
The majority of managers in Germany has an academic degree. However, leadership, and in particular leadership responsibilities and leadership ethics hardly play a role during their studies (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology). The joint project “Leadership Ethics as Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities” is funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation and aims at addressing this gap. With a revised definition of leadership and a self-developed concept for teaching ethics in the natural sciences, the research project has been offering seminars at the universities of the project partners since fall of 2020.
The goal of the joint project is to develop a range of courses, which discuss leadership ethics in STEM subjects (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology).The aim of the project’s teaching-learning formats is to identify and develop a teaching and learning arrangement that imparts competencies and knowledge required for ethical leadership to students in the STEM field. Thus, the project’s target group has specific requirements. It is necessary to take into account the organisational framework of the involved universities. A challenge will be to meet student’s interests as well as to prepare teaching methods and content for the targeted audience. Hence, the project’s solid foundation is a close cooperation between didactic in science and applied ethics which includes practical teaching experience.
Positive learning experiences are in close relation to the evaluation of their successes. Yet, this is a particular challenge in the area of "soft" competences. Therefore, the project has developed an empirically founded, theory-based and practice-oriented competence model as well as corresponding measuring instruments, which makes it possible to measure the effectiveness of teaching competences in leadership ethics. Both the teaching-learning arrangements and the evaluation instruments will be tested in form of pilot projects as part of the project.
International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) (project management)
University of Tübingen
The International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (Ehtics Center) is an interdisciplinary research center that raises ethical questions about science and humanity.
Its special focus is on the cooperation of researchers across disciplinary boundaries, the transfer of results of ethical research into the field of education, and the coordination of research networks. The Tübingen Ethics Centre is the only one of its kind in Germany with its own field of work on education. This work is based on close cooperation with various educational institutions. For example, Tübingen School of Education.
Working Group Chemistry Education
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
At the Jena campus, teaching courses such as lectures, teaching materials and a study platform are being developed in cooperation with the research group for chemistry education and the department of applied ethics. These are especially designed for master's and doctoral students from scientific and technical subjects and take into account the didactic challenges of the target group. The aim is to create a space in which participants can deal with leadership ethics in a practice-oriented way.
Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ)
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The central tasks of the ZQ lie in carrying out evaluations in the area of higher education institutes, providing support to young researchers, advising the subject areas and departments with regard to structural questions, providing support through university didactical measures, and the internal accreditation of degree courses as part of the system accreditation. Furthermore, the ZQ also carries out projects in the area of higher education institute and educational research, as well as evaluations of external programs and projects.
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics (WCGE)
Lutherstadt-Wittenberg
The WCGE is a non-profit think tank. We offer ethical orientations to current and future leaders to equip them with systematic analysis and decision-making schemes that can be applied in everyday work situations. We are an independent institution and take a global outlook. Our work is based on a long-standing tradition of academic research and the specific formats we offer include seminars, dialogue processes and research as well as teaching projects. We cooperate with politics, industry, science, civil society and the church.

Dr. Cordula Brand
Project leader of the research project
Philosopher, Scientific Coordinator and Managing Director of the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
cordula.brand@uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

Claudia Buir
Research associate
Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ)
Implementation and evaluation of expert interviews
claudia.buir@zq.uni-mainz.de
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz


Jenny Dietrich
Research associate
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
jenny.dietrich@izew.uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Katharina Fischer
Research associate
Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ)
Implementation and evaluation of expert interviews
katharina.fischer@zq.uni-mainz.de
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Friederike Fröhlich
Research associate
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics
friederike.froehlich@wcge.org
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics

Tom Lichtwer
Research associate
Working Group Chemistry Education, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
tom.lichtwer@uni-jena.de
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Dr. Uta Müller
Project leader of the research project
Philosopher and Head of the Department of Education and Ethics at the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
uta.mueller@uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

Prof Dr. Thomas Potthast
Project leader of the research project
Philosopher and Biologist
Holder of the chair for "Ethics, Theory and History of the Life Sciences" at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Tübingen.
Speaker of the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
potthast@uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

PD Dr. Lisa Schmalzried
Research associate
Academic director of the doctoral program "Ethics and Good Corporate Governance" at the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics and private lecturer at the University of Lucerne
lisa.schmalzried@wcge.org
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics
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Prof. Dr. Uwe Schmidt
Professorship for Higher Education Research
Head of the Centre for Quality Assurance and Development
Head of the office of the higher education evaluation network
Development of an instrument for measuring competence
uwe.schmidt@zq.uni-mainz.de
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Ulrich Schneider
Research associate
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
ulrich.schneider@uni-jena.de
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek
Holder of the Dr. Werner Jackstadt Chair of Business and Corporate Ethics at HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management and board member of the Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics
andreas.suchanek@hhl.org
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics

Dr. Marcel Vondermaßen
Research associate
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
marcel.vondermassen@uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

Prof. Dr. Volker Woest
Professor for chemistry didactics
Head of the working group at the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Working Group Chemistry education
volker.woest@uni-jena.de
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Research Assistance


Lisa-Magdalena Hojczyk
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Christian Kroll
Research assistant
Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics
PhD student in the PhD program "Ethics and Good Corporate Governance" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons (University of Mannheim)
christian.kroll@wcge.org
Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics
Former researchers and assistances


Dr. Clemens Hoffmann
Research associate
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Dr. Luzia Sievi
Research associate
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
luzia.sievi@izew.uni-tuebingen.de
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

Mara Bindi
Research assistant
Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ)
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Cora Henßge
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Valentin Huber
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Geraldine Klatt
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Erik Reinhold
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Johanna Jurgeleit
Research assistant
Working Group Chemistry Education,
Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Clara Seibold
Research assistant
Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ)
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Nicola Karolin Weiß
Research assistant
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
Freelancing Trainer for rhetoric and communication
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen