Suchergebnis: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2021

GESS Wissenschaft im Kontext (Science in Perspective) Information
Nur die in diesem Abschnitt aufgelisteten Fächer können als "GESS Wissenschaft im Kontext" angerechnet werden.
Weiter unten finden Sie die Kurse im Bereich "Typ B. Reflexion über fachspezifische Methoden und Inhalte" sowie den Bereich "Sprachkurse"

Im Bachelorstudium sind 6 KP und im Masterstudium 2 KP zu erwerben.

Studierende, die eine Lerneinheit bereits im Rahmen ihres Fachstudiums abgelegt haben, dürfen dieselbe Veranstaltung NICHT nochmals belegen!
Typ B: Reflexion über fachspezifische Methoden und Inhalte
Fachspezifische Lerneinheiten. Empfohlen für Studierende ab der Basisprüfung im Bachelor- oder für Studierende im Master- oder Promotionsstudium.

Studierende, die eine Lerneinheit bereits im Rahmen ihres Fachstudiums abgelegt haben, dürfen dieselbe Veranstaltung NICHT nochmals belegen!

Diese Lerneinheiten sind alle auch unter "Typ A" aufgelistet, d.h. sie sind grundsätzlich für alle Studierenden belegbar.
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NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
851-0180-00LResearch Ethics Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 40

Particularly suitable for students of D-BIOL, D-CHAB, D-HEST
W2 KP2GG. Achermann, P. Emch
KurzbeschreibungStudents are able to identify and critically evaluate moral arguments, to analyse and to solve moral dilemmas considering different normative perspectives and to create their own well-justified reasoning for taking decisions to the kind of ethical problems a scientist is likely to encounter during the different phases of biomedical research.
LernzielParticipants of the course Research Ethics will
• Develop an understanding of the role of certain moral concepts, principles and normative theories related to scientific research;
• Improve their moral reasoning skills (such as identifying and evaluating reasons, conclusions, assumptions, analogies, concepts and principles), and their ability to use these skills in assessing other people’s arguments, making decisions and constructing their own reasoning to the kinds of ethical problems a scientist is likely to encounter;
InhaltI. Introduction to Moral Reasoning
1. Ethics - the basics
1.1 What ethics is not… 1.2 Recognising an ethical issue (awareness) 1.3 What is ethics? Personal, cultural and ethical values, principles and norms 1.4 Ethics: a classification 1.5 Research Ethics: what is it and why is it important?

2. Normative Ethics
2.1 What is normative ethics? 2.2 Types of normative theories – three different ways of thinking about ethics: Virtue theories, duty-based theories, consequentialist theories 2.3 The plurality of normative theories (moral pluralism); 2.4 Roles of normative theories in “Research Ethics”

3. Decision making: How to solve a moral dilemma
3.1 How (not) to approach ethical issues 3.2 What is a moral dilemma? Is there a correct method for answering moral questions? 3.3 Methods of making ethical decisions 3.4 Is there a "right" answer?

II. Research Ethics - Internal responsibilities
1. Integrity in research and research misconduct
1.1 What is research integrity and why is it important? 1.2 What is research misconduct? 1.3 Questionable/Detrimental Research Practice (QRP/DRP) 1.4 What is the incidence of misconduct? 1.5 What are the factors that lead to misconduct? 1.6 Responding to research wrongdoing 1.7 The process of dealing with misconduct 1.8 Approaches to misconduct prevention and for promoting integrity in research

2. Data Management
2.1 Data collection and recordkeeping 2.2 Analysis and selection of data 2.3 The (mis)representation of data 2.4 ownership of data 2.5 Retention of data 2.6 Sharing of data (open research data) 2.7 The ethics of big data

3. Publication ethics / Responsible publishing
3.1 Background 3.2 Criteria for being an author 3.3 Ordering of authors 3.4 Publication practices

III. Research Ethics – External responsibilities
1. Research involving human subjects
1.1 History of research with human subjects 1.2 Basic ethical principles – The Belmont Report 1.3 Requirements to make clinical research ethical 1.4 Social value and scientific validity
1.5 Selection of study participants – the concept of vulnerability
1.6 Favourable risk-benefit ratio 1.7 Independent review - Ethics Committees 1.8 Informed consent 1.9 Respect for potential and enrolled participants

2. Social responsibility
2.1 What is social responsibility? a) Social responsibility of the individual scientist b) Social responsibility of the scientific community as a whole; 2.2 Participation in public discussions: a) Debate & Dialogue b) Communicating risks & uncertainties c) Science and the media 2.3 Public advocacy (policy making)

3. Dual use research
3.1 Introduction to Dual use research 3.2 Case study – Censuring science? 3.3 Transmission studies for avian flu (H5N1) 3.4 Synthetic biology
SkriptCourse material (handouts, case studies, exercises, surveys and papers) will be available during the lectures and on the course homepage.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesWhat are the requirements?
First and foremost your strong willingness to seriously achieve the main learning outcomes as indicated in the Course Catalogue (specific learning outcomes for each module will be provided at the beginning of the course). For successfully completing the course Research Ethics, the following commitment is absolutely necessary (but not sufficient) (observed success factors for many years!):
1. Your regular presence is absolutely required (so please no double, parallel enrollment for courses taking place at the identical time!) connected with your active participation during class, e.g. taking notes, contributing to discussions (in group as well as in plenary class), solving exercises.
2. Having the willingness and availability of the necessary time for regularly preparing the class (at least 1 hour per week, probably even more…).
KompetenzenKompetenzen
Fachspezifische KompetenzenKonzepte und Theoriengeprüft
Methodenspezifische KompetenzenAnalytische Kompetenzengeprüft
Entscheidungsfindunggeprüft
Problemlösunggeprüft
Soziale KompetenzenKommunikationgeprüft
Kooperation und Teamarbeitgeprüft
Persönliche KompetenzenKreatives Denkengeprüft
Kritisches Denkengeprüft
Integrität und Arbeitsethikgeprüft
Selbstbewusstsein und Selbstreflexion geprüft
363-1027-00LIntroduction to Health Economics and Policy
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
W2 KP1VC. Waibel
KurzbeschreibungHealth expenditures constitute about 10% of GDP in OECD countries. Extensive government intervention is a typical feature in health markets. Risk factors to health have been changing with growing importance of lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity and lack of physical activity. This course gives an introduction to the economic concepts and empirical findings in health economics.
LernzielIntroduce students without prior economic background to the main concepts of health economics and policy to enhance students understanding of how health care institutions and markets function.

Please note that we will apply basic economic concepts to health care markets. Hence, master students with an economic background have to expect that a large share of the concepts will overlap with their previous courses. However, they are, of course, welcome to join the course.
InhaltThe course gives an introduction to the economic concepts and empirical findings in health economics to enhance students understanding of how health care institutions and markets function. Motivated by the fact that health care markets are designed differently across countries, this course looks at the challenges in regulating health care markets. First, two important decisions of individuals will be analyzed: What types and amount of personal health care services does an individual demand? How much will health insurance coverage be purchased? In the second part, the supply side of health care markets will be discussed. What are the financial incentives of physicians, and how do these influence physicians’ treatment choices? What does it mean and imply that a physician is an agent for a patient? The choices made by societies about how health care services are financed and about the types of organizations that supply health care will be addressed in the third part. One important choice is whether a country will rely on public financing of personal health care services or encourage private health insurance markets. How could and should a public health insurance system be designed? The advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives will be discussed to provide a framework for analyzing specific types of health care systems.
LiteraturJay Bhattacharya, Timothy Hyde, Peter Tu, "Health Economics", Palgrave Macmillan.
Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh, "Health Economics", MIT Press.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesAlthough we apply basic economic concepts to health care questions, students should be aware that this course requires some mathematical skills in terms of maximization problems.

Please be prepared that this course might (partially) be run via zoom, depending on the situation.
851-0745-00LEthics Workshop: The Impact of Digital Life on Society Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 40.

Open to all Master level / PhD students.
W2 KP2SE. Vayena, A. Blasimme, C. Brall, C. Landers, J. Sleigh
KurzbeschreibungThis workshop focuses on understanding and managing the ethical and social issues arising from the integration of new technologies in various aspects of daily life.
LernzielExplain relevant concepts in ethics.
Evaluate the ethical dimensions of new technology uses.
Identify impacted stakeholders and who is ethically responsible.
Engage constructively in the public discourse relating to new technology impacts.
Review tools and resources currently available that facilitate resolutions and ethical practice
Work in a more ethically reflective way
InhaltThe workshop offers students an experience that trains their ability for critical analysis and develops awareness of responsibilities as a researcher, consumer and citizen. Learning will occur in the context of three intensive workshop days, which are highly interactive and focus on the development and application of reasoning skills.

The workshop will begin with some fundamentals: the nature of ethics, of consent and big data, of AI ethics, public trust and health ethics. Students will then be introduced to key ethical concepts such as fairness, autonomy, trust, accountability, justice, as well different ways of reasoning about the ethics of digital technologies.

A range of practical problems and issues in the domains of education, news media, society, social media, digital health and justice will be then considered. These six domains are represented respectively by unique and interesting case studies. Each case study has been selected not only for its timely and engaging nature, but also for its relevance. Through the analysis of these case studies key ethical questions (such as fairness, accountability, explain-ability, access etc.) will be highlighted and questions of responsibility and tools for ethical practice will be explored. Throughout, the emphasis will be on learning to make sound arguments about the ethical aspects of policy, practice and research.
851-0011-00LThe Body in Global History Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen W3 KP2SE. Valdameri
KurzbeschreibungWhile being the universal constant which is common to every human being in history, the body is also culturally and historically specific. In this seminar we will examine how ideas of the body have changed throughout history and how these ideas of the body can be useful to understand political, social, and cultural phenomena in particular historical settings.
LernzielStudents learn the history of the body from mid-eighteen century onwards through examples taken from the multidisciplinary scholarship on the body with a special, albeit not exclusive, focus on colonial and postcolonial contexts. More specifically, students are sensitized to the historical and cultural variabilities of the human body that challenge scientific understandings of it as an unchanging biological entity. Adopting a humanities perspective on topics like anatomy and surgery, the treatment of the insane, sexuality, physical culture, eugenics, and body productivity, the course looks at shifting attitudes to body health and fitness and the ways these have been shaped by considerations of gender, race, and class as well as by socioeconomic circumstances of modernity. It considers how bodies have historically concerned governments who have classified different (sections of) populations as 'fit' or 'unfit' to be members of a certain community.
The ‘long durée’ approach of the course allows to consider the continuities and changes in terms of scientific epistemologies and practices regarding the body. In doing so, debated contemporary issues such as assisted reproductive technologies and wearable systems of surveillance of the worker fatigue in the workplace are discussed.
The course is structured thematically, adopts a multidisciplinary approach, and uses academic texts as well as concrete examples. It intends to a) enable STEM students to develop new perspectives on their core subjects by bringing them in dialogue with the themes dealt with and by raising ethical questions; b) familiarise students in general with major topics in the field of the recent scholarship on the body and make them mindful of the multiple ways in which understanding the body and its relationship with culture and power can help think critically of the present we live in.
851-0421-00LSapiens – Ein wisssenschaftshistorischer Lektürekurs Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen W3 KP2SN. Guettler
KurzbeschreibungYuval Noah Hararis „Sapiens“ ist das erfolgreichste historische Buch der vergangenen Jahre. Das Seminar beleuchtet den Text wissenschafthistorisch: Auf welche Quellen stützt sichder Autor? Welche Art von Geschichte wird hier geschrieben? Und in welcher Tradition steht „Sapiens“ als populäres Sachbuch?
LernzielDie Studierenden entwickeln im Laufe des Seminars die Kompetenz, kritisch und historisch reflektiert mit dem Originaltext und der Forschungsliteratur zur Geschichte der Anthropologie, Wissenschaft und Technik umzugehen. Dabei üben sie anhand von kleineren Rechercheaufgaben, sich auch eigenständig durch (wissenschafts)historische Literatur zu bewegen.
InhaltZiel des Seminars ist es, die Studierenden anhand der Lektüre von „Sapiens“ mit der Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Anthropologie, Ur- und Frühgeschichte und populärwissenschaftlicher Literatur zur Menschheitsgeschichte vertraut machen. Neben der gemeinsamen Lektüre und kritischen Diskussion des Originaltextes erarbeiten sich die Studierenden wichtige wissenschaftshistorische Kontexte des Buches in Kleingruppen und stellen diese im Seminar vor. Auf diesem Weg entwickeln sie ein Verständnis über die hintergründigen Narrative und populärwissenschaftlichen Genres, die in „Sapiens“ mit einfließen.
851-0101-80LGrundprobleme der UmweltethikW3 KP2GL. Wingert
KurzbeschreibungDer Klimawandel übt einen Druck auf uns, unser Verhalten individuell, z.B. als Konsumenten, und kollektiv, z.B. als Mitglieder von Staaten und Firmen zu ändern. Dieser Druck provoziert Fragen wie: Wer muss worauf verzichten? Was ist eine gerechte Verteilung von Lasten bei dem Kampf gegen den Klimawandel? Wie sollen wir Menschen unser Verhältnis zur Natur verstehen? Wie müssen wir wirtschaften?
LernzielDer Kurs soll bekannt machen mit grundlegenden Behandlungsweisen umweltethischer Fragen.

Dabei soll eine vernünftige Antwort auf die Frage gefunden werden: Was sind individuelle Verantwortlichkeiten und was sind kollektive Verantwortlichkeiten? (Z.B. Was liegt in der Verantwortlichkeit von uns als individuelle Konsumenten?)

Auch soll geklärt werden, was denn "Klimagerechtigkeit" heißt.

Darüberhinaus sollen Antworten auf die Frage studiert und beurteilt werden, welches Wirtschaften nötig ist, um unsere natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen zu sichern.
LiteraturZur Vorbereitung:

1. Dieter Birnbacher, Klimaethik, Stuttgart: Reclam 2016.

2. John Broome, Climate Matters, New York/London: Norton 2012.

3. Stephen M. Gardiner, A Perfect Moral Storm. The Tragedy of Climate Change, Oxford: University Press 2015.

4. Naomi Klein, Die Entscheidung: Kapitalismus vs Klima, Frankfurt/M.: Fischer 2016.
851-0594-04LOne Study, Two Paths: The Dual-Use Dilemma in the Life Sciences Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Particularly suitable for students (from Bachelor 3rd year onwards) of D-BIOL, D-CHAB, D-HEST

Maximum number of participants limited to 20
W3 KP2SM. Gemünden, O. Thränert
KurzbeschreibungResearch and technologies emerging from the life sciences bring beneficial aspects to our society but also unforeseeable risks regarding biosafety and biosecurity. In this course, students will learn about the advances in science and technology and their implications for society and international treaties (BWC or CWC) and their social, ethical and legal responsibilities as life scientists.
LernzielBy the end of this course, students will be able to critically assess their own research regarding the possibility to apply scientific results or methods with benevolent or malevolent intentions (dual-use) and will be able to integrate strategies into their research design to reduce the misuse potential.
InhaltLife sciences evolve rapidly supported by developments in related disciplines. However, while those new and emerging technologies greatly benefit society, they additionally bring along predictable as well as unforeseeable risks in the context of biosafety and biosecurity.

The ability of life science professionals to critically assess their own research regarding potential misuse risks and how to reduce these is a crucial aspect to maintain research integrity against the background of novel security concerns arising from the speed and dynamics of advancements in the life- and associated sciences.

During the course, you will discuss about your societal, ethical, and legal responsibilities as life scientists. You will become aware of biosecurity and biosafety risks and what scientists can do to minimize misuse potential in highest-risk research (=“dual use research of concern”). A strong focus of the seminar lies on interactive group work for which you will be able to build on your individual experiences and scientific background. Additionally, a combination of lectures and input from guest speakers will provide you with essential background information and insights into real-world applications. You will understand the dual-use dilemma and learn about biological warfare, biological terrorism, and the international prohibition regimes; the national implementation of the biological and toxins weapons convention and about efforts to build the web of prevention against the misuse of life sciences.
KompetenzenKompetenzen
Fachspezifische KompetenzenKonzepte und Theoriengeprüft
Methodenspezifische KompetenzenProblemlösunggeprüft
Soziale KompetenzenKommunikationgeprüft
Kooperation und Teamarbeitgeprüft
Persönliche KompetenzenKritisches Denkengeprüft
Integrität und Arbeitsethikgeprüft
Selbstbewusstsein und Selbstreflexion gefördert
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