Social ethics
Profession
Between 2000 and 2009 I worked at the Oswald von Nell-Breuning Institute for Business and Social Ethics at Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt, in the beginning as a student assistant, after achieving my degree in theology as a graduate assistant. Since working at the Canon Law Institute (IKR) in Münster and later in at Ruhr-University Bochum I don't find enough time for that. Nevertheless I try to bring both disciplines together. I attempt to integrate ethical thoughts into Canon Law thinking (i.e. by dealing with questions of law and ethics, justice of law, law and morality, gender issues in Canon Law, and the connection of Canon Law and Church Polity, Politics and Policy).
Main Interests
- Ethics and Law
- Theology of Labour
- Church Labour Law
- Theological Foundation of Church Labour Law
- Participation and Co-management in the Church's professional contexts
- Implications of EU Legislation on the Church and Social Welfare Services
- Theories of Justice
- Fairness of Wages
- Fairness between the Sexes
- Men's Studies
- Business Ethics
Conferences
| 2011 Oct 11th | „Gender Diversity in the Church?“, Symposium of AGENDA Regional Group Münster, Münster |
| 2008 Nov 06th/07th |
Conference „Fair wages for Church employees. Aspects of Social Ethics and Canon Law concerning the adoption of the new collective agreement for the civil service by the Church“, Paper |
| 2004 March 15th/16th |
Conference „10 Jahre Grundordnung des kirchlichen Dienstes im Rahmen kirchlicher Arbeitsverhältnisse. Eine Bestandaufnahme“ in co-operation with Rabanus-Maurus-Akademie, Frankfurt am Main, Paper |
Courses
| 2001/2003/2005 | Participation in Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hengsbach's Social Philosophy lecture, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, hosting the lecture unit „Kritische Männerforschung“ |