How can ethics be incorporated into the sciences and humanities and other application contexts? This long-debated question always requires new contextualization and updating. On the one hand, ethics in the sciences and humanities needs concepts that are methodologically sound and practical. On the other hand, the inclusion of ethics is a situational, epistemic and social activity that needs to be understood and shaped.
In addition to the systematic analysis and testing of integrative research and innovation, the research focus aims at the professionalization and empowerment of researchers who implement the inclusion of ethics and at the involvement in science and innovation policy debates. One focus is on the inclusion of ethical and societal aspects in technology development projects.
