Chair

The CSS chair consists of a minimum of one and a maximum of three board members. The chair is elected by the General Assembly for three years and can be re-elected for a second term. The chair operates on a voluntary basis. Angelika Hilbeck & Stefan Wolf are co-chairs since 2025.

Dr. Angelika Hilbeck
Agroecologist, Leading Scientists and Lecturer, Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (emerita); board member of the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibilities (ENSSER)

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Angelika Hilbeck's work focuses on the environmental biosafety of genetically modified plants in ecosystems. Through her international work with the UN, governmental and non-governmental organisations, Hilbeck has become increasingly involved in broader issues of technology development (GE and digitialization) towards a democratically legitimated, sustainable global future and actively contributes to the debate on biosafety, international agriculture, hunger and poverty alleviation.


Selected recent publications:

  • Antoniou, M. N., Robinson, C., Castro, I., & Hilbeck, A. (2023). Agricultural GMOs and their associated pesticides: Misinformation, science, and evidence. Environmental Sciences Europe, 35(1), 76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00787-4
  • Chapela, I., & Hilbeck, A. (2023). GMOs and Human and Environmental Safety. In E. Valdés & J. A. Lecaros (Eds), Handbook of Bioethical Decisions. Volume I: Decisions at the Bench (pp. 737–761). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29451-8_39
  • Defarge, N., Otto, M., & Hilbeck, A. (2023). A Roundup herbicide causes high mortality and impairs development of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Science of The Total Environment, 865, 161158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161158
  • Hilbeck, A. (2024). Die eindimensionale Welt der Gentechnik – des Kaisers Kleider. Kultur Und Politik, 1, 4–9.
  • Hilbeck, A., Tisselli, E., Sibuga, K. P., Constantine, J., Shitindi, M. J., Kilasara, M., Churi, A. J., Sanga, C., Kihoma, L., Brush, G., Stambuli, F., Mjunguli, R., Burnier, B., Maro, J., Hamza, S., & Ndee, A. (2025). Synthesis of a 5-year agroecology research project in Tanzania. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 0(0), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2025.2544849
  • Seralini, G.-E., Jungers, G., Andersen, A., Antoniou, M., Aschner, M., Bacon, M.-H., Bertrand, M., Bohn, T., Bonfleur, M. L., Bücking, E., Defarge, N., Djemil, R., Domingo, J. L., Douzelet, J., Fagan, J., Fournier, T., Garcia, J. L. Y., Gil, S., Hervé-Gruyer, P., … Zhang, X. (2025). Scientists’ warning: We must change paradigm for a revolution in toxicology and world food supply. Environmental Sciences Europe, 37(1), 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-025-01217-3


Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolf
Quantum Information Scientist, Professor for informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano

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Stefan Wolf is a professor for Informatics at USI since 2011. He received a Dipl. Math. ETH, followed by a PhD in Computer Science from ETH Zurich. After a postdoc at McGill University, Montreal, he was Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo, Ontario, and Université de Montréal, Quebec. From 2005 to 2011, he was an SNF Professor for Quantum Information at ETH Zürich. His research domain lies in the fields of cryptography, information theory, and quantum information processing. In particular, he is interested in an efficient realization of provably secure cryptographic and other information-processing functionalities based on weak classical or quantum-physical primitives, as well as in the second law of thermodynamics and its meanings. Active in scientific taskforce against Swiss E-ID and for digital integrity. Co-host of Critical Natural Philosophy events at the facoltà indipendente di gandria.

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