PD Dr. Alexander Bagattini

About

Please refer to Alexander Bagattini's CV in the attachment for more information.

• Studied philosophy, logic and philosophy of science, cultural studies, sociology and pedagogy in Heidelberg, Bamberg and Leipzig.
• PhD at the University of Leipzig with a thesis on "The Problem of Perceptive Knowledge" (magna cum laude), published in 2011 by Ontos Verlag.
• Habilitation at the University of Düsseldorf with a cumulative work on the topic of “Child welfare and children's rights”.
• Co-editor of the "Journal for Ethics and Moral Philosophy"

Research Interests

• Applied Ethics (childhood ethics, environmental ethics, sports ethics, methods of applied ethics)

• Normative Ethics (concept of child welfare, children's rights, paternalism, welfare theories)
• Epistemology (perceptual knowledge, epistemic justification)

Current Publications

• 2019 Special Issue „Children’s Well-Being and Vulnerability”. In Ethics and Social Welfare. (Erscheint im Sommer)
• 2019 Kindeswohl. In Handbuch der Philosophie der Kindheit (Hg. Johannes Drerup, Gottfried Schweiger), Metzler.
• 2018 (Gemeinsam mit Rebecca Gutwald) Making Them Strong? Vulnerability and Resilience in Poor Children. In Genero e direito, Vol. 5, No. 3: 194-221.
• 2017 Ethische Aspekte des Kindeswohls. In Fangerau, H., Bagattini, A. et al. Präventive Strategien zur Verhinderung sexuellen Missbrauchs in pädagogischen Einrichtungen. Kindeswohl als kollektives Orientierungsmuster? Weinheim, Beltz Juventa. (Im Erscheinen)
• 2017 (Gemeinsam mit Fangerau, H. et al.) Präventive Strategien zur Verhinderung sexuellen Missbrauchs in pädagogischen Einrichtungen. Kindeswohl als kollektives Orientierunsmuster? Weinheim, Beltz Juventa. (im Erscheinen)
• 2017 Doping und Doppelstandards im Sport, in Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie, Band 4, Heft 1: 37-60

 Ethics in Practice

• Since 2013: Ethics courses for police officers at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration NRW
• 2013-2018 Participation in the BMBF-funded project "Child welfare as a collective orientation model": Creation of ethical guidelines for employees of children's homes
• Supervision of Andri König's practical project on sustainability and consumer and corporate responsibility with the practice partner VAUDE
• Betreuung des Praxisprojekts von Maximilian Weber zu ethischen Aspekten autonomen Fahrens mit dem Praxispartner Daimler Supervision of Maximilian Weber's practical project on ethical aspects of autonomous driving with the practice partner Daimler
• 2019: Cooperation with the Sinus Institute (Heidelberg / Berlin) in the preparation of a report for UNICEF on the child's well-being when returning refugee children
• 2019: Creation of training videos on ethical aspects of child welfare for employees of SOS Kinderdörfer

Current Publications Projects 

• Special Issue „Children and Inclusion“ (gemeinsam mit Gottfried Schweiger und Gideon Calder) bei „Social Theory and Practice“ (erscheint vorauss. Ende 2019)
• Special Issue “Autonomy and Education” (gemeinsam mit Monika Betzler) beim “Journal of Applied Philosophy“ (erscheint vorauss. 2020)
• Aufsätze: „Children’s Vulnerability in Donor Conception Families“ / „Children’s Well-being, Inclusive Education and the Problem of Social Exclusion“

Teaching

• MKEP research seminar during the semester on methods of applied ethics for the colleagues at the MKEP
• MKEP's research colloquium