Marie-Jo Thiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marie-Jo Thiel

French philosopher

Date of Birth: 07-May-1957

Place of Birth: Sarralbe, Grand Est, France

Profession: physician, administrator intercalaris, university teacher, researcher, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Marie-Jo Thiel (born 7 May 1957) is a French ethics academic.
She is the director of the Centre européen d’enseignement et de recherche en éthique (CEERE - the European Centre for teaching and Research in Ethics) in Strasbourg.
She is a university professor at Strasbourg; her primary assignment is at the faculty of Catholic Theology, Strasbourg, France.She has a PhD in Medicine and in Catholic Theology (Ethics).
As a medical doctor and theologian, Thiel is particularly interested in bioethical research, theological and social ethics.
Since 10 January 2011 she has been a member of the European Group on Ethics and New Technologies (EGE).
She was nominated for this position by the European Commission.
She teaches and writes in English, German and French languages in Universities in France, the USA, Canada and Germany. Publisher of many works in ethics, Thiel's works include books and articles in referred international journals.
She has also supervised a number of researches.
Notably, she was the editor of the award winning book: Où va la médecine? Sens des représentations et pratiques médicales, Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2003.
She is the convener of the Journées internationales d’ethique de Strasbourg (International symposium on Ethics in Strasbourg), the fifth edition of which was held in April 2013.
CEERE, which she has directed since its inception in 2005, was awarded in 2008 the first prize in the teaching of ethics in France.