Matthias Kaiser is Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities(SVT) at the University of Bergen, and Prof. II at the NTNU in Trondheim, having studied at the universities of Munich, Oslo, Stanford and Frankfurt. His areas of expertise include: philosophy of science (Dr.phil.), ethics of science, food ethics, technology assessment and science-for-policy. He is an Affiliated Fellow at the Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland.