Call for Abstracts: Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Cerebral Organoids and their Governance in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.A.
International Research Retreat for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers
8th– 12th August 2022 in Tübingen, Germany
Call for Abstracts — Deadline March 7th 2022
The key question of the research retreat is whether the research on human cerebral organoids and its ethical, legal and social aspects call for new regulation or governance measures. This question requires an in-depth study and interdisciplinary discussion of the scientific, epistemic, social, legal and ethical aspects and contexts of organoid research. The research retreat will also compare the regulatory and political backgrounds as well as ethical and public debates of research on cerebral organoids in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.A.
The Retreat
analyses brain organoid research and related ethical, legal and social aspects
focuses on the comparison between Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States
fosters interdisciplinary exchange
offers individual mentoring with experts and organizers
includes a workshop on academic writing and publishing
supports participants in publishing the papers developed for the retreat
offers cultural events in the evenings
Invited Speakers
Dr. Julia Fitzgerald, Hertie-Institute for clinical brain research, Tübingen University Prof. Dr. Henry T. Greely, Stanford Law School Dr. Philipp Kellmeyer, Neuroethics and AI Ethics Lab, University Medical Center Freiburg Prof. Dr. Karola Kreitmair, Dep. of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Deborah Kronenberg-Versteeg, Hertie-Institute for clinical brain research, Tübingen University Dr. David Lawrence, Assistant Professor in Biolaw, Durham Law School, Durham University Dr. Alex McKeown, Neuroscience, Ethics and Society, Dep. of Psychiatry, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford Prof Dr. Silke Schicktanz, Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen Prof. Dr. Jeremy Sugarman, John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Application Procedure
Applicants should submit an abstract of ca. 500 words and a short CV to anja.pichl@uni-tuebingen.de and gardar.arnason@uni-tuebingen.de by March 7th 2022. The research retreat is aimed at:
● PhD candidates and early career researchers
● working in the following or related fields: organoid or stem cell research, medicine, law, ethics, neurophilosophy, philosophy or history of science, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, social sciences, STS, cultural studies, anthropology
After an expert evaluation, authors of accepted submissions will be invited by March 31st 2022. A manuscript of the planned presentation should be submitted by July 10th 2022.
Publication
The participants are invited to develop their papers presented at the retreat and submit it for a publication edited by the organizers.
Organizers
Dr. Gardar Arnason, Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch, Dr. Oliver Feeney, Anja Pichl
Research Unit “Ethics of Genome Editing”, Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, in collaboration with Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam
Further information
Language: English
Location: Hohentübingen Castle and University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Costs: Travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed. Participants will receive an allowance of 300 €.
Travel information: The closest airports are Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
Contact: Anja Pichl, anja.pichl@uni-tuebingen.de
The research retreat is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
For the full call for abstracts, including possible topics for presentation, please see the attached PDF.