Henning Stahlschmidt lives in Essen, is a civil engineer and works as a project manager for one of Germany's largest wastewater associations. Out of enthusiasm for philosophy, he began his part-time studies at FernUniversität in Hagen in 2015, which he completed in 2020. He has been a member of the Arbeitskreis philosophierender Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler (APHIN) since 2017.