Does AI help or harm?

Does AI help or harm? On April 25, we hosted Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschläger, Director of the Institute for Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, at the Globa…

Affordable and climate-friendly housing? - A revie…

The housing sector needs a socio-ecological transformation. In times of acute housing shortages and a pressing climate crisis, new concepts and ideas are urgently needed. Instead …

Transitions and New Beginnings: Strategies for the…

Every year, the team of the Global Ethic Institute decides on an annual theme for the coming year - to sharpen its own focus, to invite exciting guests, to expand the range of…

Data ethics between societal aspirations and opera…

The expansion of artificial intelligence and machine learning into many areas of everyday life has led to the emergence of major social concerns and uncertainties, for example reg…

Global Ethic Institute presents award for ethical …

Economically feasible, socially beneficial and, in the best case, ecologically responsible: Based on these criteria, the Global Ethic Institute at the University of Tübingen anno…

Conference on Sources of Hope

Our global situation, currently marked by wars and crises, overshadowed by ecological destruction and self-destruction, offers much cause for despair. "But where there is danger,"…

Global Ethic Department opened - Hemel on cooperat…

Institute Director Ulrich Hemel traveled to Peru from February 14-27 as part of a partnership trip to USIL University, among other places. There Hemel opened a new Global Ethi…

Ulrich Hemel receives honorary doctorate

Ulrich Hemel receives honorary doctorate On February 17, 2023, a ceremony was held at the Universidad de San Ignacio de Loyola in honor of the academic achievements of Prof. Dr…

Karl Schlecht Foundation "Science Foundation of th…

Just last October, we heard some very happy news from the Karl Schlecht Foundation. The founder, who is over 90 years old, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Zeppelin Univer…

The German Supply Chain Act is here – now what?

On January 12, Dr. Hannes Kuch, a Fellow of the Global Ethic Institute, was a guest at our "Exploration Dinner" format. Over pizza and wine, he spoke with guests from business, me…