Anna Sierawska M.A., MSc, MPhil

Research fellow

Ania is a research associate at the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine (IGEM) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where she works on projects related to the ethics of new technologies in healthcare.

Her international professional experience includes academic philosophy and ethics as well as health services research and public health. Throughout her education and professional career, she has worked with a variety of stakeholders: Researchers, Students, Patients, Clinicians and Industry Partners. Her research is based on both theoretical and empirical approaches.

She is particularly interested in bringing the discussion of philosophy and bioethics closer to her colleagues in other disciplines and to the general public.

Ania is a trained philosopher and also holds an Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics. Before coming to TUM, she worked as a research assistant at CAU Kiel and at the QUEST Center of Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin.

  • Ethics of modern biomedicine and health technology
  • Neuoroethics
  • Research ethics and scientific integrity
  • Reproductive Ethics
  • Patient participation
2024
Schönweitz, Franziska B.;Zimmermann, Bettina M.;Hangel, Nora;Fiske, Amelia;McLennan, Stuart;Sierawska, Anna;Buyx, Alena (2024). Solidarity and reciprocity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative interview study from Germany, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, In: BMC Public Health, Band 24, Ausgabe 1 [mehr...]
2023
Weschke, Sarah;Franzen, Delwen Louise;Sierawska, Anna Karolina;Bonde, Lea-Sophie;Strech, Daniel;Schorr, Susanne Gabriele (2023). Reporting of patient involvement: a mixed-methods analysis of current practice in health research publications using a targeted search strategy., Band 13, Ausgabe 1 [mehr...]
2022
Fiske, Amelia;Schönweitz, Franziska;Eichinger, Johanna;Zimmermann, Bettina;Hangel, Nora;Sierawska, Anna;McLennan, Stuart;Buyx, Alena (2022). The COVID-19 Vaccine: Trust, doubt, and hope for a future beyond the pandemic in Germany., Band 17, Ausgabe 4 [mehr...]
Sierawska, Anna;Splittgerber, Maike;Moliadze, Vera;Siniatchkin, Michael;Buyx, Alena (2022). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Pediatric Populations—– Voices from Typically Developing Children and Adolescents and their Parents, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, In: Neuroethics, Band 16, Ausgabe 1 [mehr...]
Zimmermann, Bettina M;Fiske, Amelia;McLennan, Stuart;Sierawska, Anna;Hangel, Nora;Buyx, Alena (2022). Motivations and Limits for COVID-19 Policy Compliance in Germany and Switzerland., Band 11, Ausgabe 8, S. 1342-1353 [mehr...]
Zimmermann, Bettina M;Wagenaar, Hendrik;Kieslich, Katharina;Prainsack, Barbara;Meyers, Gert;Buyx, Alena;El-Sayed, Seliem;Fiske, Amelia;Galasso, Ilaria;Geiger, Susi;Hangel, Nora;Horn, Ruth;Johnson, Stephanie;Kuiper, Janneke M L;Lucivero, Federica;McLennan, Stuart;Paul, Katharina T;Pot, Mirjam;Radhuber, Isabella;Samuel, Gabrielle;Sharon, Tamar;Siffels, Lotje;Van Hoyweghen, Ine;Awad, Sula;Bourgeron, Théo;Eichinger, Johanna;Gaille, Marie;Haddad, Christian;Hayes, Sarah;Hoffman, Andrew;Jasser, Marie;Kenens, Joke;Lanzing, Marjolein;Libert, Sébastien;Lievevrouw, Elisa;Marelli, Luca;Ongolly, Fernandos;Phillips, Amicia;Pinel, Clémence;Riesinger, Katharina;Roberts, Stephen;Saxinger, Gertrude;Schlogl, Lukas;Schönweitz, Franziska;Sierawska, Anna;Spahl, Wanda;Stendahl, Emma;Vanstreels, Siemen;Vidolov, Simeon;Weiss, Elias (2022). Democratic research: Setting up a research commons for a qualitative, comparative, longitudinal interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic., Band 2 [mehr...]
2021
Sierawska, Anna;Prehn-Kristensen, Alexander;Brauer, Hannah;Krauel, Kerstin;Breitling-Ziegler, Carolin;Siniatchkin, Michael;Buyx, Alena (2021). Transcranial direct-current stimulation and pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-Findings from an interview ethics study with children, adolescents, and their parents., Band 264, S. 363-386 [mehr...]
2020
Sierawska, Anna;Moliadze, Vera;Splittgerber, Maike;Rogge, Annette;Siniatchkin, Michael;Buyx, Alena (2020). First Epileptic Seizure and Initial Diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonus Epilepsy (JME) in a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Study- Ethical Analysis of a Clinical case, Band 13, Ausgabe 3, S. 347-351 [mehr...]
Stelzer, Ines Viktoria;Sierawska, Anna;Buyx, Alena;Simon, Judit (2020). A Network-Based Mixed Methods Approach to Analyze Current Perspectives on Personalized Oncological Medicine in Austria., Band 10, Ausgabe 4 [mehr...]
2019
Sierawska, Anna;Prehn-Kristensen, Alexander;Moliadze, Vera;Krauel, Kerstin;Nowak, Rafal;Freitag, Christine M.;Siniatchkin, Michael;Buyx, Alena (2019). Unmet Needs in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Can Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Fill the Gap? Promises and Ethical Challenges, Band 10 [mehr...]
2015
Sierawska, Anna; (2015) Prenatal diagnosis: do prospective parents have the right not to know?, Medicine Health Care and Philosophy, 18, 2, 279-286, 10.1007/s11019-014-9591-8
  • Ethics and Palliative Care Seminar (Certificate of Achievement GTE) (SoSe and WiSe)

Ms. Sierawska gives scientific and public lectures on the following topics:

  • Ethics of qualitative research
  • Philosophical Education
  • Medical ethics and ethics of new technologies
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