hamburg. He is an adjunct professor of theological ethics at the University of Freiburg and has held various teaching positions in Frankfurt and Hamburg. In 2025, he assumed a position at the Institute for Military Medical Ethics of the German Bundeswehr (InstWehrmedEthikBw) in Munich. In addition to general ethics, his research focusses on the ethics of ius in bello , technology ethics, and the ethics of AI.

David Winkler is director of the Center of Reference for Education on International Humanitarian Law and Ethics of the International Committee of Military Medicine. He is a medical doctor specializing in neurology, and holds a Ph.D. in neurobiology. Colonel Winkler is a staff officer in the Swiss Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate. He conducts clinical and academic work at the University Hospital Basel, and the Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Switzerland.