Topic
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This year&rsquo\;s summer school will focus on the possibilities and perils of \;neuroenhancement from the perspectives of neurosciences\, medicine and \;philosophy. We want to explore what could be achieved through \;neuroenhancements in theory\, what can be done already\, and where to draw \;the line.
Faculty
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### PD Dr. Jens Clausen
Jens Clausen is assistant professor at the Institute for Ethics and \;History in Medicine\, University of Tü\;bingen as of February 2008\, \;managing director of the Clinical Ethics Committee of the University \;Hospital Tü\;bingen\, and member of the Center of Integrative Neuroscience \;(CIN). He studied biology and philosophy and focuses his research on \;ethical and anthropological implications of modern neurosciences with \;special respect to brain technological devices\, enhancement and \;regenerative medicine.
### PD Dr. Markus Fendt
Markus Fendt is Group Leader at the Institute of Pharmacology and \;Toxicology\, University of Magdeburg. Goal of the research in his \;laboratory is to understand the neural basis of innate and learned \;emotions. To elucidate the anatomical\, physiological and pharmacological \;processes that underlie emotions\, his group uses a multidisciplinary \;approach. He held positions at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical \;Research in Basel\, Switzerland\, and at the Department of Animal \;Physiology\, University of Tü\;bingen.
### Dr. Dr. Andreas Franke
Andreas Franke works at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy\, \;University of Mainz. His research interests are neuroethics and \;neuroenhancement. He studied medicine in Gö\;ttingen\, Bern and Essen as \;well as sociology in Gö\;ttingen (MA). His dissertation in medicine was on \;apoptosis (programmed cell death in the retina of chicken and mice) \;while his sociological dissertation was on the topic of social resonance \;from different perspectives.
### Stephan Schleim\, Ph.D.
Stephan Schleim is assistant professor for Theory and History of \;Psychology at the University of Groningen. His research interests are \;the theoretical foundations of the neuro-sciences and the scientific \;communication thereof. He is participating in the public and academic \;discourse on neuroenhancement/brain doping for almost ten years. He \;studied philosophy\, computer Science\, and psychology at the University
of Mainz and earned his Ph.D in cognitive science at the University of \;Osnabrü\;ck.
How to apply
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The summer school is aimed at advanced undergraduate students and \;graduate students working in neurobiology\, neuroscience\, psychology\, \;philosophy\, and other relevant disciplines.
Board and lodging (in double rooms) will be provided for. There are no \;participation fees to be paid\, although traveling costs and beverages \;have to be covered by the participants.
For your application please do submit:
Applications should be sent to info@fsci.uni-tuebingen.de \;or to our \;postal address:
FORUM SCIENTIARUM\, Doblerstr. 33\, 72074 Tü\;bingen\, Germany
Application deadline: July 1st\, 2013
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TÜ\;BINGEN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL is a joint venture of FORUM \;SCIENTIARUM and the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience \;(CIN).