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Introduction
I am a philosopher and historian of science, currently working at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. My education was mainly in theoretical philosophy, especially philosophy of the life sciences. My main research interests is the history and philosophy of genetic engineering and reproductive medicine. Furthermore, I am interested in the philosophy of animal research, feminist philosophy of science and gender in pop culture.
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April 2019 - June 2023
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- I did my PhD at the FSU University. My dissertation was submittet under the title "Von Biotechnik zu Bioethik. Die Debatten über die Regulation von Gentechnik in der Bundesrepublik der 1970er und 1980er Jahre" (From Biotechnology to Bioethics. The debates about the regulation of genetic engineering in West Germany in the 1970ies and 1980ies)
March 2018 - March 2019
Education
October 2012 - December 2017
October 2009 - September 2012
Publications
Publications (4)
English version (DeepL) und Deutsche Version (unten)
The study uses five exemplary constellations to analyse the role and changing strategies of the MPG in the genetic engineering debate between 1970 and the 1990s. The following chapter deals with the actions of the MPG and its scientists in the early phase from 1975 to 1980, when the question of p...
What is the adequate terminology to talk about animal behaviour? Is terminology referring to mental or emotional states anthropomorphic and should therefore be prohibited or is it a necessary means to provide for an adequate description and should be encouraged? This question was vehemently discussed in the founding phase of Ethology as a scientifi...
German conference report on a conference about Ernst Haeckel as a focal point for research in the history of science: as a case study for specific German conditions for biology from the 18th to 20th century, but also as a paradigm for scientific and cultural practices such as picotrial, literary, medial or political practices and transfer of method...
Questions
Question (1)
I would like to diversify my reading in philosophy of science and am therefore looking for BIPoC philosophers of science. Since the philosophical curriculum in Germany (as well as in most other places, I guess) is very white-centered, I don't even know where to look. Maybe the Research Gate community could help me out!
