Niklas Ellerich-Groppe M.A.
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Niklas Ellerich-Groppe M.A.
Niklas Ellerich-Groppe studied Social Work (B.A.) and Educational Science (M.A.) as well as Protestant Theology. After student assistant positions at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Osnabrück and at the Institute for Ethics and Associated Social Sciences at the University of Münster as well as a position as associate lecturer at the University of Osnabrück, he has been working as a research associate in the Division for Ethics in Medicine since September 2019, and additionally at OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology between April 2023 and April 2024.
His research interests lie in the area of digitalization of healthcare and diversity in healthcare. He also addresses ethical questions in medicine, healthcare, and health politics from an intergenerational perspective. In this course, a special focus lies on solidarity as (bio)ethical and socio-philosophical category.
Throughout his work, he pursues an interdisciplinary and application-oriented approach and combines social science, philosophical and theological perspectives with methods of empirical social research. Here, he focuses especially on qualitative research methods and on interview research as well as discourse analysis in particular. He is particularly involved in the FuturISE-project and the LETAR-project as well as the Working group intergenerational healthcare ethics.
Niklas Ellerich-Groppe is particularly interested in the practical effectiveness of ethical considerations. In addition to teaching, he is involved in science communication and in the professional development of healthcare and social care workers. Alongside his work at the division of Ethics in Medicine, he continues his study of Protestant Theology at Phillips-University of Marburg. He is also a member of the coordination team of the network Junge Medizinethik.
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 09/2019 | Research Assistant in the Division for Ethics in Medicine at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg |
| 04/2023-04/2024 | Research Assistant at the Research & Development Divison Health at OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology |
| Summer Term 2019 Summer Term 2020 | Associate Lecturer at the Institute for Educational Science at Osnabrück University |
| 04/2017-09/2019 | Student Assistant at the Institute for Ethics and Associated Social Sciences at the University of Münster |
| 04/2017-06/2018 | Student Assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at Osnabrück University |
| 09/2018 | Master of Arts - Educational Science, Osnabrück University |
| 08/2016 | Bachelor of Arts - Social Work (Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Münster) |
Research Focus
- Solidarity as a healthcare ethical and socio-philosophical category
- Digitalization and technologization of health care and social welfare
- Diversity in healthcare
- Intergenerational perspectives in healthcare ethics
- Political philosophy and theories of the welfare state
Publications
Articles (selection)
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas; Bozzaro, Claudia; Koesling, Dominik; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph; Schicktanz, Silke; Schweda, Mark (2026): Intergenerational healthcare ethics: considering conceptualizations of generations and their collective and temporal dimensions. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 29:225-241. doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10297-0.
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas; Krahn, Tobias; Hein, Andreas; Schweda, Mark (2025): Relational Dimensions in the Implementation and Use of Robotics in Outpatient Care – An Empirical Exploration and Ethical Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives. International Journal of Social Robotics 17:1871-1889. doi.org/10.1007/s12369-025-01281-y.
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas; Ott, Tabea; Puzio, Anna; Weigold, Stefanie; Müller, Regina (2025): Queering Healthcare with Technology? – Potentials of Queer-Feminist Perspectives on Self-Tracking-Technologies for Diversity-sensitive Healthcare. Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie 8:101-122. doi.org/10.1007/s42048-024-00203-3.
Conference contributions (selection)
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas: It’s Your Turn! – Intergenerational Turn-Taking as an Approach for a Sustainable and Future-Proof Healthcare System. Talk at the 37th Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare, 13 – 16 August 2025, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas; Ott, Tabea; Puzio, Anna; Weigold, Stefanie; Müller, Regina: Queering healthcare with digital technologies: How the digital transformation can contribute to diversity- and queer-sensitive healthcare. Talk at the EACME Konferenz 2024, 12 – 14 September 2024, Halle(Saale), Germany.
Ellerich-Groppe, Niklas: The Diversity of Solidarity in the Debate on Self-Tracking in Healthcare: Discourse Analysis and Ethical Evaluation of a Contested Concept in Digitalized Healthcare. Vortrag auf der Konferenz “Bioethics Meets Political Philosophy", 26 – 27 January 2024, Krakau, Poland.