"Zur neuen ständigen Rechtsprechung des EuGH im europäischen Gentechnikrecht"
Prof. Spranger hat in der Zeitschrift Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht einen Aufsatz zur neuen ständigen Rechtsprechung des EuGH im europäischen Gentechnikrecht veröffentlicht, der unter anderem auch das wegweisende EuGH Urt. v. 7.2.2023 – EUGH Aktenzeichen C68821 C-688/2 bespricht.
"Beschleunigte Verwesung"
Prof. Spranger hat im Spiegel Stellung zu einer neuen Bestattungsform bezogen. Den vollständigen Artikel finden Sie hier.
"Intertemporaler Biodiversitätsschutz?"
Prof. Spranger hat in der Zeitschrift für Europäisches Planungs- und Umweltrecht einen Aufsatz zu den Wechselwirkungen zwischen der Klimarechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts und dem Artensterben bzw. dem Biodiversitätsverlust veröffentlicht.
Ethik-Forum am 16. Oktober 2023
Am 16.10.2023 findet im Universitätsclub Bonn im Rahmen des PRACC-Projekts das Ethik-Forum zum Thema "Biodiversität im Anthropozän: Natur verwalten oder gestalten?" statt. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hierzu auf der Website des DRZE.
Interview zum Thema Nudging
Prof. Spranger hat mit dem Magazin ernährung heute ein Interview zum Thema Nudging geführt und darin seine Einschätzung abgegeben, wie weit der Staat gehen darf, um individuelles Verhalten zu beeinflussen.
Participation in the International Neuroethics Patent Initiative Workshop at the Maury Young Arts Centre
Within the framework of the INPI (Neuroethics Patent Initiative) project, Professor Spranger and student assistants Anna Hemmer and Julia Hansmann travelled to Canada to participate in the workshop at the Maury Young Arts Centre and to give presentations to the international audience on the topics "IP and human rights looking ahead: building bridges for the international landscape" and "Morality and human rights in neuroscience and law".
Stellungnahme zur Positivliste für Heimtiere
Am 17.06.2023 präsentierte Prof. Spranger im Auftrag des Zentralverbands Zoologischer Fachbetriebe (ZZF) auf der Delegiertenversammlung des Verbands eine gutachterliche Stellungnahme zur rechtlichen Zulässigkeit der Einführung einer nationalen Positivliste für Heimtiere. Die Einführung einer nationalen Positivliste für Heimtiere, wie sie zuletzt von Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir vorgeschlagen wurde, würde nach Prof. Spranger umfassend gegen verschiedene Vorgaben des Völker-, Europa- und Verfassungsrechts verstoßen.
Participation in the 7th Status Seminar of the ELSA funding priority at the (German) Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
As part of an elevator pitch at the 7th Status Seminar of the ELSA funding priority at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Professor Spranger's following projects were presented at a poster session:
1. INPI - International Neuroethics Patent Initiative.
Click here for the INPI poster
2. AniMotion - Selection Criteria in Ethical and Legal Perspective
Click here for the AniMotion poster
3. PRACC - Practical Challenges of Climate Change
Click here for the PRACC poster
Redeker-Promotionspreis 2023
Wir freuen uns sehr, unserer ehemaligen Doktorandin Alena Jerrentrup zum Erhalt des diesjährigen Redeker-Promotionspreises für ihre herausragende Dissertation mit dem Thema "Kinder als 'Ersatzteillieferanten' im rechtlichen Kontext: Von der Nabelschnurblutspende zur Selektion von Retterkindern" gratulieren zu können!
Sustainability Congress of the SRH Fernhochschule
On 22 April 2023, Prof. Spranger gave a lecture in Heidelberg on the topic of "Climate Protection Law" with regard to the decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) of 24 March 2021 on the Climate Protection Act at the Sustainability Congress of the SRH Fernhochschule.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Tade M. Spranger is a member of the editorial board of the Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik (ZfmE).
The Journal of Medical Ethics aims to discuss the basic questions and current developments in medical ethics in an interdisciplinary manner and to bring the contribution of Christian ethics and the basic anthropological insights of the Western tradition into the increasingly complex medical-ethical discussion in a special way. In accordance with the subtitle of the journal, medical-ethical questions are to be dealt with from an all-embracing perspective of science, culture and religion.
"Many things here are impious to the maximum"
Professor Spranger gave an interview in the Bonner General-Anzeiger on the topic of "Gravestones from forbidden child labour" with the title "Many things here are impious to the maximum". You can find the whole interview here.
Symposium: „Grabsteine aus Kinderarbeit – zur Umsetzung des ILO-Übereinkommens Nr. 182 auf deutschen Friedhöfen“
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, starting at 9:00 a.m., Professor Spranger will host a symposium titled "Gravestones from Child Labor - On the Implementation of ILO Convention No. 182 in German Cemeteries" at the Uni-Club of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
The symposium will conclude a research project on the prohibition of problematic materials in German state cemetery laws. Experts from politics, academia and practice will examine the issue from different perspectives. The event will conclude with a closing panel at approximately 4:15 pm.
Lecture in the context of the dialogue event "Stem cell technology at the translational threshold" of the Stem Cell Network NRW

Prof. Spranger gave a lecture on the topic "Der Nikolausbeschluss und das Translationsverbot des StZG“ at the interdisciplinary dialogue event "Stem Cell Technology at the Translational Threshold" of the Stem Cell Network NRW on 31.03.2022 and had a lively exchange with the other speakers and participants on the current challenges of the German Stem Cell Act and in particular on its need for reform.
You can find the detailed follow-up report of the Stem Cell Network NRW on the successful event here.
Event: 14th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law
From 07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022, Prof. Spranger participated in the 14th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law as part of the externally funded project INPI, together with two staff members from Bonn and a staff member from the Canadian sub-project. In addition to attending the other expert presentations, especially from the fields of medicine, bioethics and medical law, the first research results of the project were presented to the expert audience through the expert presentations by Prof. Spranger (topic: "Brain Patents in the Legal Landscape") and Ashley Lawson (topic: "The Challenge of Open Science to Brain Patents and Intellectual Property Protection"). Further information on the INPI project can be found here.
Event: 14th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law
As part of the externally funded project "INPI - International Neuroethics Patent Initiative", Professor Spranger will give a lecture on "Brainpatents in the Legal Landscape" at the conference to be held in Porto on 07 March 2022, which will deal with legal issues relating to patents in the field of neuroscience. For more general information on the research project "INPI" click here.
Event: Stem Cell Network NRW
Professor Spranger is going to participate in the North Rhine-Westphalian Stem Cell Network's event on the 31st of March 2022, holding a lecture on „Der Nikolausbeschluss und das Translationsverbot des StZG“.
Further information and the chance to registrate for the event is given on the Website of the Stem Cell Network NRW.
Event: 10. Symposium of the FUNUS-Foundation
On the 12th of May 2022, Professor Spranger and Charlotte Noack are going to deliver a lecutre about the topic "Immer noch da? Über den Umgang mit Wachsleichen" in Kabelsketal (Germany).
Further Information is available on the Website of the FUNUS-Foundation.