Research at the Institute

Our research includes a great variety of methods and topics, such as international comparative studies in the history of medicine and biology, the origins of biomedicine, and the philosophy of science and medicine, with a special focus on medical ethics. We take an interdisciplinary approach and include perspectives from history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and political science in order to describe medicine as a social and cultural practice.

Information about our departmental research programs, as well as about research which our members pursue independently, is available on our website. The department is very active in graduate education and hosts a number of PhD students.