I can send a complete curriculum vitae upon request.
employment & funding
2022 – 2023
development of eLearning material on ethics of science
funded by the HHU eLearning fond: 9.000 EUR
additional staff: two student assistants
since April 2022
Lecturer (full-time, tenured) at the Institute of Philosophy at the HHU in Düsseldorf
project lead: Ethics of Science (scope: research ethics, bioethics, social responsibility)
QVM-financed (HHU): funding for 1,5 permanent lecturer posts
additional staff: Julia Mirkin (50%, tenured, research fellow)
April 2022 – September 2022
teaching project: Scientific Blogging about CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing
funded by the HHU Citizens‘ University: 18.000 EUR
additional staff: Julia Mirkin (50%, doctoral research fellow)
Oktober 2020 – March 2021
teaching project: Science Denialism & Knowledge Transfer
funded by the HHU Citizens‘ University: 15.000 EUR
additional staff: Ina Gawel (50%, doctoral research fellow)
April 2020 – March 2022
project lead: Ethics of Science
QVM-financed (HHU): 140.000 EUR
additional staff: Julia Mirkin (50%, doctoral research fellow)
2019 – 2021
Center for Bioethics at the University of Münster
guest lectures
- Freedom of Science (PhD-level)
- Bioethics (PhD-level)
- Animal Ethics (PhD-level)
- Environmental Ethics (PhD-level)
2018 – 2022
postdoc at the chair of theoretical philosophy at the HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
2017 – 2022
assistant director of the Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS)
2013 – 2018
research fellow at the chair of theoretical philosophy at the HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
2013 – 2018
research fellow at the Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS)
2006 – 2012
student assistant at the chair of theoretical philosophy at the HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
education
2018
doctorate / Dr. phil. (philosophy)
with distinction / summa cum laude (0), best possible mark
doctoral thesis: Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis — Eine philosophische Untersuchung am Fallbeispiel der biomedizinischen Forschung / Good Scientific Practice — A philosophical investigation with case studies on biomedical research (370 p.)
Gerhard Schurz (supervisor)
Christoph Kann (2nd corrector)
other committee members (disputatio)
- Markus Schrenk
- Frank Dietrich
- Andrea Germer (external member)
HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
2012
Master of Arts / M.A. (philosophy)
very good (1) / best possible mark
master thesis: Science & Pseudoscience (190 p.)
Gerhard Schurz (supervisor)
Christoph Kann (2nd corrector)
HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
2011
Bachelor of Arts / B.A. (major: philosophy, minor: sociology)
very good (1) / best possible mark
bachelor thesis: Creationism and Intelligent Design (142 p.)
Gerhard Schurz (supervisor)
Christoph Kann (2nd corrector)
HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
2005 – 2012
studies in philosophy, sociology and biology
HHU in Duesseldorf, Germany
professional memberships
- European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)
- Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie e.V. / German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP)
- Stammzellnetzwerk.NRW / StemCellNetwork.NRW
- Netzwerk Junge Medizinethik (JMED)
reviews
ad hoc reviews for journals: Nature, Science and Public Policy (Sci. Public Policy), Kriterion (Kriterion), Journal for General Philosophy of Science (J. Gen. Philos. Sci.), Journal for Ethics and Moral Theory (ZEMO), Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS), Theoria (Theoria), Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics (Front. Res. Metr. Anal.), Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (ZfPP), Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (MHEP), International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Int Stud Philos Sci)
ad hoc reviews for founding: Fritz Thyssen Stiftung