Deutscher Ethikrat

University of Augsburg

Focus of the Commitment in the German Ethics Council

Ethical questions at the beginning and at the end of life
Ethical questions regarding self-determination and dignity of vulnerable persons
Debate about environmental/climate ethics

Born in 1976

Since 2015 Professor for Moral Theology at the University of Augsburg
2007-2015 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Akademische Rätin a. Z.) at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Regensburg
2014 Habilitation at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Regensburg
2012 Erasmus Lectureship in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
2008 Research stay at the University of Vienna (Dr. Meyer-Struckmann Foundation)
2004-2007 Research Assistant at the Chair of Moral Theology, University of Regensburg
2006 PhD at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Regensburg
2004 Visiting Scholar at Boston College (Boston, Mass., USA)
2002-2004 PhD scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
1996-2002 Studies in German Language and Literature and Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg, studies aiming at the teaching profession at grammar schools
1999-2000 Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome)

Since 2023 Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Member of the Centre for Climate Resilience of the University of Augsburg
Since April 2020 Member of the German Ethics Council
Since 2016 Advisor to the Episcopal Sub-Commission "Bioethics" at the Faith Commission of the German Bishops' Conference
Since 2016 Member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Augsburg
Since 2015 Member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Health Research and of the Environment Science Centre at the University of Augsburg
Since 2015 Coopted member of the Clinical Ethics Committee at the University Hospital Augsburg
Since 2014 member of the International Association of German-speaking Moral Theologians and Social Ethicists
2018–2019 Deputy Women's Representative of the newly founded Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg

2011 Essay Award of the European Society for Catholic Theology
2011 Award for Good Teaching (together with Dr. Gabriele Zinkl) of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts

Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin (2023): The concept of environment in Christianity: environment as a significant issue in Christianity – as a challenge and option for the future. In: Christoph Böttigheimer, Wenzel Maximilian Widenka (ed.): The Concept of Environment in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Berlin: De Gruyter (Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses ; 10), p. 77-134.
Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin (2022): Ernährungsverantwortung: von der Gesundheits- hin zur Klimaverantwortung. In: Christof Mandry, Stefan Meyer-Ahlen (ed.): Ermutigung zur Verantwortung: Festschrift für Josef Römelt. Münster: Aschendorff (Studien der Moraltheologie ; 16), p. 181-192.
Kieslinger, Kristina; Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin (2022): Moral Licensing: zum modernen Ablasshandel im Klimaschutz. In: Stimmen der Zeit 147 (5), p. 367-376.
Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin; Tatari, Muna (2022): Vulnerabilität im christlich-islamischen Dialog. In: Interreligiöse Diskurse: Perspektiven und Themen. Baden-Baden: Ergon (Erlanger Jahrbuch für interreligiöse Diskurse ; 2), p. 221-245.
Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin (2021): Die Forderung nach Klimaresilienz – umweltethisch betrachtet. In: Jahrbuch für Recht und Ethik / Annual Review of Law and Ethics 29 (1), p. 103-116.
Petersen, Julia; Schlögl-Flierl, Kerstin (2020): Plastikfasten – moraltheologische und sozialethische Anstöße. In: Theologie der Gegenwart 63 (2), p. 130-141.