Prof. Dr. theol.

Andreas Lob-Hüdepohl

Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Focus of the Commitment in the German Ethics Council

  • Human rights and disability (inclusion / participation)
  • Ageing (social gerontology / care) and dying (palliative care, suicide)
  • Ethical advice in the health care and welfare sector

Contact for Press Enquiries on the Following Topics

  • Human rights and disability (inclusion / participation)
  • Ageing (social gerontology / care) and dying (palliative care, suicide)
  • Ethical advice in the health care and welfare sector
  • Religious / Christian traditions in a pluralistic society
  • Ethics of the welfare state

Born in 1961

Professional Background

  • Since 2014 Managing Director of the Berlin Institute for Christian Ethics and Politics
  • 2013 Fellow of the Theological Research Seminar at the University of Erfurt
  • 2012 Resuming of the professorship in Theological Ethics at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin
  • 2012 Visiting Scholar at Loyola University Chicago
  • 2009-2011 President of the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • 1997-2009 Rector of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin
  • 1996 Appointment for the professorship in Theological Ethics at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin
  • 1991-1996 Scientific Assistant at the Seminar of Catholic Theology at the Free University Berlin

Memberships

  • Since 2016 Member of the German Ethics Council
  • Member of the International Association for Moral Theology and Social Ethics
  • Member of the Societas Ethica – European Research Society for Ethics
  • Member of the European Society for Catholic Theology
  • Member of the German Academy of Ethics in Medicine
  • Member of the German Society for Social Work
  • Member of the Central Committee of German Catholics

Publications (Selection)

  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2016): Sexualität und Alter(n). Moraltheologische Erkundungen im Feld doppelter Tabuisierung. In: Ernst, S. (ed.): Alter und Altern. Freiburg im Breisgau.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2015): Zwischen Prophetie und Schweigen. Zum Geltungsanspruch "religiöser" Argumente im Raum politischer Öffentlichkeit. In: StdZ, 233, 173-184.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2015): A new demand: The challange of inclusion to the theology and practice of diaconia. In: Diaconia. Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice, 6 (1), 17-30.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2015): Sterben dürfen? Sterben helfen? Theologisch-ethische Erkundungen in strittigem Terrain. In: Lücking-Michel, C. (ed.): Sterben? Sterben helfen? In Gottes und der Menschen Hand. Paderborn; Leipzig, 154-165.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2014): Behinderung und Beratung – soziokulturelle Deutungsmuster als "Kopf-Barrieren" für gelingende Inklusion. In: Lob-Hüdepohl, A.; Eurich, J. (ed.): Behinderung – Profile inklusiver Theologie, Diakonie und Kirche. Stuttgart, 224-236.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2013): Recht auf Intimität. Theologisch-ethische Erkundungen zur Sexualität behinderter Menschen. In: ET-Studies, 4 (1), 49-67.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2009): Bedrohtes Sterben. Zur Debatte um Patientenverfügungen. In: Stimmen der Zeit, 227, 378-390.
  • Lob-Hüdepohl, A. (2009): Unerwünschte Solidarität? Biopolitik und die soziale Inszenierung von Behinderung. In: Zhuo Xinping et al. (ed.): Christliche Gesellschaftslehre und ihre Verantwortung in der Gesellschaft. Beijing, 421-446.