PhD projects in medical humanities
The doctoral students in the graduate school of medical humanities are employed at their respective main supervisor's institutions. They conduct interdisciplinary research projects in the field of medical humanities.
Between law and clinical practice: Medical expertise and the unwanted consequences of female genital cutting legislation and politics.
PhD student Rosie Duivenbode, Department of Sociology.
This project takes place at the intersection of medicine, law and the humanities and explores the relationship between healthcare professionals and the state through studying their role in the enforcement and implementation of female genital cutting policies and legislation.
The Multifaceted Life of Digital Health Records: Between Official Documentation, Personal Information and Cultural Objects.
PhD student Camilla Lyckblad, Department of ALM
This research project is focused on patient records and their agency as powerful documents affecting people's behaviors. The research aims to problematize sensitive recordkeeping in a digitalized society.
Ethical dilemmas and ethical competence when providing dietary advice – Evaluation of an educational intervention.
PhD student Susanna Pohjola, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; The Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics (CRB)
This project explores ethical dilemmas and ethical competence when providing dietary advice. The project also includes an evaluation of an educational intervention with the aim to increase ethical competence and reduce ethical stress for health care professionals.
Laboratories of the future? Complex buildings, flexible organizations and the research and education of life sciences
PhD student Martina Wallberg, Department of Economic History.
This project will study the interdependency between buildings, organization, and work as sites of negotiation and economic foundations for research and education by examining the shaping and reshaping of one life science building, BMC.
The cells of the immune system: soldiers, carpenters or housekeepers? How to ask the right questions in the era of big data
PhD student Kristina Humphreys, Department of Medical Cell Biology
This project is about immune cell functions and the extent to which metaphorical notions of immune cells impact interpretation and representation of their functions, especially within research and medical education as they become increasingly data driven.
