Professor of Philosophy @UniHeidelberg specialising in moral psychology, empirically informed and applied ethicshttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mliy5z52vk2hWe're hosting Cass Sunstein at Heidelberg, June 9-11. Join us! Details of the event: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/cass-sunstein-visits-heidelberg-2026-06-09 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein10 May 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliy5z52vk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mlicjjgays2iJoin us for a talk by @danielschindler.bsky.social: *Synthetic genomics: Its emergence and current state from a basic researcher’s perspective* Tue, 12 May, 3.30pm CEST eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978... Find out more about Daniel's work at schindler-lab.org #SyntheticBiology #SyntheticGenomics https://schindler-lab.org/10 May 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlicjjgays2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mlib524nzc26New paper with @petinozappala.bsky.social: "parents' ethical judgments in all countries are strongly associated with vaccination intention" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953626004508 #vaccines #bioethics #xphi #hpv #trust #philosophy #ethics #OpenAccess #survey #socialscience #medicine10 May 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlib524nzc26https://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mkpctqm5dc2bJoin us for a talk entitled "Moral and Prudential Scepticism" by Jesse Hambly on 5 May, 3.30pm CEST, at eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978... Abstract below. More about the speaker: https://philpeople.org/profiles/jesse-hambly #philosophy #metaethics #skepticism #scepticism30 Apr 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpctqm5dc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mijbvzo7bs26@louisareins.bsky.social and @alexwiegmann.bsky.social are joining us as post-doc and 'replacement professor' (Vertretungsprofessor)! Welcome @uniheidelberg.bsky.social! @petinozappala.bsky.social is leaving us to take up a Walter Benjamin scholarship. Congrats 👏 #Philosophy #psych #dfg #heidelberg02 Apr 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijbvzo7bs26https://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3migjguo3as2hKollege*in gesucht! W3-Brückenprofessur "Philosophische Grundlagen der Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie", Frist: 27.04.2026. Details und Bewerbung unter berufungsportal.medizinische-fakultaet-hd.uni-heidelberg.de https://berufungsportal.medizinische-fakultaet-hd.uni-heidelberg.de/01 Apr 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3migjguo3as2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mf57xgpvhc2bJoin us for this workshop with @petinozappala.bsky.social Details+registration: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/genetics-eugenics-and-scientific-racism-making-sense-of-old-and-new-challenges-2026-03-11 #Philosophy #philsci #ethics #politics18 Feb 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf57xgpvhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mdzomajt7k27Fri 4pm CET https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Maike Albertzart (Mainz): “Yes, we can?” A relational approach to joint abilities #philsky #ethics #ActionTheory #philosophy #moralphil Abstract: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/yes-we-can-a-relational-approach-to-joint-abilities-2026-02-06 About Maike: https://www.philosophie.fb05.uni-mainz.de/jprof-dr-maike-albertzart/04 Feb 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzomajt7k27https://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mdf64lqyt225Friday, 4pm CET, at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Alex Soutschek (LMU, Neuroscience): "The Neural Basis of Decision Making – At the Intersection of Motivation and Cognition" #neuro #cogsci About the event: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/neural-basis-of-decision-making-at-the-intersection-of-motivation-and-cognition-2026-01-30 About Alex: https://www.psy.lmu.de/exp/people/pi/soutschek/index.html27 Jan 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdf64lqyt225https://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mczgylek4k2sCan climate polluters be held legally responsible? Join us tomorrow at 4pm for a talk by Marc Weller on climate change litigation at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 More about the event: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/climate-responsibility-of-carbon-majors-2026-01-23 More about Marc: https://www.ipr.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/weller/index_en.html22 Jan 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczgylek4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mcugmpvvj22nphiljobs.org/job/show/30714 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcugmpvvj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mcmgwdz2mk25We're hiring a junior colleague (with the option of permanent employment)! Please spread the word. More details here: https://adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FDB$.startup?MODUL=LS&SESSID=0&M1=1&M2=0&M3=0&PRO=38983#down17 Jan 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmgwdz2mk25https://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mcepsh523k2mJoin us for a talk on Friday by @moumitadeb.bsky.social and @thalysandratos.bsky.social: "How convincing are moral arguments as a behavioral intervention?", 4pm CET, https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Abstract & details: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/how-convincing-are-moral-arguments-as-a-behavioural-intervention-2026-01-1614 Jan 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcepsh523k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3mbp27gnp4c2eJoin us for a talk by @ufeest.bsky.social entitled "Operationism and Exploratory Research in Psychology" on Friday 9, 4pm CET at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 www.philos.uni-hannover.de/de/feest https://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/de/feest05 Jan 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbp27gnp4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m7z2nnh6vk2cJoin us on Friday at 4pm: Johannes Doerflinger (Psychology, Konstanz): Emotional Framing Mindsets https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 https://www.socmot.uni-konstanz.de/team/dr-johannes-t-doerflinger15 Dec 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7z2nnh6vk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m6yvflighc2yJoin us on Friday: Chantal Jakobi (Heidelberg): Ethical Discourse with Digital Agents Friday, 4pm local time https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 and Room 117, Philosophy Institute more details: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/edda-ethical-discourse-with-digital-agents-2025-12-0502 Dec 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yvflighc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m63b7xuiz22vCANCELLED due to illness. Apologies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63b7xuiz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m5vcdf3ias2eJoin us on Friday, 4pm, for a talk entitled "What is institutional racism?" by HU Berlin's Kristina Lepold at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 more info: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/what-is-institutional-racism-2025-11-21 https://www.philosophie.hu-berlin.de/de/arbeitsbereiche/sozialphilosophie-kritische-theorie/prof-dr-kristina-lepold/lepold18 Nov 2025 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vcdf3ias2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m5qvhp4ga22vPlease spread the word and/or apply: PhD position in Philosophy, 4 years, fully funded. Deadline: 5 December. More details at https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/phd-student-fmd-in-philosophy16 Nov 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qvhp4ga22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m54ffhs5kk2tJoin us for a talk by @svennyholm.bsky.social (LMU): "Moral Principles for Human-Human Interaction, Human-AI Interaction, and AI-AI Interaction" Mathematikon (Lecture Hall), Heidelberg Wednesday, 12 November, 6pm Details: https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstaltungen/moral-principles-for-human-human-interaction-human-ai-interaction-and-ai-ai-interaction-2025-11-1208 Nov 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54ffhs5kk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m4mw6qv5xk2mJoin us on Friday 4pm CET for a talk by Sophie Kikkert (LMU) entitled "Disability as a lack of society-relative abilities" https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Abstract & details: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/disability-as-a-lack-of-society-relative-abilities-2025-11-07 www.sophiekikkert.com https://www.sophiekikkert.com/02 Nov 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4mw6qv5xk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m4d772xmlc2zPlease join us on Friday 4pm for a talk entitled "Many LLMs Are More Utilitarian Than One" by Anita Keshmirian https://forward-college.eu/profiles/faculty/dr-anita-keshmirian/ at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Abstract and more info at https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/many-llms-are-more-utilitarian-than-one-2025-10-3129 Oct 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4d772xmlc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3m3erbtzocs2eJoin us today at 4pm CEST: ‘Empirically Investigating the Concept of Lying’ Louisa Reins & Alex Wiegmann https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 Details: https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/philsem/personal/heinzelmann_veranstaltungen.html17 Oct 2025 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3erbtzocs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3lvzmmjmdmc2aLooking for a replacement (Lehrstuhlvertretung) for summer term 2026 who does empirical research and is trained in philosophy. Please message me directly if you are interested or know someone who is.10 Aug 2025 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvzmmjmdmc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3lukn3bmdzk2eStudents! Join Us Debating Biotechnology @uniheidelberg.bsky.social next week. Sign up at https://heico.uni-heidelberg.de/heiCO/ee/ui/ca2/app/desktop/#/slc.tm.cp/student/courses?$ctx=&$filter=&$skip=0&curriculumVersionId=2102&objTermId=187&orgId=1 All levels and disciplines welcome. #Marsilius22 Jul 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukn3bmdzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nheinzelmann.bsky.social/post/3lthphw5r6k27FRIDAY: Shmulik Nilli (Political Science, Northwestern): *The unthinkable sword? Democracy, morality, and violence across borders?* 11 July, 2pm CEST https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/3634599978?pwd=xYHotJ16bptArY6hAf0cK89CmyEUCB.1 abstract: https://www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelmann-group/the-unthinkable-sword-democracy-morality-and-violence-across-borders-2025-07-11 More about Shmulik: https://polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/shmulik-nili.html08 Jul 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:fv5pu222l6miq4tzu2ynvim7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthphw5r6k27