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Ethical issues are of great importance in many scientific and social fields. To promote interdisciplinary and social dialogue on ethical challenges, Heidelberg University has opened the Camilla and Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics.

The interdisciplinary ethics center aims to promote and coordinate the exchange of ideas on ethical issues across disciplinary boundaries. It sees itself as a platform for scientists from various disciplines who want to conduct joint research on topics based on or oriented toward ethics. The aim is to strengthen the examination of ethical issues as an integral part of scientific practice and professionalism. At the same time, the center will serve as a central point of contact for ethical issues in research and teaching and promote participatory dialogue between science and society.

The founding directors of the Camilla and Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics are Eva Winkler and Thorsten Moos. Oncologist Eva Winkler is Professor of Translational Medical Ethics at Heidelberg Medical School and Executive Director of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in Heidelberg.

The Ethics Center is named in memory of Camilla and Georg Jellinek. Georg Jellinek (1851 to 1911), a legal scholar, taught as a professor of general constitutional law, international law, and politics at Heidelberg University from 1891 until his death. Camilla Jellinek (1860 to 1940) was a women's rights activist, particularly in the areas of criminal and labor law. The University of Heidelberg awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1930.

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