19.03.2013 Graduate Campus funded project

"Neohumanitas, Writing the future together". Call for participants. All info of the project can be found here

18.03.2013 June 2013: Migration and Bioethics

Migration and Bioethics: The case of undocumented migrants, refugees and asylum seekers Conference organized by Verina Wild (IBME), Richard Ashcroft (University of London), Deborah Zion (Monash University). Speakers from bioethics, philosophy, medicine, human rights, law, migrations studies, NGOs and International Organisations. With key note lecture by Simon Caney.
Date: 25.6.2013 - 28.6.2013
Venue: Brocher Foundation, Hermance

14.03.2013 Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics - Spring Semester 2013

Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics - Spring Semester 2013, Time: 10:00 to 11:30, Venue: University of Zurich, Institute of Biomedical Ethics (IBME), Pestalozzistrasse 24, 8032 Zürich, Room: Conference Room, 3rd floor. Find the full agenda here

07.03.2013 Public Lecture and Workshop on «Neuroethics - Theory and Clinical Practice»

Public Lecture on «Preserving and Promoting Brain Health: Ethics, Society, and Advances in Brain Science» by Judy Illes, PhD of University of British Columbia, Canada, Date and Time: April 4, 2013 at 17:30 to 19:00, Venue: University of Zurich, Main Building, Room: KO2-F-150 and Workshop with «Roberto Andorno, Georgia Martha Gkotsi, Paul Hoff, Judy Illes, Isabelle Mansuy, Sabine Müller, Michael Schüpbach, Philippe Tobler», Date and Time: April 5, 2013 at 09:00 to 17:30, Venue: University of Zurich, Main Building, Room: KOL-H-321

06.03.2013 Tagung "Xenomelie oder der Wunsch nach Amputation - Neuropsychiatrische und ethische Aspekte"

Tagung am Universitätsspital Zürich «Xenomelie oder der Wunsch nach Amputation - Neuropsychiatrische und ethische Aspekte». Datum und Zeit: 14./15. März 2013, Ort: Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich, Raum: Hörsaal WEST U. Podiumsgespräch «Xenomelie: Wissenschaftliche, ethische und medizin-rechtliche Aspekte» mit Peter Brugger, Neuropsychologie UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Markus Bodmer, Juristische Fakultät Universität Basel, Markus Christen, Biomedizinische Ethik Universität Zürich, Erich Kasten, Psychologie Universität Göttingen, Silvia Oddo, Universitätskrankenhaus Frankfurt a.M., «Nelson», Betroffener. Datum und Zeit: 14. März 2013, 20:30 Uhr, Ort: Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich, Raum: Hörsaal WEST U.

06.09.2012 Public Lecture on «The Idea of Human Rights»

Public Lecture on «The Idea of Human Rights» by Prof. John Tasioulas Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Faculty of Laws, UCL
Date and Time: September 12, 2012 at 16:00
Venue: University of Zurich, Main Building
Room: KOL F 104

04.06.2012 Children`s Health, Human Development, and the Twin Aims of Justice

Public Lecture by Prof. Ruth Faden (Johns Hopkins University) and Prof. Madison Powers (Georgetown University), 04.06.2012, 19.30 - 21.00, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, KOL-G Aula

06.06.2012 IBME Lunch Series "Ethics in Neonatology"

Lunch seminar with John Lantos (Director of the Children's Mercy Bioethics Center, Kansas City), 06.06. 2012, 12.00-13.00 USZ, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091 Zürich, Kursraum 2 C 307, Nordtrakt I

13.03.2012 Sufficiency Workshop

How much is enough? Suffciency and thresholds in health care.
An interdisciplinary 2 day workshop at the Center for Ethics, University of Zurich.
June 7-8, 2012

13.03.2012 Organtransplantation - Wer darf auf die Liste?

Einladung zum Symposium des Klinischen Ethikkomitees und des Transplantationszentrums am UniversitätsSpital Zürich.
19. April 2012, 14 Uhr

13.03.2012 Symposium "Beyond the Placebo"

Biomedical, Clinical and Philosophical Aspects of the Placebo Effect.
August 22-25, 2012

14.02.2012 Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics

The research colloqium of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics will take place on fixed Thurdays during spring semester 2012 from 10.00 to 11.30 and will be held in english.

04.06.2012 Workshop: Meeting the Authors with Madison Powers and Ruth Faden

June 4-5, 2012, University of Zurich, Main Building, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Room: KOL G 212

26.01.2012 International Workshop for Ethics in Pediatrics

Pediatric Ethics – Where are we today?
Where are we going tomorrow?
March 22-23, 2012 at the University of Zurich

15.11.2011 IBME Lunch Series

Talk: „Neuroscience of Moral Judgement“
By: Professor Julian Savulescu
Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics
Director, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Director, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics

15.11.2011 IBME Lunch Series

Our guest for the IBME Lunch Series on December 13 th, at 2 p.m., is Prof. Angus Dawson, UK
Consent, Choice and Health Promotion

26.08.2011 Reading Seminar

The workshop “Meeting the Authors: Madison Powers and Ruth Faden” will be held at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich on June, 4-5th 2012. In preparation for this workshop we will be reading their book 'Social Justice. The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy' (OUP 2008).

12.08.2011 ESPMH Conference

25th European Conference on Philosophy od Medicine and Health Care: 17th to 20th of August 2011,Zurich, Switzerland

15.07.2011 Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics

The research colloqium of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics will take place on fixed Thurdays during fall semester 2011 from 10.00 to 11.30 and will be held in english.

17.02.2011 Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics

The research colloqium of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics will take place on fixed Thurdays during spring semester 2011 from 10.00 to 11.30 and will be held in english.

06.01.2011 Bioethics Lunch Series, Discussion Lunch with Dr. Florencia Luna

Our guest for the next IBME Lunch Series at the 7th of February 2011 is Dr. Florencia Luna. She will discuss the issue of cord blood banks and ethics

06.01.2011 Semester Seminar: Moral Methods in Practice

The advanced reading seminar will address the question of how moral methods matter in practice. We will challenge both the general anti-theoretical doubt about the relevance of generalised moral reasoning and the influential view that moral theory can provide an a priori, fixed and complete framework that just needs to be applied to concrete moral problems. Instead we will scrutinise approaches that strive for developing a method of moral decision making that is both context-sensitive and sufficiently abstract to allow for concrete judgements from a generalised point of view. We will read and discuss current texts about pragmatic ethics, ethics of care and particularism, in order to see how they relate to concrete problems within the field of bioethics.