Field of Focus III - Funded Projects Values in Crises
Project leaders:
Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel
Prof. Dr. Jale Tosun
Since 2017, scholars in the FoF 3 and FoF 4 have been working together within the research initiative „Values in Crises“. The aim of this research initiative is to investigate the orienting function of values in situations of societal crisis. In order to achieve this goal, scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, as well as from medical ethics and law work together to bring the different strands of research on values in crises into conversation with each other. In September 2019, the participating scholars held an internal workshop in order to deepen their understanding regarding the common research approaches. They discussed how an innovative interdisciplinary collaboration should be designed, and their different approaches can mutually contribute especially concerning the question of the methods applied. The initiative submitted a preliminary proposal for third party funding to the German Research Foundation.