Friedrich Gabel
Society, Culture and Technological Change
Friedrich Gabel research associate and project manager at the IZEW and is team leader in the field of ethics and civil protection. He studied philosophy, educational science as well as applied ethics and conflict management at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena and is part of the IZEW since 2014.
Areas of Expertise
- Justice
- Disaster ethics/ Disaster bioethics
- Security and exclusion
- Disability inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
Latest News
Gabel F., Mühleck M., Krause K., Schad J., Rekowski M. (2023): Ethische Reflexion im Bevölkerungsschutz. Leitfaden für eine ethisch reflektierte Entscheidungsfindung im Sanitäts- und Betreuungsdienst, Sonderband 2023, Projektleitung Regina Ammicht Quinn, Urban Wiesing und Hans-Jörg Ehni, Hg. v. BBK (Forschung im Bevölkerungsschutz), accessible via (German).
Career
Since 2023 | Member of Ethics Commitee, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rettungswissenschaften |
2020 - 2022 | Member of the editorial board of the IZEW blog BreathingTime. |
Since october 2017 | PhD project funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. |
Since 2016 | PhD project at Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) |
Since 2014 | Research associate at IZEW. |
Since 2014 | Involvement in the "Civil Security" graduate network supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Since 2019 member of the network's core team. |
2013 | Completion of Master's Degree in Applied Ethics |
Studies of philosophy, education and applied ethics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena. |
Publications
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Articles and Book Chapters (peer-reviewed) |
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Articles and Book Chapters (without peer-review) |
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Lectures
2023 | Ethik im Bevölkerungsschutz (KaVoMa, Juli 2023, invited) |
Ethik im Bevölkerungsschutz (BBK Fachkongress Bevölkerungsschutz, Januar 2023) | |
2022 | Ethik im Bevölkerungsschutz: Ethik im Bevölkerungsschutz. Ein Vorschlag zur Schulung von Einsatzkräften des Bevölkerungsschutzes in ethisch reflektierter Entscheidungsfindung (DRK Fachkongress Ehrenamt, November 2022, invited) |
Grundzüge einer Katastrophenethik (DKKV Young Professionals WebTalk: Brauchen wir Katastrophenethik im deutschen Katastrophenschutz?, April 2022, invited) | |
2021 | (Chair) Roundtable on "Why Disaster Ethics Matter: Perspectives on Vulnerabilities and the Responsibilities to reduce them." - NEEDS 5 Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (online, September 2021) |
2019 | On ethical and social implications of using (sex-, age-, disability-disaggregated) data for disaster risk reduction (NEEDS 4, Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies, Uppsala, June 2019). |
2017 | Enablement, a missing link of disaster relief. On disaster relief for people with disabilies. - NEEDS2 Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (Kopenhagen, May 2017). |
2016 | Situational Disability: Rethinking disaster relief strategies for disabled people – ALTER Conference on Inclusion, Participation and Human Rights in Disability Research (Stockholm, July 2016). |
2015 | Life at the Limit: Care Recipients, Caretakers and Relief Workers in Disaster Situations – NEEDS Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (Copenhagen, December 2015). |
Urban Life and the Value of Insecurity: Citizens Participation and (In)Security in the post-political Age – IZEW Conference on the Value of (In-Security) (Tübingen, July 2015). |
Teaching
- Seminar (in German): Ethics in Disaster, Seminar for medical students on dealing with ethical issues in humanitarian aid, summer term 2022 (in cooperation with Mara Mühleck, Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin).
- Online-Workshop (in German): Ethics in Disaster, 5,5h Training for members of disaster management on dealing with ethical issues in humanitarian aid, 26.11.2021-27.11.2021 (in cooperation with Mara Mühleck, Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin)
- Online-Workshop (in German): Ethics in Disaster, 7,5h Training for members of disaster management on dealing with ethical issues in humanitarian aid, 14.01.2022-15.01.2022 (in cooperation with Mara Mühleck, Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin)
- Workshop (in German): Ethics in Disasters; 6h Training for members of disaster management on dealing with ethical issues in humanitarian aid, 11.09.2021 (in cooperation with Mara Mühleck, Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin)
- Seminar (in German): Disasters in Sociology and Ethics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Lehrstuhl für Bevölkerungsschutz, Katastrophenhilfe und Objektsicherheit, summer term (in cooperation with Dr. Tim Lukas, Dr. Patricia Schütte, Malte Schönefeld).
Completed Projects
- ZisSch (06/2021–11/2022) | Integrated civil security solutions for the city of Wilhelmshaven as a defense and maritime location at the interface of urban living spaces | Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reserach associate).
- EKAMED (06/2020–07/2022) | Ethics in Civil Protection | Funded by: BBK (project coordinator).
- AUPIK (03/2020 – 06/2023) | Maintaining Home Care Infrastructure in Disasters | Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reserach associate).
- RESIK (03/2020 – 02/2023) | Organisational Concepts to increase Resilience of the Care System | Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reserach associate).
- BuildERS (08/2019–04/2022) | Building European Communities' Resilience and Social Capital | Funded by: EU-H2020 (reserach associate).
- HEIMDALL (05/2017–10/2020) | Multi-Hazard Cooperative Management Tool for Data Exchange, Response Planning and Scenario Building | Funded by: EU-H2020 (reserach associate).
- KOPHIS (02/2016–04/2019) | Strengthening the context of people in need of care and/or help - Linking Security Authorities and Organisations, Care Infrastructure and Civil-Societal Networks | Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reserach associate).
- VERSS (06/2014–09/2017) | On a just distribution of Security in Cities | Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reserach associate).
Media Appearances
2023 | Rette sich, wer kann!? Movie & Talk: Guests Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior, Digitalization and Local Authorities Baden-Württemberg, Katharina Brunner und Artin Madjidi, Editorial Team andererseits, Friedrich Gabel of the IZEW, University Tübingen und Raul Krauthausen, author, moderator, media maker for inclusion and accessibility discussed the situation in Germany and Baden-Württemberg, organized by the State Commissioner for the Disabled BW and the DRK Landesverband BW, accessible via LINK (German). |
Documentary "Rette sich, wer kann - Wie der Katastrophenschutz für Menschen mit Behinderungen versagt", andererseits (Ed.), accessible via LINK (German). | |
Brunner, K., Garbsch E, Madjiidi A.: Rette sich, wer kann, in: ZeitOnline, accessible via LINK (German). | |
2022 | Documentary on the conference "Innovationsforum Zivile Sicherheit" 2022, Federal Ministry of Education and Reserach (Ed.), accessible via LINK (German). |