Activities at FHNW
- Lecturer for Philosophy, Ethical Economy, Environmental Ethics and Globalization
- Head Centre of Excellence Public Governance and Ethical Economy
Profile
- Since 2015 member of the Institute for Educational Science (by University of Basel and FHNW)
- 2013 Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Cambridge, Mass
- Since 2011 Professor at FHNW in Basel
- 2009 Research Fellow at Swansea University.
- Habilitation thesis at the University of Basel 2006, since 2010 professor for Philosophy at the University of Basel
- Since 1999 Lecturer at FHBB, later University of Applied Sciences FHNW, lectureships at the Universities in Freiburg i. Br., Fribourg and St. Gallen
- 1999-2000 member of the Graduate college of the interdisciplinary research center "International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)" of the University of Tübingen
- 1999 Research fellow at the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of Cardiff
- 1994-1999 assistant professor at the University of Potsdam and Journalist in Berlin
- Studies in Philosophy, History and History of Art at the Universities of Bonn, Zürich (lic. phil.) and Basel (Dr.)
Member of
- "Schweizerische Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (SVRSP)"
- "Historische Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Berlin"
Teaching and Consulting Activities
- Lectures in Philosophy, Economic ethics, Environmental Ethics, Globalization
- Responsible for the FHNW-Ringvorlesung in Basel, www.fhnw.ch/ringvorlesung (= lecture series)
- Mentoring of students' works (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
- Lecturer in Public Governance and Economic Ethics in the Institute's programmes
- Café Dialogue in Basel: Presentations and moderated discussions with elderly people
Main Topics
- Ethics in Companies and Society
Research
Research topics: Applied Ethics, particularly in the areas of Medicine, Animal, Environment and Economics as well as phenomenology, particularly philosophy with regard to the lived body.
Presentations and Publications
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