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Third-party funded projects
- Compassio. Relevance and
Applicability of the concept of „sympathy“ in contemporary bioethical debates
(with Dr. Hick, Cologne)
- Co-proponent for the
interdisciplinary project “Non-personal justification of the right to life.
Comparatistic and interdisciplinary aspects with special regard to
Buddhism and Neo-Konfuzianism” (together with Prof. Grätzel, Mainz, and Prof.
Guhe, Fudan University, Shanghai), funded by the German research association
(DFG)
- Head of interdisciplinary
research group “BIOS – boundary questions of life” (5/2004-11/2009, funded by the
Metanexus Institute, Philadelphia)
Panel diskussions, Chaired conference divisions
- Chair of the section “Das
Große Leben”. International Congress “Nietzsche – Macht – Größe”, August 27-30
2009 in Naumburg
- “Naturästhetik im Diskurs. Am
Beispiel des Mittelrheintales”, July 27, 2008, panel discussion, Allgemeine
Zeitung (Mainz), horticultural show, Bingen
- Exploring Reality – Creation
and Evolution: 3 Questions to be put to a panel of invited academics, made up
of scientists, theologians, and philosophers. Conference Human Persons and the
God of Nature (Sept. 3-6, 2007), September 5, 2007
Organization of conferences
- “Concepts of Life: Interdisciplinary
approaches” Conference of the BIOS LSI group „BIOS – Boundary questions of Life“,
November 24-25, 2006, Institute for history, theory and ethics in medicine,
Mainz
- International conference “Life
– Body – Person – Intercultural Aspects of an intricate relation”, April 25-27
2007 (with Michael Gerhard, Dr. Eberhard Guhe), Mainz
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