10h00 to 10h20 : Andreas Albertsen Aarhus University, Political science Luck Egalitarianism and Health: Reconsidering the idea of personal responsibility 10h25 to 10h45 : Sophie Bruinsma Erasmus University, Sociology UNBIASED (UK Netherlands Belgium International Sedation Study): The perspectives...
The rapid emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) over the past decades presents health care systems with serious challenges and threatens their ability to effectively treat serious bacterial infections. The term “antimicrobial resistance” describes “the ability of a bacterium to survive...
Visiting researchers presentations : Samuel Lézé / Anne Cambon thomsen Iwao Hirose / Ralf Bader Jennifer Kilty / Michael Orsini Marianne Hamel Greg Bognar Yvette Van der Eijk Mark lawrence Santiago Leigh Jackson Yva Arroyave Zuluaga
BATIR: Bioethics Acting Towards Interdisciplinary Research This project generally aims to elucidate the characteristics and dynamics of interdisciplinary research in a theoretical and analytical way at the time of the Brocher stay, and later on based on empirical data, head-on...
Thirty years ago, HIV was a death sentence with no vaccine, no treatment, and no cure. Its high morbidity and association with stigmatized sexual and drug-use behaviors led to the rise of HIV exceptionalism, the tendency to treat HIV differently...
The killing in Pakistan of polio vaccination workers serves as the most recent example of health-related moral hazards that can arise in the pursuit of national and global security objectives. The deaths have been attributed to the Taliban, acting against...
This two day workshop will explore the governance mechanisms of international research consortia, with a view to developing a policy which can be used by future research collaborations. It will act as a ‘proof of principle’ for the ELSI 2.0...
The Brocher Summer Schools or Summer Academies bring together distinguished professors from different disciplines and countries and highly promising researchers willing to acquire a strong background on a chosen topic. Beside a high level of teaching, a limited number of participants gives the...
The assessment of competence among adolescents, whether in the context of clinical care or research is difficult: it depends heavily on the legal, family, religious and cultural context, the complexity of situations posing ethical dilemnas as well as the bio-psychosocial...

