Courses at CELLS

CELLS members regularly offer courses in the following key areas:

• biotechnology and health law (Hoppe)
• ELSI* in the life sciences (Hoppe, Reydon)
• enterprise responsibility and novel health technologies (Eklu-Natey)
• ethics in science, esp. in the life sciences (Hoppe, Reydon, Knab, Lohse, Wasmer)
• medical ethics (Hoppe, White)
• philosophy of biology and biomedicine (Reydon, Lohse, Knab)
• philosophy of law and social philosophy (Hoppe, Lohse)
• philosophy of technology (Reydon)
• political issues in biomedical research and its applications (Eklu-Natey, White)

    _{* ELSI: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues}

Curricula on ethical and legal aspects of the life sciences are currently being developed for a range of different target groups. It is a medium-term goal to provide certified courses for students and researchers at universities in Hannover and the region as well as for external institutions and for professional development purposes.