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Sigrid Müller

Austria
Institution University of Vienna, Catholic Theological Faculty
Position University Professor
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Email Address sigrid.mueller@univie.ac.at
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Prior Educational Background
  • 1984 – 1991 Studies of Catholic Theology, Latin Philology, Italian Philology at Tübingen (Germany) and Rome
  • 1987 – 1993 Cooperation in Research Projects on Intercultural Ethics, Bioethics and Philosophical Anthropology
  • 1993 – 1995 Research and Teaching at St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK, as „Naden Student in Divinity“
  • 1996 – 1997 Scientific Coordinator of a Doctoral Research Program on Arts and Sciences in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity
  • 1997 – 2000 Master’s Degree and Practice in Systemic Family Counselling at the Pontifical University of Salamanca at Seville
  • 1999 Doctoral Degree in Catholic Theology with a study on the ethics of William of Ockham
  • 2001 – 2005 Postdoc position in the NWO funded research project „Thomism, Albertism, Nominalism. The Dynamics of Intellectual Traditions in the Late Middle Ages“ under the direction of Dr. Maarten Hoenen (University of Nijmegen)
  • 2003 – 2005 Co-operator at the De-Wulf-Mansion Centre for ancient and medieval philosophy at the University of Leuven
  • 2005 – 2007 Director of the FWF funded Hertha-Firnberg Research Project „From Theory to Practice (1400-1550). Paradigmatic ethical and moral theological Studies “, based at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Vienna
  • 2006 Habilitation at the University of Tübingen with a study on the beginnings of the Late Medieval Nominalist School and its effects on Moral Theology
Research Interests
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Ecclesiology and Church Leadership
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Ethics and Education
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • History of Theological Ethics
  • Inculturation Theologies
  • Marriage and Family
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Berlin 2013
  • Trent 2010
  • Padua 2006
Recent Publications
  • Sigrid Müller, What Are Intrinsically Evil Acts?, in: Nenad Polgar/Joseph Selling (Eds.), The Concept of Intrinsic Evil and Catholic Theological Ethics, Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic 2019, 67-84.
  • Sigrid Müller, Theologie und Philosophie im Spätmittelalter. Die Anfänge der via moderna und ihre Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der Moraltheologie (1380-1450), Münster 2018 (Studien der Moraltheologie. Neue Folge 7).
  • Sigrid Müller/Piotr Morciniec (Hg.), Pränataldiagnostik / Prenatal diagnosis. Anstöße zum Weiterdenken / Stimuli for further reflection, Wien 2017. Link to PDF: http://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:538587
  • Konrad Hilpert/Sigrid Müller (Hg.), Humanae vitae – die anstößige Enzyklika. Eine kritische Würdigung, Freiburg/Basel/Wien 2018.
  • Sigrid Müller, Zumutung oder Verheißung? Zu Krise und Erneuerung des kirchlichen Leitbildes von Ehe und Familie, in: Anna Karger-Kroll / Michael Karger / Christopher Tschorn (Hg.), Beziehungsstatus: kompliziert. Das kirchliche Leitbild von Ehe und Familie im Wandel (Katholizismus im Umbruch 6), Freiburg/Br. 2018, 105-131.
  • Sigrid Müller/Melanie Novak, Beratung und Begleitung bei Pränataldiagnostik, in: Ulrich H.J. Körtner/Christian Kopetzki/Maria Kletečka-Pulker/Sigrid Müller (Hrsg.), Entscheidungsfindung und Entscheidungshilfen am Lebensanfang, Wien 2018 (Ethik und Recht in der Medizin 13), 49-59.
  • Stephanie Höllinger, Sigrid Müller, Sexualität im Alter als ethische Herausforderung, in: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ethik, Band 63 (2017), 109-121.
  • Sigrid Müller, Die Entflechtung des Gordischen Knotens. Zur Stärkung der Rolle der Moraltheologie durch Amoris laetitia, in: Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląsja Opolskiego 37 (2017/1), 79-103. https://doi.org/10.25167/RTSO/37(2017)1/79-103
  • Lukas Kaelin/Ulrich H.J. Körtner/Ya-Ping Lin/Michael Shiyung Liu/Sigrid Müller/Yao-Ming Tsai (Eds.), The Conception of the Human Person in Medicine. Exploring Boundaries between Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wien: Verlag Österreich 2013 (Ethik und Recht in der Medizin 9).
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • 2018- Member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC)
  • 2015-2019 Member (as representative of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) of the Austrian Commission on Genetical Engineering
  • 2014- Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics and Law in Medicine (IERM) (Joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna)
  • 2011- Member of the Holy See’s Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO)
  • 2011- Member of the Ethics Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • 2010- President of the Association of Bioethicists in Central Europe (BCE)
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