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IEHHS Augsburg
@iehhs.bsky.social
Institute for Ethics and History of Health in Society, University of Augsburg
http://www.uni-augsburg.de/med/iehhs
Save the Date!
In March the International Week Against Racism will once again take place–and AG MEDoRa is taking part.
On March 27 and 28 our AG MEDoRa will host a staged reading entitled “Leaves from the Family Tree”
More information about MEDoRa here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

#IWgR26
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Last week our qualitative research team visited Copenhagen for a joint #workshop with colleagues at UCPH on qualitative methods in #STS & #bioethics, focusing on digital health care in Germany and Denmark. Great discussions, new ideas — and #Copenhagen stole our hearts!
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Ein weiteres Semester mit tollen Vorträgen unserer Reihe Ethik @ Lunch geht zu ende!

Doch wer möchte, kann auch in den Semesterferien die Vorträge anschauen. Auf unserer Website sind (fast) alle bisherigen Vorträge als Video zu finden.

Hier der Link: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...
Ethik @ Lunch
www.uni-augsburg.de
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Our colleague Ruth Horn has been knighted!

She has received the Order of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, one of the highest orders for services to French education. The award honors her service to France through her scientific work and policy advisory activities.

Congratulations!
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Ethik @ Lunch continues!

Tomorrow Marcin Waligóra (Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland) will give the following talk: „Direct and surrogate benefit in cancer clinical trials“

Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website:
👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

#Bioethics
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
📢 CfP update!
The deadline for submissions to the special issue “Gendered Ageism in Healthcare: A Critical Analysis of Structural Inequities” has been extended to 21 March 2026.

Guest editors: @elangmann.bsky.social, Sandra Kurkowski, @nadiaprimc.bsky.social

🔗 link.springer.com/collections/...
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Neue Werke zur Augsburger Medizingeschichte:
Am 22.01.26 stellen Klaus Wolf und Werner Bartens auf dem Medizincampus der Uni Augsburg von 17:00-18:30Uhr ihre neuen Werke vor!

Herzliche Einladung an alle Interessierten!

Mehr Infos unter: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/forschung...

#medizingeschichte
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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📢 Good news zum Wochenstart: Mein Buch „Ageismus im Gesundheitswesen“ wurde im Rahmen der DFG-geförderten Open-Access-Transformation (FID Philosophie) ausgewählt und ist ab heute Open Access verfügbar.

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

#ageismus #gesundheit #medizinethik #openaccess
Ageismus im Gesundheitswesen
Ageismus im Gesundheitswesen: Wie Konzepte feministischer Medizinethik neue Wege zu einer gerechteren Gesundheitsversorgung eröffnen.
www.transcript-verlag.de
December 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We’re pleased to welcome Tenzin Wangmo (University of Basel, Switzerland) in our Series Ethik @ Lunch this Friday! Her talk is titled: „Ethical issues in the use of smart gerontechnologies“

Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website:
👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

#Bioethics
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tomorrow Ralf Jox (Lausanne University Hospital) and Rouven Porz (University of Bern) will give the following talk: „Wenn es ernst wird – ethische Entscheidungen im klinischen Alltag“

Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website:
👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

#Bioethics
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tamar Nov-Klainman and Ruth Horn co-authored two commentaries recently published in the American Journal of Bioethics..

In their commentaries they critically engage the articles by Holmes et. al. and Katherine MacDuffle et al., wich were also publish in the AJOB.

#GenomicTesting
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Am Mittwoch, den 26.11.2025, von 15-19 Uhr stellen studentische AGs und Initiativen sich und ihre Arbeit in der Aula des Medizincampus der #UniversitätAugsburg im Rahmen der "Initativenstraße" vor!
Darunter auch die AG Medizin ohne #Rassismus (MEDoRA).

Herzliche Einladung an alle Interessierten!
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ethical advise for municipalities!

For the third time, @veriwil.bsky.social taught public-health ethics at the "Kontextcheck" training series run by LVG/AfS in Hanover.

You’re interested to learn more about the "Kontextcheck"? Follow the link below: 👉 www.kontextcheck.de

#publichealth
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Ethic@Lunch continues!

Tomorrow Sridhar Venkatapuram (King´ s College London) will give the following talk: „Why does the epidemiology of positive health/wellbeing need much better ethics?“

Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website:
👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

#bioethics
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Architecture helps healing!

On November 14, 2025 Coburg University of Applied Sciences will host the symposium “LA INFIRMITA: How Healing Architecture Comes to Life!”

@davidfreis.bsky.social will be among the speakers!

Finde all information about the Symposion here: lnkd.in/expnC9kq
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New Paper!

Adeline Perrot, Tamar Nov-Klaiman, Hilary Bowman-Smart and Ruth Horn published the final Paper of their project on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in England, France and Germany.

Follow the Link to read the Article: reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Decision-making for termination of pregnancy following non-invasive prenatal testing: a qualitative exploration of french, english and German healthcare professionals’ perceptions and concerns - Repro...
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is offered in the French, English and German public healthcare systems for fetal aneuploidy screening from a relatively early stage of pregnancy (around 10–12 week...
reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Reposted by IEHHS Augsburg
Soeben erschienen: Historia Hospitalium, Bd. 33, "Das Krankenhaus der Zukunft". 🏥 Mit sieben Beiträgen über Planungen, Utopien, Architektur und Krankenhäuser im Spannungsfeld unterschiedlicher Zukunftsentwürfe.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#histmed
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Verina Wild im Interview beim rbb!

Am 22.10.25 war Verina Wild im Interview beim rbb. Gesprochen wurde über eine Studie des RKI mit Erkenntnissen über das Verhältnis von Depressionen und Armut.

Hört gerne in das spannende Interview!

#Depression #Bioethics

www.inforadio.de/rubriken/int...
Medizinethikerin: Zusammenhang von Depression und Armut "besorgniserregend"
Immer mehr Erwachsene zeigen Anzeichen einer Depression. Besonders betroffen: Menschen mit wenig Einkommen und niedriger Bildung. Die Medizinethikerin Verina Wild sieht die Politik und Gesellschaft in...
www.inforadio.de
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ethik @ Lunch starts this Friday!

Angela Martin will give the first talk in our Ethik @ Lunch series. Her talk: “The Notion of Benefit in Animal Research: An Ethical Analysis.”

We look forward to her talk!

You find more information on our website:
www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

#Bioethics
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Just published: our scoping review on the ethical dimensions of intelligent assistive technologies for ageing at home. We map 21 key issues - autonomy, privacy, relationships, safety & more - and ask whether principlism is suitable to guide evaluation: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#bioethics
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ethics@Lunch is back from the summer break!

On October 17th, our online lecture series continues, and we are excited to share the program for the winter term.

Visit our website for further information: www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch

We look forward to welcoming you!

#PublicHealth #Bioethics
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ethik @ Lunch continues!

In the final talk of our series, Tanja Henking (Technische Hochschule Würzburg-
Schweinfurt, Germany) will speak on: "§218 - Diskussion ohne Ergebnis?"

Interested? Sign up here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

#Ethics #Bioethics
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday!

This week Emmanuel Delille (Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany) will give a talk on: „Historicising Global Mental Health“

We warmly invite you to join us!

🔗 Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

#bioethics
July 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Welcome to our Ethics@Lunch talk tomorrow at 12 CEST. @profemmakowal.bsky.social will speak about historical legacies that haunt genomics research in Australia: "Genomic research with Indigenous populations: historical legacies and future promise". More info here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...
June 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Please note - The title of the talk has changed to „Genomic research with Indigenous populations: historical legacies and future promise“ #bioethics See you tomorrow for a great talk and speaker 😊👇🏻 @profemmakowal.bsky.social
Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday!

We are excited to welcome @profemmakowal.bsky.social (Deakin University, Australia) for a talk on: "Ethics of Qualitative Research in Minority Settings"

We warmly invite you to join us!

🔗 Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

#bioethics
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM