Vita and Professional Background
married, 2 children
| 1996 | Higher Education Entrance qualification ("Abitur") in Cham (Upper Palatinate/Germany) |
| 1996-2002 | Studies in Catholic Theology and German Language and Literature (aiming at the Teaching Profession at Grammar Schools) |
| 1999-2000 | Studies in Catholic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome/Italy) |
| 2002-2004 | PhD Scholarship: German National Academic Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes") |
| 2004 | Visiting scholar at Boston College (Boston, Mass., USA) |
| 2004-2007 | Research Assistant at the chair of Moral Theology, University of Regensburg (Germany) |
| 2006 | PhD in Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg |
| 2007-2015 | Postdoctoral Position at the?chair of Moral Theology ("Akademische R?tin a. Z."), University of Regensburg (Germany) |
| April-Sept. 2008 | Research stay at the University of Vienna (Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation) |
| Winter Semester 2009/10 | Lectureship at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| August 2011 | Essay Prize of the European Society for Catholic Theology |
| October 2011 | Prize for Excellent Teaching (together with Dr. Gabriele Zinkl) awarded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education |
| November 2012 | Erasmus Lectureship in Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
| Summer Semester 2013 | Lecture ?Grundfragen der christlichen Sexualethik“ (“Fundamental Issues of Christian Sexual Ethics”) as Stand-in for Prof. Dr. Stephan Ernst at the University of Würzburg |
| 2014 (7 May) | Habilitation at Catholic Theology (Moral Theology) |
| since April 2015 | Holder of the Chair of Moral Theology at the University of Augsburg |
Memberships and Functions
since 2009?? ??? Member of the "Innsbrucker Kreis der ?sterreichischen Moraltheologlnnen und Sozialethikerlnnen"
since 2011?? ? ? Member of the "European Society of Catholic Theology"
since 2012?? ? ? Member of "Societas ethica"
since 2014?? ? ? Member of the "International Association for Moral Theology and Social Ethics"
since 2015?? ? ? Co-opted Member of the Health Care Ethics Committee at Augsburg’s Clinical Centre
since 2016?? ? ? Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Marriage, Families & Spirituality" of INTAMS
2016-2026 ? ? ? Consultant of the Episcopal Subcommission on “Bioethics“ of the Doctrinal Commission (I) of the German Bishops’ Conference
since 2020?????? Member of the German Ethics Council
since 2021?????? Member of the Institute of the G?rres Society for Interdisciplinary Research, since 2024 Deputy Director
since 2021?????? Cooperation Partner of the? Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID)
since 2023?????? Member of the Editoral Board of the Book Series "Theology and Artificial Intelligence"
since 2023?????? Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Journal "Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik" ("Journal of Medical Ethics")
since 2023?????? Affiliated member of the Research Cluster "Religion and Water" of The New Institute Center for Environmental Humanities (NICHE), University of Venice
since 2024 ????? Corresponding Academician of the Pontifical Academy for Life
since 2024 ? ? ? Member of the Committee of the Augsburg Peace Prize
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At the University of Augsburg
- Vice Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology (2017-2024)
- (Former) Deputy University’s Women's Representative (2016-2018)
- (Former) Deputy Women's Representative at the newly founded Medical Faculty (2018-2019)
- Deputy Women's Representative at the Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Member of the Ethics Commission of the University
- Member of the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (ZIG) (Member of the Board 2020-2022)
- Member of the Science Center Environment (WZU) (Member of the Board since 2023)
- Member of the Center for Climate Resilience
- Board Member and Advisor for the International Doctorate College “Rethinking Environment” (?Um(welt)Denken“)
- Head of the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program on Environmental Ethics (“Umweltethik“)
- Principal Investigator at the Center for Responsible AI Technologies
- Member of the working group "Social Resilience"
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Area of Research
In the field of Bioethics, research interests focus on issues at the beginning of life (genome editing, reproductive medicine) as well as issues at the end of life. Research projects are planned or well underway, especially on Advance Care Planning (in cooperation with the “Augsburger Hospiz und Palliativversorgung e.V.”) and on palliative ethics (with Augsburg’s University Hospital). Integrated into the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research at the University of Augsburg (ZIG), issues such as the question of compulsory vaccination have also emerged in Germany.
In Sexual Morality ("Beziehungsethik"), I am concerned with topics such as fidelity and a deeper understanding of a personal relationship ethics.
AI Ethics and Climate Ethics are also key focus areas of my research.
I am planning to write a history of moral theology (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller, Vienna).
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Publications
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