Intensive Course on Nursing Ethics, Leuven, Belgium, December 1–4, 2026
€950 – €1050

From December 1 to 4, 2026, the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law at KU Leuven is organizing the 14th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in Nursing Ethics. The course is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on philosophy, nursing, and clinical ethics.

During the course, experts from home and abroad will deliver lectures on various topics within nursing ethics. This edition will pay special attention to:

– the ethical foundations of nursing,
– handling nursing-ethical dilemmas,
– moral distress and ethical leadership in healthcare,
– nursing-ethical reasoning styles,
– characteristics of the ethically competent nurse (EU PROMOCON project),
– relational autonomy in end-of-life care,
– the ethics of tele-palliative care,
– ethics in neonatology and pediatrics,
– qualitative research in nursing ethics (QUAGOL).

Ample time is allocated for discussion. The language of instruction is English.
The course is aimed at participants from diverse professional backgrounds—such as nursing, medicine, psychology, social work, pastoral care, philosophy, and healthcare—as well as PhD students in these fields. Lecturers from universities of applied sciences, members of ethics committees, and managers from all healthcare sectors are particularly invited to attend.

For more information and registration, please visit our course website directly at
Nursing Ethics — KU Leuven  or Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law.  You can also find information in the accompanying brochure.
You can also email Chris Gastmans
The deadline for early-bird registration is 15 October 2026.

Funding opportunities
Erasmus+ offers funding opportunities for professors, lecturers, trainers, and staff from educational institutions and civil society organizations in the Netherlands to participate in this intensive course. For more information, please visit their website