Expertise/ Research field: modern moral philosophy, medical ethics and philosophy of medicine are the research and expertise fields of Isabelle Wienand. She teaches medical and bioethics for medical, biology, pharmacy and nursing sciences students at the University of Basel.

Main Publications: Wienand I. (2016) Wozu die Philosophie, wenn wir über Gesundheit sprechen? ; Rakic M.; Wienand I.; Shaw D.; Nast R.; Elger B.S. (2016) Autonomy and Fear of Synthetic Biology: How Can Patients’ Autonomy Be Enhanced in the Field of Synthetic Biology? A Qualitative Study with Stable Patients. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2016; Is Happiness the Supreme Good? Some Philosophical Objections, in: South African Journal of Philosophy, special issue on Happiness, Roodt V.; Wienand I. (Hg) (2014) 33/4, 395-405.

Awards / Memberships: Member of the Swiss Society of the History of Medicine and Sciences, President of the British Friedrich Nietzsche Society, Co-president of the French Society of Journées Cartésiennes

Stations of work: Paris, Stellenbosch (South Africa), Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Fribourg Lausanne and Basel (Switzerland)