Seminar for Doctoral Fellows of FSC and ZEF 

Ethics, Research Ethics and Ethics Methods by Prof. Thomas Potthast

The seminar for Doctoral Fellows of FSC and ZEF  "Ethics, Research Ethics and Ethics Methods" was held in April 7- 8, 2015 by Prof. Thomas Potthast at ZEF in Bonn, Germany.

Agenda

Tuesday, 7. April 2015

9:00 Unit 1) Round of introductions:

a) personal introduction, motivation
b) agenda for the next two days

10:00 Unit 2) “What is Ethics?”

a) Input by Thomas Potthast (ca. 10:30-11:15)Coffee break
b) Group discussions on input (ca. 11:30-12:30)
c) Plenary discussion (ca. 12:30-13:00)13:00 Lunch break

14:30 Unit 3) “Ethics in Research”

a) Input by Thomas Potthast (ca. 14:30-15:00)
b) Preparation and simulation of panel discussions on topics of participant’s research projects
(ca. 15:00-16:30)Coffee break in between
c) Plenary discussion (ca. 16:30-17:00)

Wednesday, 8. April 2015

9:00 Unit 4) Plenary: Looking back to /Discussion of issues of the previous day

10:00 Unit 5) “The Ethical Matrix” - A tool for ethical deliberationa) Input by Thomas Potthast
(ca. 10:00-10:45) Coffee break ca. 10:45
b) Preparation and simulation of panel discussions on topics selected by participants (ca. 11:15-12:45)
c) Plenary discussion (ca. 12:45-13:00)13:00 Lunch break

14:30 Unit 6) Practising the Ethical Matrix: Examples from participant’s research projects

a) Preparatory plenary (ca. 14:30-14:45)
b) Preparation (ca. 14:45-15:30)
Coffee break in between
c) Presentations in plenary (ca. 15:30-16:00)
16:00 Unit 7) Final discussion, Feedback and Evaluation
ca.17:00 End of Seminar