DRZE – Ethics in the Life Sciences

The German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE) is a national documentation and information centre for the entire field of ethics in the biomedical sciences in Germany.

The DRZE is a Central Research Institute of the University of Bonn as well as a project of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts in the research programme of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities.

It has the task of:

– to scientifically elaborate the normative foundations of qualified judgement formation and to make them available in various formats;
– to prepare and make available information from a wide variety of fields on the current bioethical discussion in science, society and politics;
– to promote scientific networking and thus advance the German, European and international discourse.