She holds a MSc in Health Sciences (Universiteit Maastricht) and an MA in Philosophy (Universiteit van Amsterdam). In 2000 she received a PhD in Philosophy from the Universiteit van Amsterdam for a dissertation on the role of philosophical and literary texts in normative judgments. From 2000 to 2003 she was a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, before coming to Twente. She is a member of the 3TU Centre of Excellence for Ethics and Technology. See also http://www.ethicsandtechnology.eu/people/boenink_marianne/