Aarhus University Research Foundation: International Mobility

Newest information on their website: https://auff.au.dk/en/grants/international-mobility

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AUFF wishes to support inbound and outbound mobility at Aarhus University. Partly by supporting visits at AU from foreign researchers and by supporting AU researchers' stay at foreign universities. The purpose of the grant scheme is to develop AU researchers both professionally and personally by providing an opportunity for international experience by, among other things, building and strengthening professional networks.

The two instruments together have a framework of up to DKK 4,5 million for grants in 2025 aimed at activities in 2025 and 2026. Starting in 2024 all applications can request 20% in overhead on top of the actual costs related to the visit.

Application deadlines in 2025

Wednesday, March 5 2025 at 12:00 (noon)

Wednesday, September 17 2025 at 12:00 (noon)

Visiting Researcher Stipends: Consecutive visits of 1 - 3 months are eligible. Grants can cover the visitor's reasonable living expenses in the form of a stipend plus travel expenses or salary and travel expenses. The stipend amounts to DKK 15,000 per month (excl. overhead) in up to 3 months whereby the scholarship can be tax-free. The application must be made by the host at AU.

Sabbatical Stipends: Applications should cover a consecutive stay of 3-9 months. In special situations, it can be possible to split the stay. Up to DKK 200,000 (excl. overhead) can be applied for. The funds can co- finance expenses for travel and accommodation. Including travel expenses, rent, free purchases from AU, travel expenses for accompanying family and other documented extra expenses in connection with the stay abroad.

Read more about the content of the applications and framework for both instruments in the application guidelines.

Permanent researchers (associate professors / senior researchers or professors) at Aarhus University can apply for both instruments. Applications must include a letter of support from the Head of Department.

Visiting researchers coming to AU must be at least assistant professors.

Applications that do not comply with the form requirements will be administratively rejected. Read more about the content of the applications and framework for both instruments in the application guidelines at www.auff.dk/xx

Applications must be completed electronically at https://auff.grant.nu/profile. Application forms are available one month before the application deadline.

Questions about application producers, requirements and assessment can be addressed to:

Tove Østergaard Le

Aarhus University, AU PhD and fund services Phone: 2162 4921

Email: toe@au.dk

De Ethica New Issue: Vol. 8, No. 3 (2024)

We are pleased to announce that De Ethica has published a new issue!

De Ethica
A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics
Vol. 8, No. 3 (2024)
Special Issue: Ethics of Reconciliation - Part 1
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.2483

From the Editors
Johanna Romare (Guest Editor) & Lars Lindblom (Executive Editor)
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.24831

Testimony in Truth Commissions: Aporetic Critique
Alexandra Lebedeva
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.24834

Equality in Reconciliation: From Theoretical to Practical Opportunities
Heidi Jokinen & Björn Vikström
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248320

Reconciliation in Workplace Bullying Contexts: Renarration, Responsibility, Grace(?)
Mikael Nilsson
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248336

Vergebung – bedingt oder unbedingt?
Werner Wolbert
https://doi.org/10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248351

Linköping University: Ethics, Science, and Policy - Master's Programme

Linköping University has recently launched a new master's program in Linköping. It is an international, English-language program called Ethics, Science, and Policy.

The program combines the philosophy of science and applied ethics with a focus on policy development and writing. Examples of courses included are The Philosophy of Policymaking, Scientific Modelling: Normative and Practical Aspects, The Ethics of Health Care Priority Setting, Decision Theory and Risk, and Taxation, Policy, and Philosophy. The master's thesis is written in the format of a journal article with the goal of being able to publish it in a journal after completing the program.

Core Skills Development

Evaluating and developing policies involves absorbing scientific findings for decision making, applying theoretical insights to practical situations, and understanding the consequences for those affected by policy implementation. The courses are structured to prioritise your development of essential skills in: 

• summarising, critically examining and evaluating current research literature in areas relevant to policy development. 

• describing and analysing philosophical concepts, theories, and problems relevant to the evaluation and use of research literature.

• presenting research findings to a broad audience.

• developing theoretically informed reasoning in specific problem areas related to philosophical issues in policy work.

• formulating theory-based policy recommendations and assessments of a normative question in a particular policy area based on new research.

Diverse Policy Challenges

This combination of scientific theory and normative analysis extends to many different issues such as education, healthcare, risk management, the environment, finance, and many others. For example, we examine how to measure school results from a scientific perspective and delve into ethical questions from the philosophy of education and childhood. Another example is, we discuss designing healthcare policies when resources are scarce, which involves balancing values and the latest medical research. We will also deal with questions like what taxes are just, how should research on humans be regulated, and can restrictions on migration be justified? Each course delves into new policy issues and theories in ethics and the philosophy of science.

Who are you?

The programme is for those who have a bachelor’s degree and want to either develop or influence policy. If you join us with a specialisation in social or natural sciences, the programme provides the tools and knowledge to become a generalist regarding policy. If you have a background in ethics or philosophy, it provides you with an opportunity to put theory into practice. This diversity also means that you get to share in and challenge previously held ideas, perspectives, and experiences. You will also collaborate beyond the classroom, connecting with potential employers and researchers from various fields.

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If you have any students who might be interested, please feel free to share this information. We believe, for example, that those who have completed a PPE program might find this an interesting master's education. Application details can be found in the link:

https://liu.se/en/education/program/f7mep.

De Ethica: Book Reviews

German: Lehrauftrag in Berufsethik an der Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg im SoSe2025

Die Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg in Villingen-Schwenningen hat einen Lehrauftrag in Polizeilicher Berufsethik im Bachelorstudium im Umfang von 4 Wochenstunden zu vergeben.

Für das Sommersemester 2025 geht es um Berufsethik-Seminare im 3. fachtheoretischen Studiensemester. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte sind:

1. Praxis des staatlichen Gewaltmonopols (Legitime und illegitime Gewaltanwendung, moralische Dilemmata und Gewissenskonflikte, insbes. bei lebensbedrohlichen Einsatzlagen)

2. Polizeiarbeit in der pluralistischen Gesellschaft (Diversität, Migration und Prozesse der Akkulturation, Herausforderungen kultureller Überschneidungssituationen, stereotype Wahrnehmung, Rassismus / Racial Profiling)

Die Lehrveranstaltungen finden in Präsenz statt; die Studiengruppen von jeweils 44–45 Mitgliedern werden für das Berufsethik-Seminar in Halbgruppen geteilt, für die das Seminar dann jeweils vierzehntägig zweistündig stattfindet. Der vierstündige Lehrauftrag beinhaltet also Lehre in zwei Studiengruppen mit jeweils zwei Wochenstunden. Als Leistungsnachweis sind von den Studierenden schriftliche Ausarbeitungen abzufassen.  

Bei den Studierenden handelt es sich um Polizeikommissarsanwärter:innen, d.h. Direkteinsteiger:innen, die bis Beginn des Sommersemesters eine 9monatige Vorausbildung, zwei fachtheoretische Studiensemester an der Hochschule und 12 Monate Praktikum im Polizeidienst absolviert haben.

Üblich ist an der Hochschule für Polizei eine enge Abstimmung der verschiedenen Dozierenden. Es findet eine gemeinsame Vorbereitungssitzung statt; ausgearbeitete Seminarmaterialien werden zur Verfügung gestellt, können aber individuell abgewandelt werden.

 Die Vorlesungszeit geht vom 01.04. bis 25.07. 2025, unterbrochen durch eine zweiwöchige Pfingstpause. Der Wochentag für den Lehrauftrag kann frei gewählt werden.

Voraussetzungen für die Übernahme eines Lehrauftrags: Masterabschluss oder gleichwertiger Abschluss in Philosophie, Theologie oder Religionspädagogik, Bereitschaft zur Kooperation mit den hauptamtlichen Lehrenden.

Wenn jemand an der HfPol einen Lehrauftrag übernimmt, bieten wir gerne vorbereitend die Möglichkeit zu einer Hospitation in der Polizeipraxis an.

Interessent:innen bitte ich, per Email ein kurzes Bewerbungsschreiben mit Lebenslauf und Zeugniskopien einzureichen. Für Nachfragen stehe ich auch telefonisch zur Verfügung (Prof. Dr. U. Wagener: 0160-96618591).

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Ulrike Wagener

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wagener
Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften
Sturmbühlstraße 250
78054 Villingen-Schwenningen
Tel.: 07720-3094402

New Presidium

Dear Members of Societas Ethica,

During the General Assembly at our 60th Annual Conference held at the wonderful Sigtunastiftelsen in Sweden I have been elected as the President of Societas Ethica. I am both honored and excited to assume this role, and I would like to take this opportunity to provide an update on our plans as the new presidency, as well as to introduce myself to those who were unable to attend the conference.

First and foremost, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my predecessor, Elena Namli, and her scriba, Martin Langby, and quaestor, Johanna Ohlsson, as well as to the entire board for their great work. Their efforts have facilitated a smooth transition into the new presidency. Under their leadership, the Society has experienced growth in membership and has maintained a stable financial status, enabling a rich environment for scholarly exchange at exciting conferences. Societas Ethica has been a society of scholars engaged in ethical discourse across various and diverse academic disciplines, transcending the boundaries of theology, philosophy, and applied ethics and we are looking forward to contributing to this tradition.

I would also like to acknowledge my colleagues in the new leadership team: Sebastian Mense has been appointed as our new Scriba. He is a Protestant theologian and research fellow involved in the “GenderVariations” project of the German Research Foundation at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, as well as a PhD candidate at Amsterdam University. Lea Schlenker has been confirmed as Quaestor. She is a Protestant theologian and Islamic studies scholar, currently pursuing her PhD at Tübingen University. Together, we are committed to serving Societas Ethica and maintaining ongoing communication with all of you. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, suggestions, or contributions.

During the General Assembly, we also elected new board members, Michelle Becka and Elena Namli. We look forward to collaborating with them and with our current board members: Michael Coors, Christof Mandry, Johanna Romare, and Lars Lindblom in the coming years.

Picture shows the new and former presidency, from left to right: Sebastian Mense, Lea Schlenker, Gotlind Ulshöfer, Elena Namli, Johanna Ohlsson, Martin Langby.

In my introduction at the Assembly, I shared my academic background for those unfamiliar with my work and gave an outlook on my ideas and motivation for the presidency of the Societas Ethica:

“Since April of last year, I have been serving as a professor of diaconical studies, ethics, and digitalization at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, alongside my role as an extraordinary professor at Tübingen University. My academic foundation encompasses Protestant theology and economics, with studies undertaken at Tübingen and Heidelberg in Germany, Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States, and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. My journey in ethics began at Heidelberg and continued through my doctoral studies at the Centre of Ethics at Tübingen University, culminating in a Ph.D. at Heidelberg University and focused on process theology and economics. My habilitation at Tübingen University explored social responsibility from a Protestant perspective. Currently, my research encompasses economic, business, and finance ethics, the ethical implications of digitalization, 20th-century Protestant ethics, social politics and ethics, diaconical management, and interreligious ethics.

I believe Societas Ethica plays a crucial role in fostering ethical discussions across diverse academic backgrounds and interests. As a European society, our mission is to enhance intellectual discourse on ethical matters in relation to the pressing global and European developments we observe today. We, as ethicists, possess the skills necessary to analyze moral dilemmas and illuminate issues in applied ethics, such as migration, new nationalism, and assisted suicide, etc., etc. etc. while also refining theories of normative and metaethics. Our unique position allows us to address ethical concerns at both intellectual and societal levels particularly in response to European and global developments.

Looking ahead, I would like to outline five key priorities that will guide our future endeavors:

1. Developing Societas Ethica: Our society thrives on the contributions of its members, and I am committed to nurturing this collaborative spirit. The annual conference remains a cornerstone of our activities. We are pleased to announce that the next annual conference will be held in Germany, at the Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar, from August 21 to 24, 2025, focusing on the theme “Ethics in Diversity. Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics”.

2. Intensifying the Europeanization of the Society and the Membership: Given our diverse backgrounds and strong presence in Northern and Western Europe, we aim to enhance our connections with Southern and Eastern Europe. My university will support this initiative through a research project examining our membership structure, including a membership survey planned for next year.

3. Enhancing International Outreach: Recognizing that ethical research transcends borders, we will work to strengthen our relationships with organizations such as the Society of Christian Ethics in the United States and the European Academy of Religion, fostering a global exchange of ideas.

4. Securing Financial Resources: While we currently maintain financial stability, we will seek additional funding opportunities to support conferences and assist colleagues from the Global South who may encounter barriers to participation.

5. Expanding Our Social Media Presence: In today’s digital age, it is imperative for Societas Ethica to establish a robust presence on social media platforms. Together with the board, we will develop strategies to enhance our visibility on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, ensuring our work reaches a wider audience.”

Currently, we are preparing for the next conference by securing funding and inviting keynote speakers. The call for papers has been distributed, and I encourage you to submit your abstracts and share the Call for Papers within your networks. Attached, you will find the Call for Papers as a PDF.

We are reaching out to our partner universities across Europe to expand our network further. Additionally, we are enhancing our social media presence and will let you know when we extended our presence on the different channels. Part of this initiative is that we have new Email-addresses for the presidency and the newsletter. This newsletter is still sent from Sebastian Mense as scriba directly, but we already sent the CfP out from the new address and will do so in future, so please: check also your spam mails and allow these addresses to reach you:

president@societasethica.info
scriba@societasethica.info
quaestor@societasethica.info
newsletter@societasethica.info

Societas Ethica thrives on the active participation of its members. If you have further ideas to promote our Society or enrich our academic pursuits, please do share. We are also open to including information about conferences, publications, and open positions in our newsletters.

I appreciate the efforts made by the Young Societas, particularly their Preconference Workshop at the Annual Meeting and the Young Scholar’s Award, which provide valuable support for emerging scholars. If you know of any young scholars in ethics, please encourage them to engage with the Young Societas Ethica.

As we embark on this journey over the next three years, I look forward to working together with all of you to advance the field of ethics in Europe and to further develop Societas Ethica for the future.

Sincerely,
Gotlind Ulshöfer

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You can follow us on our growing social media presence under following links:

Richard A. McCormick S.J. Chair of Catholic Moral Theology Fall 2023 Lecture

Richard A. McCormick S.J. Chair of Catholic Moral Theology Fall 2023 Lecture

Defining the Extraterritorial: Habermas and Ricoeur on Religion and Reason

Maureen Junker-Kenny, Trinity College Dublin

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Loyola University Chicago

Coffey Hall – McCormick Lounge

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Join via Zoom

https://luc.zoom.us/j/85734509140

Meeting ID: 857 3450 9140

Biography

Born in Münster/Westf., Germany, German and Irish nationalities. Maureen Junker-Kenny did M.A.s (Staatsexamen) in English, Catholic Theology and Philosophy at the universities of Tübingen and Münster. She completed a Ph.D. on F. Schleiermacher’s Christology and theory of religion at the university of Münster in 1989 and her Habilitation on J. Habermas’s discourse ethics in Tübingen in 1996 where she was a lecturer before coming to Trinity College Dublin in 1993. She was elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 1998. She served as Head of Department of the School of Hebrew, Biblical and Theological Studies from 1997-2000, and of the renamed Department of Religions & Theology from 2012-2018. From 2011-2013, she was Head of the Confederal School of Religions, Theology and Ecumenics, now School of Religion.

International Conference: Global Challenges and Global Ethics in a time of Pandemic and Climate Change

Please see the following invitation from Prof. Emeritus Dr. Göran Collste, a long-standing member and previous president of Societas Ethica.

International Conference: Global Challenges and Global Ethics in a time of Pandemic and Climate Change
https://isdp.eu/event/global-challenges-and-global-ethics-in-a-time-of-pandemic-and-climate-change/

Welcome to the Second CIPSH International Academy on Chinese Cultures
and Global Humanities Seminar 6–7 December 2021!

The first CIPSH International Academy on Chinese Cultures and global Humanities Seminar organized by the Union Académique Internationale (UAI) in collaboration with the Stockholm China Center at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) in Stockholm, and the topic was “Chinese and European Resources for a Global Ethic”. As a sequel to this first seminar, a second CIPSH International Academy on Chinese Cultures and Global Humanities Seminar will be held on December 6–7 2021. The topic of this second seminar will be “Global Challenges and Global Ethics in a time of pandemic and climate change”, and just like last time, the Stockholm China Center will provide the digital platform.

Our time faces two major global challenges: climate change and the corona pandemic.
Human-induced climate change has been widely known since the 1990s. Global warming is no longer a future threat but has become an acute crisis, affecting the world through devastating storms, flooding, and droughts. And the poorest nations are hit the worst. The corona pandemic has so far led to five million deceased and many more hospitalized. It has shaken economies and social institutions around the world. Both these global crises demand unified global responses and global solidarity. However, so far, the responses are far from what is needed, and states and regions are acting from self-interests and in conflict. This workshop explores the meaning and implications of global ethics in a time of climate change and pandemics. Scholars from different parts of the world and with different cultural backgrounds will present their views and engage in discussions. How can religious, cultural, and secular traditions be used as resources for reflection and inspire decision-making? How can global ethics contribute to resilience and hope?

Find additional information about the seminar and its speakers in the Seminar Program.

This event is organized by the Union Académique Internationale (UAI) in collaboration with the Stockholm China Center at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) in Stockholm. 

For registration, please see: https://isdp.eu/event/global-challenges-and-global-ethics-in-a-time-of-pandemic-and-climate-change/

Societas Ethica Newsletter Fall 2021

Dear members of Societas Ethica, 

We hope that you are well during these times. 

Topics

·      A note from the president

·      New presidium

·      Societas Ethica’s 57th annual conference 2021

·      Societas Ethica’s 58th annual conference 2022

·      De Ethica - A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics

·      De Ethica Special Issue: “Health care priority setting – lessons learned from covid-19” – Publication 2022

·      De Ethica Special Issue: “The Foundations of Equal Moral Standing” – Publication 2022

·      De Ethica “general application.”

A note from the president

Dear members of Societas Ethica,

It is a great honor for me to address you as the president of Societas Ethica for 2021-2024. I am confident that the board and the presidium will serve the society and organize annual conferences of high academic quality and social importance.

Societas Ethica is a generous and constructively challenging environment. We all – members from different countries, traditions, and academic contexts – are trained to enjoy critique and questioning, scrutiny of positions, arguments, and assumptions of others, but most importantly, our own. But we also cultivate the ability to support each other and show solidarity towards others whose uniqueness is a treasure and not a threat. In research and functional democracy, differences and not likeness are the source of energy and progress.

Therefore, my vision for the coming three years is, together with my team – doctor Johanna Ohlsson and doctoral student Martin Langby – the board, and most importantly with you – members of the society, to further develop the scientific and humanistic heritage of Societas Ethica. I believe that research in ethics demands international cooperation and cooperation between ethicists from different academic traditions. I also believe that high qualitative and free research in ethics, although not alone, strengthens humanistic, emancipatory elements of European cultures and counteracts racism and desire to dominate. 

We have new wonderful meetings to look forward to – Zurich, Sarajevo, and Uppsala, to begin with, are ready to welcome Societas Ethica’s members for their annual conferences. Vulnerability and integrity; Challenges from inter-religious perspectives on ethics; Moral philosophical and moral theological critique of human rights are themes that, I hope, correlate with your theoretical interests. But even when they don’t, we will secure the possibility to present and discuss the results of novel research projects conducted by ethicists all across Europe.

I look forward to developing Societas Ethica’s cooperation with other societies, such as the Society for Christian Ethics. I also want to ensure all of you that the board and I hope for new initiatives and suggestions from all of you. 

I wish you an excellent academic year. On behalf of the board and Professor Michael Coors’s team, I invite you all to join us in Zurich for the conference on Vulnerability and Integrity. 

New presidium

Societas Ethica has a new presidium for the period 2021-2024. Professor Dr. Elena Namli is president. She is the professor of theological ethics at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. Johanna Ohlsson is questor. She holds a post-doc position at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Uppsala University, Sweden. Martin Langby is scriba. He is a Ph.D. candidate in ethics at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden. 

Societas Ethica’s 57th annual conference 2021

This year’s annual conference, the 57th in the order, was held digitally over Zoom on August 19th-21th. We are all grateful for the presentations on the theme “Time of Crisis - Time of Hope.” We also wish to form a special thank you to the presidium and staff who made the conference possible! We also want to congratulate LaShaunda Reese, who won this year’s Youch Scholars Award. The recorded presentations are now available on the following link: https://moodle.evhn.de/course/view.php?id=4672

Societas Ethica’s 58th annual conference 2022

The following year’s annual conference will be in Zürich from Thursday the 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022. The theme of the conference is “Vulnerability and Integrity.” We will announce more information and calls for papers on www.societasethica.info soon. 

De Ethica - A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics

The academic journal associated with Societas Ethica currently has three calls for papers open. The editorial staff will soon announce these open calls for papers more in-depth. De Ethica also has a new executive editor, Dr. Lars Lindblom, who assumed this position in spring. He is a senior lecturer in ethics at Linköping University, Sweden. 

De Ethica Special Issue: “Health care priority setting – lessons learned from covid-19” – Publication 2022

Closing date for submissions: 31st December 2021

https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/14

De Ethica Special Issue: “The Foundations of Equal Moral Standing” – Publication 2022

Closing date for submissions: 31st January 2022

https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/15

De Ethica “general application.”

You are always encouraged to submit your manuscripts for the standard issues. Please see the De Ethica website for more information. 

https://de-ethica.com/announcement/view/12

For inquiries, please, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Scriba, Martin Langby at martin.langby@teol.uu.se.

With kind regards, 

President Prof. Elena Namli with staff