Sebastian Rosenbaum

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Contact

E-mail
sebastian.rosenbaum-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@studierende.uni-flensburg.de
Street
Auf dem Campus 1
Post code / City
24943 Flensburg

Institutions

Name
Philosophisches Seminar
Position
Doktoranden

Research interests

  • Philosophy of Mind and Body (theories of emotion, moral judgement)
  • Applied Ethics (climate ethics)
  • Metaethics (neo-sentimentalist theories)
  • Social Philosophy (everyday life, non-perception of normative demands)
Seit 2024Doctoral studies at the Department of Philosophy at Europa-Universität Flensburg. Dissertation title: Neosentimentalismus im Lichte von Unfeeling klima-ethischer Anforderungen im Alltag
2024      Award of a doctoral scholarship from the State of Schleswig-Holstein
2020 - 2023M.A. in Philosophy, graduated with distinction (1,14), University of Vienna. Master's thesis title: Kognitiver Internalismus: Sensibilismus vs. Rationalismus in Bezug auf moralisches Lernen intrinsischer Motivation
2017 - 2020B.A. in Philosophy, graduated with distinction (1,19), University of Vienna. Bachelor's theses titles: Berührung bei Jean-Luc Nancy und Aristoteles. Vergleich zweier Berührungskonzepte and Gewohnheit bei Merleau-Ponty und Waldenfels. Eine leiblich-phänomenologische Perspektive
2011 - 2015B.Sc. in Biotechnology (2,2), Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. Bachelor's thesis title: Entwicklung und Charakterisierung eines Barrieresystems für die kontrollierte Silberionenfreisetzung aus einer Wundauflage

Since winter semester 2019: Adjunct Lecturer at the universities of applied sciences in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe, through the Center for Ethical Issues of the 21st Century (zef21)

SemesterSeminar
WS25/26Online seminar Kopfsache oder Bauchgefühl? Grundlagen des moralischen Urteilens“ (Head or Gut Feeling? Foundations of Moral Judgement)
SS24-WS25  Online seminar: „Moderne Tierethik und die Mensch-Tier-Beziehung“ (Modern Animal Ethics and the Human–Animal Relationship), offered twice a year
WS23/24-SS25  Online seminar: „Ein Glück, zwei Glück, nachhaltiges Glück? Onlineseminar zur Frage nach dem glücklichen Leben“ (One Happiness, Two Happiness, Sustainable Happiness? An Online Seminar on the Question of the Good Life), offered twice a year
WS19/20-SS23 Co-director of the Online Academy „Ethik, Künstliche Intelligenz und Nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development), offered twice a year

Further Teaching

SemesterSeminar
WS24/25                      Teaching and group facilitation in the module "Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär" (Interdisciplinary Sustainability) at HAW Hamburg, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg, together with Prof. Petra Naujoks
WS20-SS22Annual tutorial for the course „Einführung in die praktische Philosophie“ (Introduction to Practical Philosophy) with Prof. Angela Kallhoff, Vienna
SS21Subject-specific tutorial for the course „Einführung in die Tierethik“ (Introduction to Animal Ethics) with Prof. Herwig Grimm, Vienna
2025/01 – 2025/03Contract worker for Prof. Angela Kallhoff (University of Vienna) for the final editing of the manuscript „Zukunftsethik“, Vienna
2024/02 – 2025/03Research Associate at HAW Hamburg, Department of Health Sciences (research group of Prof. Sabine Wöhlke), Hamburg
2023/11 – 2024/02DEKRA professional qualification as a Climate Protection Manager, Flensburg
2023/11 – 2024/05Voluntary work in public relations and organisational development, Boben op Klima- und Energiewende e.V., Hürup
2022/01 – 2023/08Research assistant for research projects of Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff, Vienna
2019/06 – 2021/03Project staff member at the Messerli Research Institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna
2020/03 – 2021/03Writing Mentor at the Center for Teaching and Learning of the University of Vienna, Vienna
2015/09 – 2016/10Specialist for Test Methods in the Corporate Quality Department at Paul Hartmann AG, Heidenheim an der Brenz
  • Podcast series on participatory research „Digitale Wege im Gesundheitswesen“ (Digital Pathways in Healthcare) – Podcast: PANDORA forscht (pandora-forscht.de)
  • Podcast Flurgespräche. Der Podcast übers Promovieren
  • Drobny, S. (2019): “The philosophical polyphony.” In: R. Lahav (Ed.): The Deep Philosophy Group: History, Theory, Techniques (2nd edition). Vermont: Loyev Books.
  • Philosophical dialogue facilitation for the art exhibition „Das Tier und Wir – geliebt, gebraucht, getötet“ (The Animal and Us – Loved, Used, Killed) at Museumsberg Flensburg (09 March 2025–29 June 2025, Museumsberg 1, 24937 Flensburg), as part of the closing event on 29 May 2025, together with exhibition curator Tasja Steder.
  • Rosenbaum, Sebastian: „Tankrabatt: Falsch fühlen in der Öl- und Klimakrise“ (Fuel Discount: Feeling Wrong in the Oil and Climate Crisis), blog article published on 02 June 2026 on the philosophy blog praefaktisch.de, available online at: https://praefaktisch.de/002e/tankrabatt-falsch-fuehlen-in-der-oel-und-klimakrise/ (last accessed: 02 June 2026).
  • Course instructor for the Philosophical Café at the Kulturcafé of vhs Flensburg (Nikolaikirchhof 2, 24937 Flensburg), since August 2026.

Koop-Meyer, L., Jasper Van Gils-Schmidt, H., Rosenbaum, S., & Wöhlke, S. (2025): “Deconstructing the concept of participation in participatory health research: Its limitations and opportunities.” Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 12, 102169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102169

Drobny, S., Komarek, S., & Luftensteiner, R. (2022): “Die (Pro-)Seminararbeit. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Erwartungen und Realität.” zisch: zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Schreibforschung, 6, 60–80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48646/zisch.220604

Drobny, S., Wasmer, M., Dürnberger, C., & Grimm, H. (2021): “Gentherapie und Genome Editing im Kontext tierärztlichen Handelns. Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen.” In: H. Grimm & C. Dürnberger: Genome Editing und Gentherapie im Kontext tierärztlichen Handelns. Ein ethisches Gutachten. Bern: Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik BBL.

  • Member of the Center for Research on Sustainability and Transformation (CREST)
  • Speaker of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Network (DokNet) at Europa-Universität Flensburg

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