About Us

Living things change—this is true at all times, in all places, and for all forms of life. Four systemically interacting dynamics are particularly shaping the changes of our time: technologization, economization, ecologization, and globalization. They permeate almost all areas of life, changing the fundamental conditions of our coexistence in complex transformation processes and raising fundamental questions: Where are these changes leading us? What moral attitudes and beliefs underlie them? And what values should guide us in shaping them for a flourishing life and a desirable future for all?

The Center for Life Ethics in the Transdisciplinary Research Area 4 “Individuals, Institutions, and Societies” at the University of Bonn is dedicated to analyzing and shaping life-changing dynamics in close cooperation with scientists from many disciplines and actors from various fields of practice. Ethics is our bridging cross-sectional perspective within the framework of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, teaching, and consulting.

The work of the Center for Life Ethics is complemented by the House of Young Thinking—a forum for encounters and dialogue between science and the public. Our diverse event formats offer a forum open to all for ethical reflection on our interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research into the dynamics of life and for its creative application in developing desirable futures.

Together, we want to ask the right questions in the face of today's pressing challenges, offer ethical orientation, and develop smart solutions—all with the goal of making a good life possible for everyone.

Team of the Center for Life Ethics