Akademie Für Ethik in Der Medizin

What Akademie Für Ethik in Der Medizin does

Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM) is Germany's principal professional society (Fachgesellschaft) for medical and healthcare ethics, founded in 1986 and registered as a non-profit eingetragener Verein (e.V.) under German law with the Amtsgericht Göttingen (VR 1849). Headquartered at Humboldtallee 36 in Göttingen, AEM aggregates an interdisciplinary community of medical ethicists, physicians, philosophers, theologians, lawyers, nurses, and clinical ethics committee members across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), with informal reach into pan-European networks via partnerships such as Digi4Age. Its mission is to advance ethical discourse, standards, and consulting capacity in healthcare settings through interdisciplinary exchange, standards-setting, and credentialing.

AEM's product and service portfolio centers on (i) the peer-reviewed journal 'Ethik in der Medizin' (print and electronic); (ii) an annual conference (Jahrestagung) and spring conference (Frühjahrstagung), plus recurring thematic workshops; (iii) a structured certification program for clinical ethics consultation (Ethikberatung), including a specialized psychiatric track co-developed with DGPPN; (iv) early-career development programming — Adventsworkshop, International Publishing Workshop, JMED Network, and the Nachwuchspreis (run for 26 years as of 2026); (v) standards and guideline publications (e.g., 'Standards für Ethikberatung im Gesundheitswesen', updated 2022); and (vi) member services including a Basis-Medientraining (media training) program. There is no proprietary software platform; AEM operates a members-only web portal and maintains a mailing list (AEM Aktuell) plus social media channels.

AEM's business model is membership-fee and event-fee driven: regular annual membership runs 110–140 EUR depending on direct-debit and journal format; reduced membership for students and apprentices is 25 EUR; workshops and conferences are priced 50–550 EUR per participant. Pricing is publicly disclosed. AEM has no subsidiaries, no external investors or funding rounds, and operates as an independent academic association under board governance (Präsidentin: Prof. Dr. Silke Schicktanz; Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Alfred Simon).

Name

Akademie Für Ethik in Der Medizin

Legal name

Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin e. V.

Website

https://aem-online.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM) is Germany's principal Fachgesellschaft for medical ethics, founded 1986. It serves DACH-region researchers, clinicians, and ethics consultants via the journal 'Ethik in der Medizin', annual conferences, ethics-consultation certification, and standards-setting.

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Medical Ethics Professional Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Management Services (8741)

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Health, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Regulatory Cooperation

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

• Medical ethics research
• Clinical ethics consultation
• Ethics certification training
• Bioethics professional society
• Healthcare ethics guidelines

Headquarters

HQ city

Göttingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

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The Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM) is Germany's primary professional society for medical and healthcare ethics, providing individual memberships, the peer-reviewed journal "Ethik in der Medizin," certification programs for clinical ethics consultation, training courses, workshops, and annual conferences that bring together researchers, clinicians, philosophers, and theologians. It also develops standards, guidelines, and position statements for ethics in healthcare settings.

Product overview

Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM) is a professional society for medical ethics, not a commercial product company. The organization offers a portfolio of professional development services including: the peer-reviewed journal "Ethik in der Medizin"; certification programs for ethics consultation in healthcare; workshops and training courses such as the Adventsworkshop for doctoral researchers and the International Publishing Workshop for early career scholars; specialized psychiatric ethics consultation training; media training for science communication; and annual conferences. The society also provides ethics guidelines, position statements, and operates a networking platform for ethicists through online meetings. Membership includes access to the journal and reduced fees for events.

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• Ethik in der Medizin (Journal) Peer-reviewed journal published by AEM covering medical ethics topics, available in print and electronic formats primarily bundled with membership.
• Ethikberatung Certification Program Structured certification program for ethics consultation in healthcare settings, including basic and moderation courses leading to recognized credentials for ethics advisors.
• Schulung Ethikberatung in der Psychiatrie Specialized paid training course for ethics consultation in psychiatric care, jointly developed and delivered with DGPPN; includes basic course (550 EUR) and moderation course (240 EUR) with materials and refreshments.
• Adventsworkshop Annual paid workshop on fundamentals and methods of medical and bioethics, primarily for doctoral candidates and early career researchers, offered at 50 EUR participation fee.
• Workshop Internationales Publizieren in der Medizinethik Paid workshop for early career researchers on international publishing strategies in medical ethics, including peer-review practice and publication planning; 50 EUR participation fee with optional travel reimbursement.
• Basis-Medientraining Paid media training workshop for AEM members to improve science communication skills, including camera practice and interview techniques; 120 EUR regular, 100 EUR reduced for young researchers.
• AEM Jahrestagung (Annual Conference) Paid annual conference bringing together medical ethics researchers and practitioners from across the German-speaking world, with rotating themes and locations, plus a parallel Frühjahrstagung spring meeting.

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Partner Institutes for World Congress of Bioethics 2028 (Augsburg, Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2028The AEM has successfully partnered with four German bioethics institutes (Augsburg, Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg) to host the World Congress of Bioethics 2028 in Berlin. This is the first time the world's largest bioethics conference will be held in Germany, expecting up to 500 in-person and 500 online participants. The project leadership includes Susanne Michl, Silke Schicktanz, Alfred Simon, Verina Wild, and Eva Winkler.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of ethics consultation training specifically designed for psychiatry. The DGPPN and AEM co-develop and deliver the 'Schulung Ethikberatung in der Psychiatrie' certification program, including basic and moderation courses.
• Digi4Age Network (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEM supports the Digi4Age Network in advertising PhD positions across Europe. The network offers fully funded PhD positions in digitalization and ageing research, funded by the European Commission's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action programme, organized by six research institutes and 13 stakeholders.
• Various German Universities (historical conference partnerships)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEM collaborates with different German universities each year for its annual conferences. Past partnerships include Tübingen (2024), Halle (2023), Frankfurt (2022), Göttingen (2019), Munich (2018), and many others. These are annual co-organization arrangements for academic conferences.
• Network for Ethics Consultation in PsychiatrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative between AEM and DGPPN, along with the working group 'Ethics in Psychiatry' within AEM. The network brings together persons and institutions interested in ethics consultation in psychiatry and promotes networking meetings and training.

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Broad incumbents

• The Hastings Center: The oldest independent bioethics research institute in the U.S., comparable in mission (publishing, bioethics research, policy engagement) but with a broader research-and-policy remit than AEM's society-and-certification focus.
• World Medical Association (WMA): International confederation of national medical associations that develops ethical guidelines (e.g., Declaration of Helsinki) relevant to AEM's guideline-development work. Comparable in producing medical ethics standards at a larger, international scale.
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics: UK-based independent bioethics body that produces influential reports on bioethics and policy. Comparable in its field-building role, but operates as a policy/publishing organization rather than as a member-driven professional society with certification.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN): AEM's flagship strategic partner and the dominant German professional society for psychiatry, with which AEM co-develops the Ethikberatung-in-der-Psychiatrie certification. Comparable as a larger, broader medical specialty society that AEM partners with rather than competes against.

Direct peers

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH): The leading U.S. professional society for bioethics and medical humanities, analogous to AEM but serving North America. Comparable as both issue peer-reviewed journals, host annual conferences, run certification/education programs for clinical ethics consultants, and develop field standards.
• European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME): European network of medical ethics centres that hosts the annual EACME conference — directly parallel to AEM's role as Germany's national professional society and conference organizer for medical ethics.
• International Association of Bioethics (IAB): Global professional association for bioethics and organizer of the World Congress of Bioethics that AEM is set to host in 2028. Directly comparable as the umbrella body governing the field's flagship international event that AEM's members participate in.

Regional players

• Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (SAMW): Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences — Swiss counterpart to AEM operating in the same DACH region. Comparable as a national-level medical ethics professional body that issues guidelines, runs ethics consultation training, and represents the field to policymakers.
• British Medical Association (BMA) — Medical Ethics Committee: UK doctors' professional body with an active ethics committee that produces ethics guidance and training. Comparable to AEM in producing medical-ethics standards and education, but operating primarily in the UK rather than DACH.

Others

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF): Umbrella organization of German medical specialty societies, of which AEM is effectively a member society. Relevant as the coordinator of German medical guideline development — the very activity AEM contributes to in medical ethics.

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