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Staff members with discipline Ethics

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

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Autonomous Weapons Systems; AI in Military Applications.
T.F. (Taís Fernanda) Blauth
Contact
t.f.blauth rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Moral and political philosophy, normative political theory, ethics, global justice, value pluralism, incommensurability, comparability
M.G.J. (Martijn) Boot, PhD
Contact
m.g.j.boot rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Daphne Brandenburg is an Assistant Professor in Moral Psychology, at the University of Groningen.

Her work critically analyses how research in psychology and the cognitive sciences has bearing on ethical questions about autonomy, consent, and responsibility. Do implicit biases undermine our autonomy? How can we hold a person responsible without blaming them, and when should we do so? Do failures of empathy undermine morality?  When and why is praise patronizing? And, what do the answers to these questions imply for society, criminal justice, and therapy? These are key questions she has addressed in her work.

She also has an interest in the ethics of humor and in the philosophy of emotions.

Currently, she is developing a theory of moral agency in childhood, and initiating a public engagement project called ‘Philosophy with Children, for Adults’ in cooperation with Sparklab
dr. D.D. (Daphne) Brandenburg
Contact
d.d.brandenburg rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
medical ethicsphilosophy of medicinereflectionmoral case deliberationsocratic dialogueBooks (in Dutch):
Donald van Tol, Hanke Dekker, Menno de Bree en Thys van der Molen (red) (2014): Handboek Medische Professionaliteit. ['Hanbook Medical Professionalism'] Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum.Menno de Bree en Eite Veening (2016): Handleiding Moreel Beraad. Praktische gids voor zorgprofessionals. Tweede, geheel herziene editie. ['Manual for Moral Case Deliberation. A practical fieldguide for health care professionals. 2nd edition'] Assen: Van Gorcum.Book chapters (selection; in Dutch)Menno de Bree, Donald van Tol, Hanke Dekker, Thys van der Molen, 'Over Reflecteren: wat, waarom en hoe' ['On reflection: what, why and how']. In: Donald van Tol, Hanke Dekker, Menno de Bree en Thys van der Molen (red) (2014): Handboek Medische Professionaliteit. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, p 13 - 24Menno de Bree en Menno Buiskool, 'Kwaliteit van Leven' ['quality of life']. In: Donald van Tol, Hanke Dekker, Menno de Bree en Thys van der Molen (red) (2014): Handboek Medische Professionaliteit. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, p 137-148Hanke Dekker, Peter van Dijken, Donal gan Tol, Menno de Bree en Thys van der Molen, 'Wat is professionaliteit?' ['What is professionalism?']. In: Donald van Tol, Hanke Dekker, Menno de Bree en Thys van der Molen (red) (2014): Handboek Medische Professionaliteit. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, p 1 - 12Menno de Bree en Eite Veening 'het zeven fasen-model' ['the seven stage model']. In: Hans van Dartel en Bert Molewijk (red) (2014) In Gesprek Blijven over Goede Zorg. Overlegmethodieken voor ethiek in de praktijk. Amsterdam: Boom
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Contact
m.de.bree umcg.nl
Function
lecturer medical ethics and philosophy
Field / Discipline
Financial Ethics
prof. dr. B.P. (Boudewijn) de Bruin
Contact
b.p.de.bruin rug.nl
+31 50 36 33685
Function
Professor
Field / Discipline
Asset Pricing, Responsible Investing, Investment Funds.
A. (Ambrogio) Dalò, Dr
Contact
a.dalo rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Finance
Field / Discipline
Decision-making, well-being at work, morality, culture
M. (Maja) Graso, Dr
Contact
m.graso rug.nl
+31 6 2518 1195
Function
Ethics, Social Ontology, and Political Philosophy
prof. dr. F.A. (Frank) Hindriks
Contact
f.a.hindriks rug.nl
Function
Professor in Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Field / Discipline
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Contact
n.g.hovenga umcg.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
History of ideas, interaction religion - philosophy; practical philosophy (ethics, political philosophy); history of death, dying and bereavement; history of grief therapy; heritage and cemetery studies
C. (Christoph) Jedan, Prof Dr
Contact
c.jedan rug.nl
+31 50 36 38017
Function
Professor of Ethics and Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Field / Discipline
ethics and world politics/global political economy; theory of international relations
dr. ir. M.R. (Menno) Kamminga
Contact
m.r.kamminga rug.nl
+31 50 36 37367
Function
senior lecturer
dr. E.P. (Erik) Kassenberg
Contact
e.p.kassenberg rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Ethics and political philosophy (esp. Immanuel Kant, Kantianism), philosophical cosmopolitanism
prof. dr. P. (Pauline) Kleingeld
Contact
pauline.kleingeld rug.nl
Function
Professor of Philosophy (Ethics and its History)
Field / Discipline
 * Ancient Curse Tablets and the New Testament
    (literary, religio- and culture-historical approaches) 
 * Speech-ethics in the New Testament and the ancient context   
 * Theory of History and Historiography in Antiquity and New Testament   
 * Miracle stories in early Christianity (miracles of Jesus and
    the apostles in canonical and apocryphal gospels and acts)  
 * Hermeneutics, Biblehermeneutics  
 * Texts: Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of John, Letter of
    James and New Testament Apocrypha (gospels and acts)
S.K. (Susanne) Luther, Prof. Dr.
Contact
s.k.luther rug.nl
+31 50 36 35584
Function
Visiting Professor
Field / Discipline
Confidential Advisor Scientific Integrity, Medical Ethics, Scientific Integrity, Medical Humanities
dr. E.L.M. (Els) Maeckelberghe
Contact
e.l.m.maeckelberghe umcg.nl
+31 6 2564 9397
Function
Associate Professor in Bioethics and Research Ethics / Confidential Advisor Scientific Integrity
Field / Discipline
Roland Mees is currently a director of Sustainable Finance at ING Wholesale Banking, where he mainly focuses on the moral practice of sustainability, for example when granting Sustainability-Linked Loans to corporate customers. Mees has gained over 30 years of experience in the banking sector, not only at ING, but also at ABN Amro and Triodos Bank.

While pursuing his career in a business environment, he felt the need to reflect more deeply on the pragmatic reality of the organizations he worked for. Thus, Mees sought to deepen his academic knowledge with a master’s in Philosophy in Business at Utrecht University, followed by a PhD at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University. Both alongside his full-time job at ING.

Mees is an expert on motivational obstacles to taking sustainable action and pathways for individuals, institutions and humanity. As a professor of Practice of Business Ethics, he works in close collaboration with professor of Financial Ethics, Boudewijn de Bruin. Together with the other professors at the EE&F department that focus on topics such as sustainable development, sustainable banking & finance and corporate governance, Mees contributes to setting up, innovating and carrying out education in the field of business ethics. Apart from his educational contributions, he takes part in research projects within the faculty and develops his own research in the field of business ethics.
prof. dr. R.A.J. (Roland) Mees
Contact
r.a.j.mees rug.nl
Function
Professor of Practice of Business Ethics
Field / Discipline
Medical ethics, research ethics, moral deliberation, competency & professional development
R.W. (Wim) van der Molen
Contact
r.w.van.der.molen umcg.nl
Function
Coördinator competency development medicine & lecturer ethics
Field / Discipline
M. (Marc) Pauly, Dr
Contact
m.pauly rug.nl
Function
Researcher and lecturer
Field / Discipline
dr. M. (Mirjam) Plantinga
Contact
m.plantinga umcg.nl
Function
senior researcher
L.C.J. (Leon) van Rijsbergen, MA
Contact
l.c.j.van.rijsbergen rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Research contracts and legal questions regarding research.Research ethics and bioethics.Research Integrity.Privacy in research.
dr. H.C.M.L. (Catarina) Rodrigues
Contact
h.c.m.l.rodrigues umcg.nl
Function
Legal Advisor Contract Research
Field / Discipline
I am a political philosopher with an insatiable interest in compromise. I study collective decision-making in various contexts, including religious accommodation, workplace diversity, democratic politics and institutional design. I have also written on the right of exit from voluntary associations, such as marriage, employment and religious groups. I am currently serving as interim programme director of University College Fryslân.

Prior to joining the University of Groningen, I contributed to two projects as a postdoctoral researcher, one on public life and religious diversity (University of Oxford, 2016-2019) and another on the ethics of voting (Horizon 2020 Grant, Sciences Po Paris, 2019-2020). I completed my PhD at Sciences Po Paris (2016) and was a Fox Fellow at Yale University (2013-2014) and an Alliance visiting scholar at Columbia University (2015). 
E. (Élise) Rouméas, PhD
Contact
e.roumeas rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Economic Ethics, Financial Ethics, Business Ethics
prof. J. (Joakim) Sandberg
Contact
j.sandberg rug.nl
Function
Professor of Economics and Finance from a Humanist Perspective
Field / Discipline
Political Theory; Ethics; Public Health Ethics; Philosophy of Public Policy

See my personal website for more.
A.T. (Andreas) Schmidt, Dr
Contact
a.t.schmidt rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Social Theory, Ideology Theory, Applied issues, Philosophy of Privacy, Philosophy of Hope
U.T.R. (Titus) Stahl, Dr
Contact
titus.stahl rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Metaethics and related areas of philosophy
prof. dr. B. (Bart) Streumer
Contact
b.streumer rug.nl
Function
Professor and Vice Dean
Field / Discipline
Ethical and social aspects at the interface of natural sciences (especially the life and environmental sciences) and society.
dr. J.A.A. (Sjaak) Swart
Contact
j.a.a.swart rug.nl
Function
Associate professor Science & Society Studies
Social contract theory
dr. J.P. (Peter) Timmerman
Contact
j.p.timmerman rug.nl
+31 50 36 34640
Function
Policy director FSE
Field / Discipline
F. (Fiorella) Tomassini Abaurrea, Dr
Contact
f.tomassini rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
Field / Discipline
prof. dr. M.A. (Marian) Verkerk
Contact
m.a.verkerk rug.nl
Function
Emeritus Professor
Field / Discipline
Philosophy of markets, Ethics of organizations, Moral responsibility, Organization theory, Transaction cost theory, Online platforms, Sharing economy
F.R. (Francisca) Wals, MA MSc
Contact
f.r.wals rug.nl
Function
PhD researcher
Interdisciplinary work combining philosophy, sociology and economics; social norm (change); culture; values; national identity
J.R. (Juliette) de Wit, PhD
Contact
juliette.de.wit rug.nl
+31 50 36 33821
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Business Ethics
Integrity Management
Financial Management
dr. R.O.S. (Raymond) Zaal
Contact
r.o.s.zaal rug.nl
+31 50 36 33658
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
dr. I.S.E. (Indira) van der Zande
Contact
i.s.e.van.der.zande rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Ethics & Education and Programme Director University College Fryslân
Governance and Innovation
Digital Governance
Sustainability
State of Emergency and Humanitarian Action
Interdisciplinary Research and Education Management
A.J. (Andrej Janko) Zwitter, Prof Dr
Contact
a.zwitter rug.nl
+31 58 205 5003
Function
Professor of Governance and Innovation
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