14th Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI” 2025
The preliminary program and up-to-date information is available here: https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/winter-school-ethics-of-neuroscience-and-ai-2025.html
The 14th Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI” will take place on 24–28 February 2025.
The Winter School is jointly organized by the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and the Excellence Cluster Science of Intelligence.
The event is tailored for MSc and PhD students, but covers a range of topics of potential interest to other researchers, reflecting on the ethical and societal consequences of modern neuroscience.
Theoretical foundations, as well as practical and ethical aspects are addressed. Participants will benefit from a combination of lectures with group work and discussions, where they will put the learned content into practice.
Registration is necessary and possible using this link: https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/winter-school-ethics-of-neuroscience-and-ai-2025.html
NEW: Travel Awards
We are happy to inform you that, thanks to FENS & IBRO-PERC, we are able to provide 4 travel grants of 750€ for students (master or PhD) studying in Europe, outside of Germany, to attend the Winter School! Due to time limitations with respect to Visa processing times, we are unfortunately not able to offer travel awards to students who are not currently studying in Europe.
To apply for the travel grant, see the Winter School website: https://www.bccn-berlin.de/events-list/winter-school-ethics-of-neuroscience-and-ai-2025.html
The application deadline is 27 January, 9:00 CET.
After the deadline, the course organizers will select a subset of applicants and NENS will make the final decision. We will inform applications of the decision once we have the results. The money will be transferred to the recipients once they have checked-in to our Winter School on the first day (Monday February 24th).
Scientific organizers:
John-Dylan Haynes, Marten Kaas, and Thomas Schmidt.
The program booklet will also be available here later on.
Please note that this Winter School is an event which takes place in presence in Berlin.
On Tuesday, Feb 25, the school offers two parallel tracks: The Philosophical Track focuses on theoretical aspects, meta-ethics and moral responsibility. The Empirical Track offers theoretical foundations as well as a number of practical ethical aspects in neuroscience, such as deep brain stimulation, brain death, artificial intelligence, and data protection.
Fees:
The Winter School is free of cost but registration is necessary.
Venue:
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philippstraße 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Certificates of Attendance:
Certificates of attendance will be issued upon request for those who attend at least 4/5 days.
Certificates of Credit:
External students can receive up to 3 ECTS for their participation in the Winter School if they attend in presence and fulfill the following criteria:
3 ECTS: Attend the Winter School, take part in the Group Work session and submit a 2-page essay.
2.5 ECTS: Attend the Winter School and take part in the Group Work, no essay.
0.5 ECTS: Attend only the Good Scientific Practice (GSP) session.
If you would like to receive credits, please indicate that on the registration form.
Organisation:
Dirk Mende, Lisa Velenosi and Darko Komnenić
Contact:
graduateprograms@bccn-berlin.de
