Daniel Messelken has been working as a researcher at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Zurich since 2009. He is a scientific coordinator at the Zurich Centre for Military Medical Ethics at the Swiss Academy for Military and Disaster Medicine, which conducts research and training in the field of military medical ethics, in partnership with the medical service of the Swiss Army and the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM). After his studies in philosophy and political science (Leipzig, Paris), he gained his doctorate in philosophy from Leipzig University in 2010 under the tutelage of Prof. Dr. Georg Meggle, with a thesis on the concept and moral evaluation of interpersonal violence. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Euro-ISME (European Chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics). His current research fields include military medical ethics, military ethics in general, disaster bioethics and applied ethics.

messelken@ethik.uzh.ch

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