The theme of the 4th ELSA Norway conference was how we proceed as ELSA/RRI researchers in diverse settings and projects. A total of 36 conference participants shared their experiences and reflections on this theme over two full days at MS Trollfjord, sailing from Tromsø to Trondheim. The presentations and discussions again showed the importance of […]

The Hurtigruta conference is approaching. Soon we set sails from Tromsø, to arrive in Trondheim two days later, waterlogged with wisdom. Here you find the Program, and Abstracts. Welcome on board the ELSA ship!

Should the rest of the world look to Scandinavian neonatal intensive care? In a special supplement of Pediatrics, ELSA members Lars Ursin and Berge Solberg contribute to a thorough discussion of this question. Ursin et al. state in their editorial: “Scandinavian and international clinicians and bioethicists present, compare, and discuss the legislation, national guidelines, consensus […]

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture invites you to an international seminar to celebrate academic achievements of Professor Emerita Merete Lie. The seminar is open to everyone, but please note that registration for lunch is closed. Programme Welcome  Siri Øyslebø Sørensen (NTNU) The Future of Reproduction in Art Merete Lie (NTNU) The Lie of the […]

Last year, Dr. Mimi E. Lam started a 2-year Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Bergen (UiB), Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT). Her research project, ‘Enhancing Seafood Ethics and Sustainability (eSEAS): A Values and Ecosystem-based Management Approach’ “aims to explore new ways of securing seafood sustainability by […]

Spring and summer have been busy for the ELSA team – Anne Blanchard and Roger Strand – working with the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO). In May they were visited by philosopher and medical ethicist Prof. Len Fleck from Michigan State University. On the 22nd of May Prof. Fleck gave a guest lecture at the […]

The fourth biannual ELSA Norway conference take place at Hurtigruten, sailing from Tromsø to Trondheim, November 2nd-4th 2018. Understanding differences as a resource for ELSA research, the ELSA Norway conferences offers unique opportunities to connect researchers that, in spite of differences, share interests in research that identify, analyze and respond to ethical, legal and societal […]

ELSA Norway member Isabelle Budin Ljøsne will defend her PhD thesis «Bringing personalized medicine to people» Friday April 27th. In her work, she and her colleagues have explored what researchers and patient organization representatives consider to be obstacles to patient access to personalized medicine. They have also explored the expectations put on patients and citizens in the effort to achieve personalized […]

PhD researcher Dafne Lemus, at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), is looking at the role of scientific uncertainty and dissent in controversies around endocrine disrupters. The SVT has a history of research on such controversies, including the work of Dafne’s principal supervisor Prof. Jeroen van der Sluijs on […]

Ved Senter for medisinsk etikk ved Universitetet i Oslo er det nå ledig to 100 % stillinger som førsteamanuensis/professor i medisinsk etikk.  Utlysningen finnes her. Søknadsfristen er 11. mars 2018. Du kan lese mer om Senter for medisinsk etikk her.