Digital structural change is having a profound impact on social coexistence. It therefore raises not only technical but also a multitude of ethical questions: What normative controls are required by AI systems such as autonomous vehicles? How and with what consequences can norms of justice be modelled in algorithms? What understanding of the digital public sphere does justice to the balance between privacy and security? What about data ownership in the digital age? What opportunities and risks does digitalisation hold for democracy and the autonomy of the individual? The focus area "Ethics of digitalisation" addresses such ethical questions and thus covers an area that will continue to gain social relevance. It also strengthens the University of Oldenburg's profile in the field of digitalisation, for example in the university-wide research focus "Human-Cyber-Physical Systems", in which Computing Science, Social and Health Sciences, Psychology and Law work closely together. Within the School, the professorship will contribute to the development of a focus on "Reflexive Digital Transformation". Among other things, it has overlaps with the projects Future Scenarios of Digitalisation and Cultural Heritage Research Digital.