About the Institute

The Institute for Ethics and History of Health in Society (IEHHS) examines ethical and historical perspectives on medicine in its clinical, scientific, social and political contexts. Our research and teaching focus on current issues relating to health, prevention and disease. We contribute to ethically and historically informed debate on norms and values in medicine, science, politics and the public sphere. International networking and interdisciplinary scientific cooperation are particularly important to us.

The main areas of our work are:

Public-Health-Ethik
Data-driven Health (Genomik, AI, digital health)
Ethics and justice in climate and health
Empirical bioethics
Health equity
Ethical, social and legal aspects of health apps
History and present state of biomedical technologies
Contemporary history of medicine
Ethical issues at the beginning and end of life
Responsibilities in science and medicine
Ethics and history of global health

Our research and teaching focus takes into account dimensions that include the clinical context, but also go beyond it. The connection to science, politics, society, and the global dimension is important to us. This orientation also fits in with the socially highly relevant research priorities of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ical Faculty of the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg, digitalisation and climate.
We work in an interdisciplinary manner (medicine, public health, history, ethics, sociology, gender studies, political science, law, etc.). Our work therefore connects the Faculty of 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine with the humanities and social sciences.
Active scientific and public relations activities are important to us. We regularly organise seminars and workshops (e.g. Ethics@Lunch) and are active in numerous networks and commissions (e.g. Ethics of AI in Healthcare, Academy for Ethics in 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine, European Association of Centres of 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ical Ethics, German Society for Public Health, Genomics England, German Human Genome-Phenome Archive, UK-FR Genomics and Ethics Network, WHO committees, editorial boards of journals, leadership of ethics working groups in the Academy for Ethics in 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine, the German Society for Public Health and the British Society for Genetic 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine).

We are research-oriented, involved in national and international collaborations, and strive to influence practice and policy with our work.
We work as a team and strive to create a supportive, career-promoting, friendly working atmosphere that also takes individual circumstances into account. If you are interested in our work, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Members include the IEHHS team and other researchers at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg who are involved in our work (see below). In line with this interdisciplinary and networked approach, the institute always welcomes new members from other medical departments and faculties.

IEHHS Team page

Cross-faculty members

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Sü?

Lehrstuhlinhaber

Neuere und Neueste Geschichte

Phone: +49 821 598 - 2496

Homepage:

Email: dietmar.suess@philhist.uni-augsburgphilhist.uni-augsburg.de ()

Prof. Dr. Josef Franz Lindner

Lehrstuhl für ?ffentl. Recht, 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏izinrecht und Rechtsphilosophie

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Phone: +49 (0)821 598-4970

Homepage:

Email: josef.lindner@jura.uni-augsburgjura.uni-augsburg.de ()

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Kubiciel

Lehrstuhlinhaber | Studiendekan | Gesch?ftsführender Direktor des Instituts für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael Kubiciel - Lehrstuhl für Deutsches, Europ?isches und Internationales Straf- und Strafprozessrecht, 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏izin- und Wirtschaftsstrafrecht