University of Basel

Institute for
Biomedical Ethics

Research Focus

Our members of the team with backgrounds in law, medicine, sciences, philosophy and religion do multi-disciplinary research on a wide area of ethical issues. We explore the ethical and social aspects of biological and medical research and practice in various areas of society.

The IBMB’s researchers are committed to an interdisciplinary endeavour aimed at finding ethical solutions to dilemmas raised by both new and traditional practices in biomedical ethics as well as those that we encounter with the developments in technology, environment and our society as a whole.

Currently we focus on the following subjects:

New technologies in the care of older persons:

Smart Home

SmaRt homES, Older adUlts, and caRegivers: Facilitating social aCceptance and negotiating rEsponsibilities [RESOURCE]

Smart home technology is advancing and proliferating. In caregiving, they could be a crucial resource in solving the looming caregiver shortage. But what are the needs, wishes and concerns of the Swiss population around new technologies in caregiving? That is our focus.

Animal Research Ethics:

Animal

3 projects around animal ethics

"EXPLOR3R", "Project NRP79" and "Implementing 3Rs in Switzerland"

AI Cars:

Pre-hospital triage:

Rare disease:

Loneliness during Covid-19:

Loneliness

INtegrating loneliness mitigation measures in pandemic management plans: An interdisCiplinary in-depth expLoration of psychologically and ethically sUitable interventions to DecreasE social isolation [INCLUDE]

The aim of this project is to explore in-depth the experiences of people affected by loneliness in order to identify types and justifications of loneliness prevention and alleviation interventions that can inform pandemic management plans (PMPs).

Family building at advanced parental age:

Babyfüsse

2021 - 2025

Familienbildung im fortgeschrittenen elterlichen Alter: Ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz

Diese Studie zielt darauf ab, einen größeren Einblick zu gewinnen, wie und warum Menschen sich entscheiden, später im Leben Kinder zu bekommen.

Fonder une famille à un âge parental avancé : une approche interdisciplinaire:
Cette recherche vise à obtenir un aperçu plus large de la manière et des raisons pour lesquelles les gens décident d'avoir des enfants plus tard dans leur vie.

Contact

Institute for Biomedical Ethics
Bernoullistrasse 28 - 2nd Floor
4056 Basel
Switzerland

Tel: +41 61 207 17 86

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