The Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies (IMGWF) at the University of Lübeck invites applications for a full-time (currently 38.7 hours per week) Research Associate position starting January 1, 2027, initially limited to a term ending December 31, 2030. The position is intended for the purpose of academic qualification (Habilitation).

The Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies at the University of Lübeck (Director: Prof. Dr. Cornelius Borck) conducts research and teaching on a broad spectrum of ethical, epistemic and historical aspects of medicine and life sciences.

The Bioethics and Ethics in Healthcare research group, headed by Prof. Dr. Mirjam Faissner, addresses ethical questions in medicine and the life sciences against the backdrop of societal power structures and inequalities. The group aims to establish the consideration of structural and epistemic conditions as an integral component of bioethical research and teaching. Its research focuses on intersectionality and diversity-sensitive medicine, epistemic injustice, ethics in psychiatry, the ethics of reproductive decisions, the ethics