Medical Ethics

Research focuses

• Biological and medical ethics
• Technical philosophy and digital ethics
• Risk and action theory
• Organisational ethics

GamKi ELSA HUB

As part of the BMBF funding line “Interactive and gamification-based technologies for promoting mental health in childhood (GamKi),” GamKi ELSA HUB is testing and evaluating the embedded ethics approach. Embedded ethics promotes the exchange of ethical and normative issues between project participants during the development of digital interventions to accompany and support psychotherapy with children and adolescents.
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration: 2025–2028
Cooperation: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Rapp
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch, Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide

COLIBRI (Concepts of the Good Life in rural Brandenburg and their implications for health research)

The COLIBRI study aims to qualitatively assess the ideas of middle-aged people (45 to 59 years) about the good life in terms of nutrition, health, and exercise, taking into account the special living conditions in rural areas. Stakeholders from various areas of rural life will be involved, and the possibilities and limitations of digital tools for lifestyle changes will be reflected upon in a participatory manner.
Funding: Potential area of exercise, nutrition, health
Duration: 2025–2027
Cooperation: Prof. Dr. Notger Müller
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch, Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide

Science communication for young medical ethicists (Wiko-ME)

In collaboration with communication experts and journalists, a series of events will provide experience and practical guidance on communicating medical ethics knowledge. What constitutes good science communication is not only a question of craftsmanship, but also has ethical dimensions. Therefore, the dual challenge of responsible communication on ethical issues will also be addressed.
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) & the Ministry of Science of Baden-Württemberg as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the States.
Duration: 2022
Cooperation: Dr. Frank Ursin (Hannover Medical School); Dr. Julia Diekämper (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin); in collaboration with the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, and the Network for Young Medical Ethics (JMED)
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Ethics Guidelines for Socially Assistive Robots in Elderly Care: An Empirical-Participatory Approach (E-cARE)

This empirical, value-reflective research project examines the conditions for the responsible use of robotics in the care of older people. To this end, the use of robotic systems in a care setting is evaluated against the backdrop of selected ethical aspects, and guidelines for future use are developed using participatory approaches. This will generate guidance on the question of in which areas and in what ways it may be responsible or necessary to supplement or even replace care work with technological means.
Funding: Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Duration: 2022–2024
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch, Dr. Corinna Klingler

Digital Medical Ethics Network (DiMEN)

In view of the new opportunities and risks posed by the digitization of medicine, DiMEN aims to strengthen medical ethics through various measures in teaching, research, and consulting. The structural project rests on three pillars: 1) the development of a curriculum on digital medical ethics for medical and computer science education, among other things; 2) the establishment of a research hub for basic research, networking, and the qualification of scientists; and 3) the testing and establishment of digital ethics counseling services.
Funding: Volkswagen Foundation
Duration: 2022–2027
Cooperation: Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Ethics of Participation in Health Research and Biopolitics (E-Part)

The symposium at the Volkswagen Foundation’s “Science Ethics” theme week will address the question of ethics of participation in the contexts of health research and biopolitics. In particular, it will focus on the fields of application of artificial intelligence and human genetics. In addition to fundamental work on science ethics, the event will also develop concrete recommendations for action. The symposium will take place from November 2 to 4, 2022, at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover.
Funding: Volkswagen Foundation
Duration: 2022–2023
Contact: Dr. Corinna Klingler / Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Ethical, legal, and social aspects of human cerebral organoids and governance (ELSA ZORG)

Brain organoids are small, three-dimensional cell structures generated from stem cells that resemble parts of the brain. They offer researchers unique access to human brain tissue, which is used in particular as a model for studying brain development and diseases. During a week-long retreat at Hohentübingen Castle, the ethical, legal, and social aspects of brain organoid research and application will be explored. With the participation of ten international experts and fifteen young scientists, the focus will be on discussing questions of appropriate regulation of organoid research.
Duration: 2022–2023
Cooperation: Dr. Gardar Arnason (PI), Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Symptom checker based on artificial intelligence (Check.App)

The joint project Check-App examines ethical, legal, and social aspects of the digitization of medicine using the example of symptom checker apps (SCAs). These applications can support users in making diagnoses and provide recommendations for further action. The research project evaluates the effects of using SCAs at the individual, organizational, and systemic levels.
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: 2020-2023
Cooperation: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Joos (PI), University Hospital Tübingen, Institute for General and Interprofessional Care; Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen; Prof. Dr. Tanja Henking, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt.
Further information: https://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/das-klinikum/einrichtungen/institute/ethik-und-geschichte-der-medizin/forschung/symptom-checker-apps-auf-basis-knstlicher-intelligenz
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Foresight Genome Editing (ForGE)

The ForesightGE project is part of the “Ethics of Genome Editing” research center, which investigates current developments in genome editing technologies and explores future developments. The focus is on analyzing new fields of application for genome editing and the corresponding ethical aspects. In addition, related regulatory issues of governance will be addressed.
Funding: Hans Gottschalk Foundation
Duration: 2021–2024
Cooperation: Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Research Center for the Ethics of Genome Editing (EGE)

The Ethics of Genome Editing (EGE) research center investigates ethical issues surrounding genome editing in medicine. As a unique institution in Germany, it documents technical developments in the life sciences over a longer period of time, as well as how these developments are processed and communicated to the public. The aim of the EGE is to identify ethical, legal, and social challenges of genome editing, to reflect on normative issues in an institutionalized form, and thus to provide the scientific basis for a transdisciplinary dialogue.
Funding: Dr. Kurt and Irmgard Meister Foundation
Duration: Phase 1 (2017-2020); Phase 2 (2020-2022)
Cooperation: Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Further information: https://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/das-klinikum/einrichtungen/institute/ethik-und-geschichte-der-medizin/forschung/forschungsstelle-ethik-der-genom-editierung-ege
Contact: Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch

Selected publications of the junior professorship. Further publications can be found on the team’s websites.

2025

• Klingler, C., Pichl, A., & Ranisch, R. (Hrsg.). (2025). Ethik der Partizipation: Theorie und Praxis aus Gesundheitsforschung, Digitalisierung und Genetik. transcript.

2024

• Ranisch, R., & Haltaufderheide. (2024). Ethik in der datenintensiven medizinischen Forschung. Ethik in der Medizin (Sonderheft).
• Preiser, C., Radionova, N., Ög, E., Koch, R., Joos, S., Rieger, M. A., Klemmt, M., Müller, R., & Ranisch, R. (2024). The doctors, their patients, and the symptom checker app. A qualitative interview study with general practitioners in Germany. JMIR Hum Factors.
• Haltaufderheide, J., & Ranisch, R. (2024). The ethics of ChatGPT in medicine and healthcare: A systematic review on Large Language Models (LLMs). Npj Digital Medicine, 7(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01157-x
• Ursin, F., Müller, R., Funer, F., Liedtke, W., Renz, D., Wiertz, S., & Ranisch, R. (2024). Non-empirical methods for ethics research on digital technologies in medicine, health care and public health: A systematic journal review. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-024-10222-x
• Ranisch, R. (2024). Scapegoat-in-the-Loop? Human Control over Medical AI and the (Mis)Attribution of Responsibility. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(9), 116–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2377137
• Bubeck, M., Haltaufderheide, J., Sakowsky, R., & Ranisch, R. (Hrsg.). (2024). Erklärung Potsdamer Bürgerinnen und Bürger zur Robotik in der Altenpflege. Fakultät  für Gesundheitswissenschaften Brandenburg, Universität Potsdam. https://zenodo.org/records/12927458
• Haltaufderheide, J., & Ranisch, R. (2024). Nicht ganz krank, nicht ganz frei? Disease Interception und die ethischen Implikationen technisch produzierter Entscheidungsräume. In L. Wiese, A. Diehl, & S. Huster (Hrsg.), Disease Interception als Chance und Herausforderung (S. 93–110). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748940920-93
• Müller, R., Klemmt, M., Koch, R., Ehni, H.-J., Henking, T., Langmann, E., Wiesing, U., & Ranisch, R. (2024). “That’s just Future Medicine”—A qualitative study on users’ experiences of symptom checker apps. BMC Medical Ethics, 25(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01011-5
• Ranisch, R., & Haltaufderheide, J. (2024). Verantwortungslose Maschinen? Digitalethische Herausforderung autonomer System in der Medizin. In L. Hering & G. Buchholtz (Hrsg.), Digital Health – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Digitalisierung des Gesundheitswesens. Duncker & Humblot.
• Wetzel, A.-J., Koch, R., Koch, N., Klemmt, M., Müller, R., Preiser, C., Rieger, M., Rösel, I., Ranisch, R., Ehni, H.-J., & Joos, S. (2024). ‘Better see a doctor?’ Status quo of symptom checker apps in Germany: A cross-sectional survey with a mixed-methods design (CHECK.APP). DIGITAL HEALTH, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241231555

2023

• Arnason, G., Pichl, A., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Ethical Issues in Cerebral Organoid Research. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180123000233
• Arnason, G., Pichl, A., & Ranisch, R. (Hrsg.). (2023). Symposium: Human Cerebral Organoids: Quo Vadis? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 4(32), 515–517. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180123000233
• Bubeck, M. J., & Jansky, B. (2023). Relational und dimensional: Heuristische Dimensionen in der Situationsanalyse am Beispiel von Care-Praktiken und ihrer Materialität. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 24(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-24.2.4079
• Bushuven, S., Bentele, M., Bentele, S., Gerber, B., Bansbach, J., Ganter, J., Trifunovic-Koenig, M., & Ranisch, R. (2023). “ChatGPT, Can You Help Me Save My Child’s Life?”—Diagnostic Accuracy and Supportive Capabilities to Lay Rescuers by ChatGPT in Prehospital Basic Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life Support Cases – An In-silico Analysis. Journal of Medical Systems, 47(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-023-02019-x
• Bushuven, S., Bentele, M., Hinder, F., Schuchmann, M., Buchal, P., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Konsensuale Entwicklung und Anwendung einer Strategie zur Impfstoffverteilung bei Krankenhauspersonal während der COVID-19 Pandemie: Bericht aus einem südwestdeutschen Klinikverbund. Ethik in der Medizin, 35(4), 507–528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-023-00783-5
• Ehni, H.-J., Marckmann, G., Ranisch, R., & Tümmers, H. (2023). Einleitung. In H.-J. Ehni, G. Marckmann, R. Ranisch, & H. Tümmers (Hrsg.), Vita brevis, ars longa. Aktuelle Perspektiven zur Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin. Kohlhammer.
• Ehni, H.-J., Marckmann, G., Ranisch, R., & Tümmers, H. (Hrsg.). (2023). Vita brevis, ars longa. Aktuelle Perspektiven zur Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin. Kohlhammer.
• Haltaufderheide, J., Krämer, D., D’Angelo, I., Brachem, E., & Vollmann, J. (2023). Solidarity as an Empirical-Ethical Framework for the Analysis of Contact Tracing Apps—A Novel Approach. Philosophy & Technology, 36(3), 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-023-00648-1
• Haltaufderheide, J., & Kühlmeyer, K. (2023). Für Forschendes Lernen braucht man keinen Seminarraum. https://www.praefaktisch.de/ethik-in-der-medizin/fuer-forschendes-lernen-braucht-man-keinen-seminarraum/
• Haltaufderheide, J., Lucht, A., Strünck, C., & Vollmann, J. (2023). Increasing efficiency and well-being? A systematic review of the empirical claims of the double-benefit argument in socially assistive devices. BMC Medical Ethics, 24(1), 106. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-023-00984-z
• Haltaufderheide, J., Lucht, A., Strünck, C., & Vollmann, J. (2023). Socially Assistive Devices in Healthcare-a Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence from an Ethical Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-022-00419-9
• Haltaufderheide, J., Pfisterer-Heise, S., Pieper, D., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Ethical Aspects of Robot-Assisted Surgery. A systematic Review. PROSPERO CRD42023397951. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPEROFILES/397951_PROTOCOL_20230208.pdf
• Haltaufderheide, J., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Alles neu? Alles anders?! TK Magazin Spezial. https://www.tk.de/presse/themen/gesundheitssystem/gesundheitspolitik/robert-ranisch-joschka-haltaufderheide-digitalisierung-2137554
• Haltaufderheide, J., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Tools, Agents or Something Different? – The Importance of Techno-Philosophical Premises in Analyzing Health Technology. American Journal of Bioethics, 23(5), 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2191029
• Haltaufderheide, J., Viero, D., & Krämer, D. (2023). Cultural Implications Regarding Privacy in Digital Contact Tracing Algorithms: Method Development and Empirical Ethics Analysis of a German and a Japanese Approach to Contact Tracing. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(1), e45112. https://doi.org/10.2196/45112
• Harzheim, J., & Trettenbach, K. (2023). Epistemische Ungerechtigkeit und Medizin. Wissen im Spannungsfeld epistemischer und soziolegaler Autorität. In Bedeutung und Implikationen epistemischer Ungerechtigkeit (S. 183–208). Tectum. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783828877368-183
• Klinger, C., Leineweber, M., & Ranisch, R. (2023). Ethical Aspects of Using Social Robots in Elderly Care – A Systematic Qualitative Review. PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023420257. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPEROFILES/420257_PROTOCOL_20230421.pdf
• Klingler, C. (2023). Five Coffin Nails to Informed Consent: An Autoethnography of Suffering Complications in Breastfeeding. Qualitative Health Research, 10497323231214505. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231214505
• Krämer, D., Brachem, E., Schneider-Reuter, L., D’Angelo, I., Vollmann, J., & Haltaufderheide, J. (2023). Smartphone Apps for Containing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Qualitative Interview Study With Experts Based on Grounded Theory. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(1), e45549. https://doi.org/10.2196/45549
• Krämer, D., & Haltaufderheide, J. (2023). Leben in der Corona-Krise. Zwischen sozialer Singularisierung und technisierter Sozialität. INDES Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft, 3–4. https://doi.org/10.13109/inde.2022.10.3-4.135
• Krämer, D., Haltaufderheide, J., & Vollmann, J. (Hrsg.). (2023). The Present and Future of Pandemic Technologies. Themed Issue.
• Mall, E., Schlatt, S., Gassner, U. M., Spranger, T. M., Ranisch, R., & Rolfes, V. (2023). Die Generierung von künstlichen Keimzellen: Medizinische, rechtliche und ethische Aspekte. Verlag Karl Alber. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783495993958
• Müller, R., Kuhn, E., Ranisch, R., Hunger, J., & Primc, N. (2023). Ethics of sleep tracking: Techno-ethical particularities of consumer-led sleep-tracking with a focus on medicalization, vulnerability, and relationality. Ethics and Information Technology, 25(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-023-09677-y
• Pichl, A. (2023). Efforts against stem cell hype stuck in the logic of overpromising?: An essay on hype-conducive ways of doing ethics. TATuP – Zeitschrift Für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie Und Praxis, 32(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.32.3.66
• Pichl, A., Ranisch, R., Altinok, O. A., Antonakaki, M., Barnhart, A. J., Bassil, K., Boyd, J. L., Chinaia, A. A., Diner, S., Gaillard, M., Greely, H. T., Jowitt, J., Kreitmair, K., Lawrence, D., Lee, T. N., McKeown, A., Sachdev, V., Schicktanz, S., Sugarman, J., … Árnason, G. (2023). Ethical, legal and social aspects of human cerebral organoids and their governance in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1194706
• Ranisch, R., & Bossert, L. (2023). Wenn Maschinen trügen: Ethische Dimensionen von Scheinelementen in robotischen Systemen. In C. Brand, S. Meisch, D. Frank, & R. Ammicht-Quinn (Hrsg.), »Ich lehne mich jetzt mal ganz konkret aus dem Fenster: […]«. Eine Festschrift für Thomas Potthast. (S. 307–316). Tübingen: Tübingen Library Publishing.
• Ranisch, R., & Haltaufderheide, J. (2023). Ethics of ChatGPT: a systemic review of Large Language Models in healthcare and medicine. PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023431326. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023431326
• Ranisch, R., Pichl, A., & Arnason, G. (Hrsg.). (2023). Neural Organoid Research: Ethics and Governance. Neuroethics (Topical Collection). https://link.springer.com/collections/ihfejjejbh
• Ranisch, R., Schneider, U., Loring, J., Englert, C., & Knoepffler, N. (2023). Ethics of Genome Editing. Frontiers in Genome Editing (Research Topic)). https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/54705/ethics-of-genome-editing
• Ranisch, R., Trettenbach, K., & Arnason, G. (2023). Initial heritable genome editing: Mapping a responsible pathway from basic research to the clinic. Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, 26(1), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-022-10115-x
• Rolfes, V., Bittner, U., Gerhards, H., Krüssel, J.-S., Fehm, T., Ranisch, R., & Fangerau, H. (2023). Artificial Intelligence in Reproductive Medicine—An Ethical Perspective. Geburtshilfe Und Frauenheilkunde, 83(1), 106–115. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1866-2792
• Schleidgen, S., Kremling, A., Mertz, M., Kuehlmeyer, K., Inthorn, J., & Haltaufderheide, J. (2023). How to derive ethically appropriate recommendations for action? A methodology for applied ethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 26(2), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-022-10133-9
• Trettenbach, K., Dubljevic, V., & Ranisch, R. (2023). The Socio-political Perspective in Neuroethics: Applications, Clarifications & Extensions. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience, 14(3), W1–W3. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2023.2243862

2022

• Almeida, M., & Ranisch, R. (2022). Beyond safety: Mapping the ethical debate on heritable genome editing interventions. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01147-y
• Dubljević, V., Trettenbach, K., & Ranisch, R. (2022). The Socio-Political Roles of Neuroethics and the Case of Klotho. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience, 13(1), 10–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1896597
• Klingler, C., Wiese, L., Arnason, G., & Ranisch, R. (2022). Public Engagement With Brain Organoid Research and Application: Lessons From Genome Editing. AJOB Neuroscience, 13(2), 98–100. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2022.2048733
• Müller, R., Klemmt, M., Ehni, H.-J., Henking, T., Kuhnmünch, A., Preiser, C., Koch, R., & Ranisch, R. (2022). Ethical, legal, and social aspects of symptom checker applications: A scoping review. Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, 25(4), 737–755. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-022-10114-y
• Ohlmeier, S., Klingler, C., Schellartz, I., & Pfaff, H. (2022). Having a Break or Being Imprisoned: Influence of Subjective Interpretations of Quarantine and Isolation on Boredom. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 2207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042207
• Ranisch, R. (2022). Procreative Beneficence and Genome Editing. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(9), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2105435
• Wetzel, A.-J., Koch, R., Preiser, C., Müller, R., Klemmt, M., Ranisch, R., Ehni, H.-J., Wiesing, U., Rieger, M. A., Henking, T., & Joos, S. (2022). Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Symptom Checker Apps in Primary Health Care (CHECK.APP): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(5), e34026. https://doi.org/10.2196/34026

2021

• Burmeister, C., Iller, A., Ranisch, R., Brand, C., Staib, T., & Müller, U. (2021). Jenseits der Klinik: Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zum Ethiktransfer in dezentralen Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens am Beispiel der BruderhausDiakonie Reutlingen. Ethik in der Medizin, 33(2), 275–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-021-00634-1
• Burmeister, C., Ranisch, R., Brand, C., & Müller, U. (Hrsg.). (2021). Organisationsethik in Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens. Ethik in der Medizin (Sonderheft), 33(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-021-00639-w
• Ehni, H.-J., Ranisch, R., Schweda, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (2021). Policy Brief: Older Adults and COVID-19 – Protection from Direct and Indirect Harm. Competence Network Public Health COVID-19. https://www.public-health-covid19.de/images/2021/Ergebnisse/2021_06_07_older_adults_COVID19_final_bibliographie_korr_JF.pdf
• Klingler, C., & Mertz, M. (2021). REIGN: Use of Research Evidence to Inform Guidance regarding Normative-Ethical Topics. https://www.mhh.de/fileadmin/mhh/geschichte-ethik-philosophie-medizin/downloads/Klingler_Mertz__2021__REIGN_Framework.pdf
• Ranisch, R. (2021). Consultation with Doctor Twitter: Consent Fatigue, and the Role of Developers in Digital Medical Ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 21(7), 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1926595
• Ranisch, R. (2021). Liberale Eugenik? Kritik der selektiven Reproduktion. Metzler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04739-7
• Ranisch, R., Nijsingh, N., Ballantyne, A., van Bergen, A., Buyx, A., Friedrich, O., Hendl, T., Marckmann, G., Munthe, C., & Wild, V. (2021). Digital contact tracing and exposure notification: Ethical guidance for trustworthy pandemic management. Ethics and Information Technology, 23(3), 285–294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09566-8
• Ranisch, R., Riedel, A., Bresch, F., Mayer, H., Pape, K.-D., Weise, G., & Renz, P. (2021). Das Tübinger Modell der „Ethikbeauftragten der Station“: Ein Pilotprojekt zum Aufbau dezentraler Strukturen der Ethikberatung an einem Universitätsklinikum. Ethik in der Medizin, 33(2), 257–274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-021-00635-0

The junior professorship for medical ethics with a focus on digitalisation is involved in developing taught modules at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the master’s programs “Public Health, Exercise and Nutrition” and “Social Services Research”.

In addition, the junior professorship for medical ethics participates in the courses offered by the Hasso Plattner Institute, the Faculty of Human Sciences and the Faculty of Philosophy.

In addition to courses in practical and medical ethics, the professorship is involved in qualitative methodology.

Our “Data Ethics Help Desk” offers support for ethical questions in data-driven research projects (from conception to ethics application to implementation).

Please feel free to contact us.

For more information, please visit https://www.fgw-brandenburg.de/data-ethics-help-desk/.