About Us

The Humboldt Centre represents philosophy and the humanities at the University of Ulm in research and teaching. We specialize in the philosophy of science (particularly science and values, science and ideology), digital ethics and the philosophy of mind (especially emotions, situated cognition).

We offer students of all disciplines the opportunity to look beyond their own subject area and to question their own thinking and actions in a critical and interdisciplinary manner. To this end, we provide a broad range of  first-rate courses in the ASQ area and offer ethics and MPK courses exclusively for teacher education students. We also offer a diverse range of courses in philosophy with a focus on philosophical argumentation, philosophy of science and applied ethics.

We also regularly organize events on socially relevant topics to the wider public (e.g. the Ulmer Denkanstöße) and look forward to welcome you there personally.

The Humboldt brothers are the namesake of the HZ: Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859, left in the picture) undertook research trips all over the world as a natural scientist and became known as the "second Columbus". His older brother Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767 - 1835, pictured right) distinguished himself as a scholar, writer and statesman who reformed the German education system and founded what is now known as the Humboldt University in Berlin.