Talks and Presentations
Upcoming
"The 14-day rule and human embryo models." A paper to be presented at the 36th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Frankfurt, Germany, 21–24 August 2024.
Keynote lecture on ELSA topics at the 12th GermanStemCellNetwork (GSCN) Conference, Jena, Germany, 25–27 September 2024.
Past talks (last 10 years, selection)
"Are embryo models artificial or synthetic? Some thoughts on ethico-ontological aspects of embryo model research." A paper presented at the Nordic-Baltic Network for the philosophy of medicine, Reykjavík, Iceland, 10 June 2024.
"Human embryo models: The 14-day rule and moral status." A paper presented at the 17th World Congress of Bioethics, Doha, Qatar, 3–6 June 2024.
"Moral and ontological issues in embryo model research." A presentation at the roundtable "Novel Biosciences, Novel Beings?", Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, 7 March 2024.
"Moral status of stem cell-derived embryo models." A presentation at Nordic Council of Bioethics (NCBio), Reykjavík, Iceland, 14–15 September 2023.
"What is it like to be a brain organoid?" A paper presented at the 35th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Riga, Latvia, 24–27 August 2023.
"Scientific citizenship, public engagement and the governance of science." A paper presented at the Nordic-Baltic Network for the philosophy of medicine, Riga, Latvia, 22–23 August 2023.
"Ethische, rechtliche und soziale Aspekte menschlicher zerebraler Organoide und Governance — Vergleich von Deutschland mit Großbritannien und den USA." Elevator pitch and a poster at the conference Ethische, rechtliche und soziale Aspekte (ELSA) in den Lebenswissenschaften — Statusseminar, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 20–21 June 2023, Berlin, Germany.
"Trachea transplants and the regulation of unproven methods in clinical innovation." A paper presented at the 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Warsaw, Poland, 26 August 2022.
"Human Genome Editing Research and Governance." A presentation at the EGE Online Event Public engagement/empowerment in the context of human genome editing with Françoise Baylis and Gabriele Werner-Felmayer, 4 August 2022. [PDF Notice]
"The Governance of Genome Editing Organs and Organoids: Who decides and who cares?" A presentation in Panel 16: Critically engaging public engagement: beyond the rhetoric in the ethics and governance of genome-editing. 16th World Congress of Bioethics, Basel, Switzerland, 21 July 2022.
"What is it like to be a brain organoid?" Nordic-Baltic Network of Philosophy of Medicine, Annual Workshop: Issues in Philosophy of Medicine, Bioethics, and Medical Practice. Greifswald Wissenschaftskolleg, 9 June 2022.
"The Road to the Genetic Future of Humanity: The Problem of Consent in Germline Gene Editing Research." A pre-recorded presentation at the Cambridge-ICM Neuroethics Network Meeting (online), 1–3 February 2021.
"The Moral Status of Cognitively Enhanced Monkeys and Other Novel Beings." Presentation at the annual conference of the German Academy for Medical Ethics: The future of humanity in healthcare (Jahrestagung 2021 der Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin Die Zukunft der Menschlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen) in Erlangen-Nürnberg (online), 23-25 September 2021.
"Genetically modified primates in neuroscience." A paper presented at the 33rd European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Oslo, Norway, 10 August 2019.
"Harms and Benefits in Clinical Innovation." An invited talk given at the conference "Bioethics of clinical innovation and unproven methods," organized by the Nordic committee on bioethics in collaboration with Centre for Legal Studies in Welfare and Market at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 April 2019.
"Cognitive Enhancement of Non-human Primates and Moral Status." An invited talk given at the Conference "Regulating the Tyrell Corporation: Company Law and the Emergence of Novel Beings," London, U.K., 25 October 2018.
"Research Ethics and Animal Research." A presentation given at the Medical Ethics Conference of the World Medical Association, Reykjavík, Iceland, 3 October 2018.
"Mind-Reading, Mind-Hacking, and Moral Responsibility." A paper presented at the 32nd European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Lisbon, Portugal, 24 August 2018.
"Genome Editing in Non-Human Primates as Animal Models in the Neurosciences." A poster presented at the Cambridge-ICM Neuroethics Network Meeting, Paris, France, 20–22 June 2018.
"Cognitive Enhancement in Primate Models in the Neurosciences." A presentation given at the 10th International Scientific Conference on Neuroethics and 5th Conference of the Italian Society for Neuroethics (SINe): Neuroethics: Re-Mapping The Field, Milan, Italy, 17 May 2018.
"The Ethics of Genome Editing in Non-Human Primates." A paper read at the international conference Genome editing: biomedical and ethical perspectives, Belgrade, Serbia, 20 August 2017.
"Animal Research Ethics." A paper read at the 31st European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Belgrade, Serbia, 18 August 2017.
"Moral Status, 'Marginal Cases,' and the Ethics of Non-Human Primate Research." A paper read at the 30th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Zagreb, Croatia, 18 August 2016.
"The Ethics of NHP Research: The Weatherall Report Revisited." A presentation given at the Primate Neurobiology Conference, Tübingen, Germany, 15 March 2016.
"Balancing Burdens and Benefits in Animal Research." A paper read at the 29th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Ghent, Belgium, 20 August 2015.
"Dilemmas: A Reappraisal." A paper read at a Royal Institute of Philosophy workshop on the work of Gilbert Ryle, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K., 13 April 2015.
"The Political Turn in Nonhuman Ethics and the Hard Case of Animal Experimentation." A paper read at the conference "Ethics and/or Politics: Approaching the Issues Concerning Nonhuman Animals" at the University of Birmingham, U.K., 9 April 2015.
"Biopolitics and the Longevity of Lefthanders." A paper read at the 28th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Debrecen, Hungary, 30 August 2014.
"Balancing Burdens and Benefits in Neuroscientific Research using Non-Human Primates." A paper read at the 12th World Congress of Bioethics, Mexico City, Mexico, 26 June 2014.
"Five Science-Based Arguments Against Moral Responsibility." An invited presentation given at the Cambridge-ICM Neuroethics Network Meeting, Paris, France, 19 June 2014.
