Ethical competence

Our research develops knowledge about ethical competence and contributes to our understanding of the values at stake. Our collaboration with the Region of Uppsala, we provide clinical ethics support for decision-makers and clinical practitioners.

Building ethical competence

Our research questions arise through engagement with medical doctors, nurses, managers and administration. Empirical methods allow us to explore how different groups and professions view ethical challenges, and supports the creation of tools to build ethical competence for professionals. Our researchers contribute their expertise as advisors for government bodies, authorities and organisations, and engage with healthcare organisations directly.

Collaboration with the Region of Uppsala

The Centre has been involved in ethics-related work for the healthcare region of Uppsala since 2009. We provide clinical ethics support for decision-makers and clinical practitioners through the Region's Ethics Council. The council, constituted in 2022, is chaired by Professor Niklas Juth. Its role is to strengthen ethical competence in the Region, and offer support for managing ethical challenges in both primary care, and specialised medicine and dentistry. The Council regularly handles ethical questions that arise in different parts of the organisation, and leads case discussions, seminars and training in health care ethics.

Niklas Juth

Professor of medical ethics and research leader at CRB. Focus on the ethical issues that arise at the intersection of political philosophy and medical ethics. Chair of the ethics council of Region Uppsala.

Anna T. Höglund

Professor in care ethics with a focus on gender studies. Expertise on ethical competence for healthcare personnel, moral stress and priorities in healthcare.

Manuel Guerrero

Research on the ethical and social implications of interdisciplinary brain research and development of neurotechnologies, dual use, human rights and responsible research and innovation.

Michele Farisco

Researcher focusing on issues related to consciousness, artificial intelligence and neuroethics. Collaborates with neuroscientists, AI researchers and clinicians to develop indicators of consciousness to diagnose patients, and to recognize consciousness in animals and machines.

Sylvia Martin

Research focus on newborn screening and Multiple Sclerosis. Expertise in cognitive emotional behavioral therapy, personality disorders treatment, impulsivity and consciousness.

Susanna Pohjola

Doctoral student with a focus on ethical dilemmas and ethical competence when providing dietary advice. Evaluates an educational intervention with a focus on its feasibility.

Adam Ehlert

Doctoral student investigating severity as a criterion for priorities in healthcare, whether early death contributes to severity and whether severity should be understood in subjective or objective terms.

Jens Lundegård

Doctoral student investigating how increasing management control impacts the practice of family medicine. Specialist in family medicine and working as a general practitioner.

Erica Sundell

Research assistant with a background as a nurse and public health scientist. Works with coordination, data collection and other study-specific tasks within various projects at the center.

Joar Björk

Physician and clinical ethicist. Research focuses on prioritization challenges, autonomy issues and ethical support in healthcare.

Emelie Gustafson Hedov

Doctoral student focusing on ethical aspects of AI in emergency care, including questions related to communication, responsibility and autonomy.

Providing expertise for governments & organisations

Our researchers contribute their expertise and respond to referrals and government inquiries.

Our roles as experts

Niklas Juth chairs the ethics council at Uppsala University Hospital. He is also a member of the ethics council of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Society of Medicine's degation for medical ethics.
Stefan Eriksson is Advisor on good research practice to Uppsala University's Vice Chancellor. He is Executive Officer in the SUHF Expert group on ethics issues.
Deborah Mascalzoni is member of the WHO:s Technical Advisory Group on Genomics (TAG-G)
Sylvia Martin is member of the French Associaiton of CBT, participant in the Groupes d’intérêt et d’étude (GIE) for climate change, French representative of Radically Open DBT, expert in CBT for Personality disorders and impulsivity issues (ECCCLORE©)
Kathinka Evers International advisor for the Neuroethics Initiative at the University of Chile, Santiago, part of the Access Chile-Sweden academic collaboration. External member of the Commission on Research Integrity (Redelighetsutvalget) at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo
Tove Godskesen is a member of Region Skåne's Ethics Council and a Scientific Member of the Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development Region Skånes Etikråd
Joar Björk chairs the ethics council in Region Kronoberg. He is also a member of the ethics council of the Swedish Resuscitation Council and of the research ethics board in Region Kronoberg