Dr. Christina Boshuijzen van Burken is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Systems & Computing at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. She earned her PhD in ethics and philosophy of technology, focusing her dissertation on the role of technology in moral decision-making in military operations. Her earlier degrees include a BSc in Human Movement Engineering from The Hague University of Professional Education in 2002, a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Fontys University of Professional Education in Eindhoven in 2004, and an MA in Christian Studies of Science and Society from the Faculty of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2006. She has held research and teaching positions at Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, the Royal Military Academy in the Netherlands, Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and Linnaeus University in Sweden. Previously, she worked as a mechanical engineer in industry and served as Assistant Director of the Dutch Research School for Philosophy from 2014 to 2018.

Dr. Boshuijzen van Burken's research specializations include the ethics of military technology, ethics of humanitarian logistics for refugees, ethics and technology in the sharing economy, normative practices, reformational philosophy, and Value Sensitive Design of autonomous systems, with a particular emphasis on autonomous weapon systems. She also serves as a Senior Research Associate in the School of Engineering & Technology at UNSW Canberra, contributing to projects on engineering ethics education, ethical frameworks for systems design, societal preferences for innovations, and moral aspects of AI systems. Notable publications feature book chapters such as 'A Philosophical Analysis of “Thinking Swarms”' (2025), 'Definitions, Sources and Categorisations for Thinking Swarms' (2025), 'Robots as Research and Drones as War' (2025), 'Aspirations for ethical education in engineering curricula envisioned through the quality lens of Goodlad's typology' (2024), 'Modern military operations: A normative practice approach to moral decision making' (2021), and 'Ethiek en Techniek' (2020). Her work advances ethical considerations in the design of trusted autonomous systems in defence contexts.

Professional Email: c.vanburken@adfa.edu.au