• CV

    Academic Education

    Dr. phil. habil., Universität Freiburg; thesis: Anerkennung als Prinzip der Praktischen Philosophie. Untersuchungen zu Hegels Jenaer Philosophie des Geistes
    Studies of Philosophy, Science of Education, German, History and Political Science in Köln and Freiburg
    Dr. phil, Universität Freiburg, thesis: Hegels Fichtekritik und die Wissenschaftslehre von 1804.

    Positions

    Seniorprofessor (Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik)
    Professor of Philosophy, Universität Münster
    Fellow, Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt
    Fellow, Bogliasco Foundation (New York/Genoa), Bogliasco (Province of Genoa)
    Member, structural and appointment committee for the discipline of philosophy, University of Erfurt
    Ernst Bloch memorial professorship, University of Tübingen
    Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, North Rhine-Westphalia Science Centre, Essen
    Member, structural and appointment committee for the discipline of philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin
    Reviewer for the German Research Foundation for the history of philosophy
    Visiting professor, Emory University (Atlanta, USA)
    Professor of Philosophy; Universität-GH Duisburg
    Substitution at the University of Heidelberg
    Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), Department of Philosophy I, Universität Freiburg
    Substitution at Freie Universität Berlin
    Visiting assistant professor, Princeton University (USA)

    Honors

    Officer's Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany – The President of the Federal Republic of Germany

    External Functions

    Chair, Hegel Commission, North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (Chair)
    German Research Foundation College: Theoretical foundations of the justification of norms in medical ethics and biopolitics (Mitglied)
    Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, University of Münster (Mitglied)
    Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Corresponding member)
    Leibniz Commission, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Member)
    German Reference Centre for Bioethics, Bonn (Board of Directors)
    Network for stem cell research, North Rhine-Westphalia (Member)
    German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Personal tutor)
    Central Ethics Committee for Stem-Cell Research (Chair)
    Collaborative research centre: Symbolic communication and social value systems (Member)
    Central Ethics Committee, German Medical Association (Member)
    Ethics Advisory Board, Federal Ministry of Health (Member)
    North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (full member)
    Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Münster, and Medical Association Westphalia-Lippe (Member)
    Board of the Centre for Bioethics, University of Münster (Speaker)
    European Network of Excellence Nano2life, Ethics Board