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Research

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The Center’s main aim is to integrate deep theoretical knowledge and creativity with applied problems in biomedicine, contextualizing their ethical dimensions historically and socially. Efforts are made to promote cross-disciplinary work.

The Centers’ researchers’ interests encompass moral theory and the intersections among bioethics, law, religion, and social history. The research methodology includes a polemic and normative approach as well as qualitative and quantitative research methods. Collaborative research is held across a range of disciplines and with various professionals.

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Another branch of research is the socio-historical and moral ideas in the representation of illness and medicine in visual art.

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Ongoing research projects

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1.    Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Involuntary Commitment in Psychiatry

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2.    Autonomy and Coercion in Mental Health – a Qualitative Analysis

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3.    Teaching Nursing Ethics in a Foreign Language

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4.    Socio-legal instruments relating to Ageing

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5.     Conscientious objection and medicine

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