Department of (Social) Ethics
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Welcome to the Department of (Social) Ethics!
We explore ethical questions in the interplay between society and technology. We research how new technologies change social life foms and institutions and how to responsibly shape these changes. By using empirical and analytical-hermeneutic methods we evaluate social norms or concepts. We examine how they can provide orientation or need to be innovated and rethought. By this we develop options for behavior and action for the social dealing with new technologies.
© Gregor Hübl / University of Bonn
Team
© Matthias Braun
Projects
© Matthias Braun
Publications
© Matthias Braun
Approach
© Social Ethics Group
Events and Outreach
© Gregor Hübl / University of Bonn
Teaching
Newsletter
Events, publications, or projects—our newsletter will keep you up to date.
Events
Ethics Poetry Slam
Uni Bonn
Whole Day
Zukunftswerte – welche Werte sind dir wichtig? Welche Werte brauchen wir für eine gute Zukunft?
Du schreibst gern, interessierst dich für Zukunftsthemen und ...
News
Eva Maria Hille receives Science Award
Eva Maria Hille has been awarded the “Natural Sciences and Theology” Research Prize by the Görres Society for the Advancement of Science e.V. and the Apfelbaum Foundation for her doctoral dissertation, “Unbiased AI? A Vulnerability-Sensitive, Power-Critical, and Justice-Oriented Approach for the Healthcare Sector.”
Visiting Fellowship
The Social Ethics Group Visiting Fellowship is awarded annually to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to visit the Social Ethics Group at the University of Bonn.
My vote counts!
On April 17, 2026, the Chair of (Social) Ethics, in cooperation with GermanDream and the Federal Student Conference, hosted a Democracy Day in Cologne. Ninth-graders from six schools in Cologne were invited to the COMEDIA Theater to experience, shape, and celebrate democracy together under the motto “My vote counts!”
billig und gerecht
Just in time for the start of the semester, you can now listen to ethics! In the new podcast “billig und gerecht: Euer neuer Podcast für Ethik und Recht,” Susanne Gössl, a law professor at the University of Bonn, and Matthias Braun, a professor of ethics at the University of Bonn, discuss current social issues at the intersection of ethics and law.
