Jaana Hallamaa honorary doctorate

The Faculty of Theology is honouring Professor Jaana Hallamaa for her contributions to research in theology and her deep commitment to both academic and practical work on social ethics issues.

Jaana Hallamaa holds a professorship in social ethics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Her research is internationally recognised and spans many areas – from theological and applied ethics to philosophical analyses of second-person phenomenology. Professor Hallamaa has completed a number of extensive projects including a project on the Ethical, cultural and religious conditions for sustainable stem cell research and another on Decision-making in healthcare. Professor Hallamaa’s current project deals with analysing the Implications of AI for moral agency.

With her own research and in her capacity as a research director, Professor Hallamaa has contributed to developing social ethics in its relationship to various traditions. As a theologian and ethicist, Jaana Hallamaa combines deep respect for traditions with the capacity to cogently and critically examine both moral conventions and theoretical models.