ACP (Aldo) Houterman, MA

Biography

Aldo Houterman (1981) studied Philosophy (BA/MA) and Artificial Intelligence (BSc) at the University of Amsterdam and is an avid cyclist. After completing his studies, he worked as aresearch assistant at the Department of Psychiatry of the Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC), contributing to research on the phenomenology of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In addition, he worked as a freelance lecturer in Ethics and Philosophy at several institutions, including the University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science), VU University Amsterdam (Business Administration), Leiden University (Institute of Biology), and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (Institutes of Law and Human Movement Studies).

In 2019, he published his philosophical book for a general audience, Wij zijn ons lichaam: wat sport en beweging ons vertellen over menselijk gedrag (We Are Our Body: What Sport and Movement Tell Us About Human Behaviour, Amsterdam: Ambo|Anthos), exploring the philosophy of the body, sport, and movement. Following this publication, he was appointed as Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Philosophy at Amsterdam UMC and as Lecturer and Researcher in the Philosophy of Sport at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

He currently works at Erasmus School of Philosophy as a project manager and researcher in the project Our Sport is for Everyone (OSE), collaborating with sports federations and clubs to address discrimination in sport. His current research focuses on the ethics and philosophy of sport, philosophy of science (medicine, sport and human movement science) and philosophy of technology. Aldo also regularly delivers guest lectures for sports organizations, healthcare institutions, and educational organizations. Moreover, he organizes a bi-monthly philosophical café in Amsterdam’s Rijnbuurt, offering local residents an accessible forum for dialogue on everyday themes such as health, care, and ageing. His academic work has been published in internationally recognized journals including Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, and Environmental Philosophy.

Aldo serves as a member of the Ethics Committee for Dance (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science), where he advises the Ministry and the Dance Safety Alliance on the follow-up of the report Schaduwdansen. He is also a member of the Ethics Committee of the Dutch Association of Sports Medicine (Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, VSG). He is an editor at Wijsgerig Perspectief, reviewer and interviewer for the Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek, and peer reviewer for the academic journals Sport, Ethics and Philosophy and Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy.