Dr. Chelsea Haramia is a philosopher whose research takes root at the intersection of science, technology, values, and the environment. She is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Science and Thought at the University of Bonn in Germany, where she is working on a project titled Desirable Digitalization: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures. She also held a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Spring Hill College in the United States, as well as a short fellowship with the Academy of International Affairs NRW, where she received generous support for her project titled Global Planning for Post-Detection. She is also presently serving on the Management Committee for the European Cost Action Grant Futures-Oriented Governance of Outer Space. She is co-editor of the open-access journal 1000-Word Philosophy, and she is an international affiliate of the UK SETI Research Network's Post-Detection Hub. She earned a BA in philosophy from the University of Illinois, Chicago, as well as a Ph.D. in Philosophy and a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

Dr. Haramia is a trained ethicist and author of several articles and book chapters on the ethics of space exploration and astrobiology ethics, with notable contributions to debates in the ethics of SETI and METI in particular. She is currently writing a contracted book provisionally titled Ethics and Extraterrestrial Communication: The Moral Responsibilities of Cosmic Messengers and is developing a collaborative work in-progress on astrobioethics for a new era of planetary exploration. Additionally, her work and network allow various opportunities to speak and write about the social and environmental sustainability of technology and AI systems, including how they intersect with SETI searches and issues relating to the process of discoveries of extraterrestrial life and extraterrestrial technology.