Kathinka Evers
Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics (CRB)
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 62 43
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 76 52
- E-mail:
- kathinka.evers@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Box 564, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Publications
Recent publications
Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: a multidimensional heuristic approach
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 180-193, 2025
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Is artificial consciousness achievable?: Lessons from the human brain
Part of Neural Networks, 2024
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Part of Consciousness and Cognition, 2024
- DOI for Assessing the commensurability of theories of consciousness: on the usefulness of common denominators in differentiating, integrating and testing hypotheses
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Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 75-86, 2023
- DOI for Separation and not residency permit restores function in resignation syndrome: a retrospective cohort study
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Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
- DOI for Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients
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All publications
Articles in journal
Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: a multidimensional heuristic approach
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 180-193, 2025
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Is artificial consciousness achievable?: Lessons from the human brain
Part of Neural Networks, 2024
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Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 75-86, 2023
- DOI for Separation and not residency permit restores function in resignation syndrome: a retrospective cohort study
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Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
- DOI for Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients
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On the Contribution of Neuroethics to the Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Part of Neuroethics, 2022
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Variable Determinism in Social Applications: Translating Science to Society
Part of Intellectica, p. 73-89, 2021
Epistemic Challenges of Digital Twins & Virtual Brains: Perspectives from Fundamental Neuroethics
Part of SCIO: Revista de Filosofía, p. 27-53, 2021
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Towards Establishing Criteria for the Ethical Analysisof Artificial Intelligence
Part of Science and Engineering Ethics, p. 2413-2425, 2020
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Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 88-95, 2020
The Culture-Bound Brain: Epigenetic proaction revisited
Part of Theoria, p. 783-800, 2020
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Spatiotemporal neuroscience – what is it and why we need it
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 78-87, 2020
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Part of Neuroethics, p. 201-211, 2019
- DOI for Neuroethics and Philosophy in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Human Brain Project
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The Need for a Conceptual Expansion of Neuroethics
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 126-128, 2019
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Large-scale brain simulation and disorders of consciousness: Mapping technical and conceptual issues
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
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Drug addiction: from neuroscience to ethics
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
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Neuroethics: A Conceptual Approach
Part of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, p. 717-727, 2018
The ethical relevance of the unconscious
Part of Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 2017
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Part of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, p. 1-3, 2017
- DOI for The Utility- and Use–of Neurotechnology to Recover Consciousness: Technical and Neuroethical Considerations in Approaching the "Hard Question" of Neuroscience
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Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
- DOI for Neuroscience of Childhood Poverty: Evidence of Impacts and Mechanisms as Vehicles of Dialog With Ethics
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The Computational Shift in Neuroscience: A Multifaceted Neuroethical Analysis
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, 2017
The Intrinsic Activity of the Brain and Its Relation to Levels and Disorders of Consciousness
Part of Mind and Matter, p. 197-219, 2017
The contribution of neuroethics to international brain research initiatives
Part of Nature Reviews Neuroscience, p. 1-2, 2017
Proactive epigenesis and ethics - Response
Part of EMBO Reports, p. 1272-1272, 2017
Resignation syndrome: Catatonia? Culture-bound?
Part of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2016
Neurotechnological assessment of consciousness disorders: five ethical imperatives
Part of Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, p. 155-162, 2016
Proactive epigenesis and ethical innovation
Part of EMBO Reports, p. 1361-1364, 2016
Big Science, Brain Simulation and Neuroethics
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 28-30, 2016
Understanding the Brain: Challenges for Neuroethics
Part of Jahrbuch für Wissenschaft und Ethik, p. 239-253, 2015
Biomedical research involving patients with disorders of consciousness: ethical and legal dimensions
Part of Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, p. 221-228, 2014
The ethics of disseminating dual use knowledge
Part of Research Ethics, p. 6-19, 2013
International guidelines on biobank research leave researchers in ambiguity: why is this so?
Part of European Journal of Epidemiology, p. 449-451, 2013
Ethical competence in dual use life science research
Part of Applied Biosafety: Journal of the American Biological Safety Association, p. 120-127, 2012
Part of Biopreservation and Biobanking, p. 45-47, 2012
What are your views on commercialization of tissues for research?
Part of Biopreservation and Biobanking, p. 476-478, 2012
A precautionary principle for dual use research in the life sciences
Part of Bioethics, p. 1-8, 2011
Personalized medicine in psychiatry: ethical challenges and opportunities
Part of Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, p. 427-433, 2009
Taking due care: Moral obligations in dual use research
Part of Bioethics, p. 477-487, 2008
Philosophical challenges for neuroethics
Part of European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008
Part of EMBO Reports, 2007
Part of Brain and Cognition, p. 13-23, 2007
Part of EMBO Reports, 2007
Perspectives on Memory Manipulation: Using beta-blockers to cure post-traumatic stress disorder
Part of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, p. 138-146, 2007
Neuroethics: a philosophical challenge.
Part of Am J Bioeth, p. 31-3; discussion W3, 2005
European perspectives on therapeutic cloning.
Part of N Engl J Med, p. 1579-82, 2002
Articles, review/survey
Part of Consciousness and Cognition, 2024
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Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 34-54, 2020
Indicators and Criteria of Consciousness in Animals and Intelligent Machines: An Inside-Out Approach
Part of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2019
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The Human Brain Project: Responsible Brain Research for the Benefit of Society
Part of Neuron, p. 380-384, 2019
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From Epigenetic Associations to Biological and Psychosocial Explanations in Mental Health.
Part of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, p. 299-323, 2018
To simulate or not to simulate: What are the questions?
Part of Neuron, p. 254-261, 2014
Possibilities and limits of mind-reading: A neurophilosophical perspective
Part of Consciousness and Cognition, p. 887-897, 2013
Books
Neuroética: Cuando la materia se despierta
Katz Editores, 2010
Neuroéthique: Quand la matière s'éveille
Odile Jacob, 2009
Chapters in book
Social Neuroscience and Neuroethics: A Fruitful Synergy
Part of Neuroscience and Social Science: The Missing Link, p. 531-546, Springer, 2017
Theoretical Framing of Neuroethics: The Need for a Conceptual Approach
Part of Debates About Neuroethics: Perspectives on Its Development, Focus, and Future, p. 89-107, Springer Publishing Company, 2017
Externalization of Consciousness: Scientific Possibilities and Clinical Implications
Part of Ethical Issues in Behavioural Neuroscience, p. 205-222, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2015
Can we be epigenetically proactive?
Part of Open MIND, Barbara Wengler Foundation, 2015
Part of Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, p. 1466-1471, Springer Netherlands, 2013
Uma Nova Visão do Cérebro: o Aparecimento da Neuroética
Part of Pessoas Transparentes, p. 77-92, Almedina, 2010
Ethics in Science: A Socio-Political Challenge
Part of Universality, from Theory to Practice, p. 393-404, Academic Press Freiburg, 2009
Collections (editor)
Routledge, 2016
Editorial Fontamara, 2014