Philosopher Mark Schweda appointed

Dr. Mark Schweda has been appointed Professor of Medical Ethics at the Department of Health Services Research. Previously Schweda was a research associate at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Göttingen.

He studied philosophy and modern German literature at the Humboldt-Universität at Berlin (HU Berlin) and the University of Nottingham (UK). He earned his doctorate at the HU Berlin’s Institute of Philosophy in 2012. He was also a research associate at the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Tübingen and Junior Research Fellow at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg – Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study. He spent research stays in the UK and the USA. In 2015, Schweda earned his Habilitation at the medical faculty of the University of Göttingen with a thesis on “Concepts of Aging in Medicine and Healthcare” which won him the faculty Habilitation prize. His research centres on ethical aspects of aging and old age, assistive technologies and the impact of digitalisation in healthcare.