Against or with each other? What the current crises do to social cohesion, how we remain resilient as a society and how we manage to bridge social gaps – renowned medical ethicist Alena Buyx addresses these hot questions during the first Christmas lecture of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at November 20th. December 2022 after that. We show the lecture and the subsequent conversation with krone.tv Infomanager Katia Wagner on 21 December. on crown.tv!
Crisis? Which crises? The war in Ukraine, the consequences of the pandemic, high inflation and the problems of the climate crisis: the crises seem to be piling up at the moment. In her lecture on the topic “Divisionive Country? How we get through the multi-crisis together”, medical ethicist Alena Buyx looks at societal challenges and solutions from an ethical perspective during the first OeAW Christmas Lecture in the ballroom of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Crisis talks with krone.tv information boss Katia Wagner
In the subsequent conversation with information manager Katia Wagner of krone.tv, Alena Buyx examines the uncertainties in society caused by the crisis and presents ideas on how social cohesion can be strengthened. With the Christmas lectures as part of the academy lectures, the OeAW wants to make the public enthusiastic about the latest findings from science and research and create awareness for current challenges.
Political Advisor in the Corona Crisis
Alena Buyx has been director of the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine since 2018 and professor of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies at the Technical University of Munich. Buyx has been chairman of the German Ethics Council since 2020. In this position, the expert advised the German federal government on crisis management during the pandemic and increasingly addressed the public. In 2021 she received the National Prize of the German National Foundation for her efforts.
You can still register online HERE for the lecture by Alena Buyx on December 20 at 6 p.m.
Source: Krone
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