Ethical and moral forms of reasoning, Conflict, Critical theory, Critique of civilisation (starting with Rousseau), Cultural change, Current philosophy of history and contemporary diagnostics, Democracy and power, Development of states, Europe in general, European integration, France, Germany, Modern philosophy of history, Modernity, late modernity and post-modernity, Organisational ethics, Political history, Power and politics, Scientific history of the social sciences, Security, The EU and Europe, The international community
Ethical and moral forms of reasoning, Applied ethics and bioethics/environmental ethics (discrimination, distributive justice, euthanasia, health policy, luck egalitarianism, personal responsibility, priority rules, public health), Health, Medical ethics (organ donation, organ shortage, transplantation), Modern moral philosophy and moral criticism, Philosophy/history of health, Recent french philosophy (Foucault, Levinas)