Prof. Dr. Alexis Fritz

Holder of the Chair of Moral Theology at KU and since 2019 Scientific Director of the Artificial Intelligence Network Ingolstadt gGmbH (AININ).

A native of Austria, he was the Sustainability Officer of the Faculty of Theology in 2018 - 2019. Previously, he headed the Theology and Ethics Office of the German Caritas Association since 2010. In this capacity, he was involved in national and international initiatives and issues in the fields of social and biopolitics. Professor Fritz's research interests - combined with the promotion of young academics - include health care and distributive justice, ethical decision-making processes in organizations, and an ethics of algorithms.

Fritz studied theology and philosophy in Graz, Innsbruck and Rome. He received his PhD in Catholic Theology from the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 2008 on the topic "The End of the Naturalistic Fallacy as Knock-Out Argument. Semantic and Systematic Investigation of the Problem of Being-Sollen." At the University of Tübingen, he habilitated in 2016 in the field of moral theology/theological ethics on the topic "Der Anspruch der Bedürfnisse. Just Prioritization in Health Care" and subsequently worked there as a private lecturer. In addition, from 2011 to 2018, he was a lecturer for courses in ethical-philosophical basic studies at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau.

A native of Austria, he has held the Chair of Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since 2018. In 2018 - 2019, he was the sustainability officer of the Faculty of Theology there. Prior to that, he headed the Theology and Ethics Office of the German Caritas Association since 2010. In this role, he contributed to national and international initiatives and issues in the fields of social and biopolitics. Professor Fritz's research interests - combined with the promotion of young academics - include health care and distributive justice, ethical decision-making processes in organizations, and an ethics of algorithms.

Professor Fritz is a member of the permanent working group "Basic Political and Ethical Questions" of the Central Committee of German Catholics, a member of the International Association of German-Speaking Moral Theologians and Social Ethicists, and a theological advisor to Caritas Europe on social policy issues.