Prof. P.P.C.C. (Peter-Paul) Verbeek (1970) is Rector Magnificus and member of the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam.
Verbeek is also Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology in a Changing World at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focus on the relationship between humans and technology, viewed from an ethical perspective. Previously, he was distinuished professor of Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations at the University of Twente, honorary professor of Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University (Denmark), chairperson of the UNESCO World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology, vice chairperson of the board of the Rathenau Institute, and chairperson of the Commission for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences.