Carl Walter Matthias Kaiser

Position

Emeriti

Affiliation

Research

Matthias Kaiser is Professor Emeritus at the Center for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities (SVT) at the University of Bergen, and Prof. II (10%) at the NTNU in Trondheim, having studied mathematics and philosophy (of science) at the universities of Munich, Oslo, Stanford and Frankfurt. He is also an Affiliated Fellow at the Koi Tū: Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland, and Editor-in-Chief of the Springer journal Food Ethics. Currently he is employed ca 50% at NORSUS, Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, in connection with the EU project CHARGER. His areas of expertise include philosophy of science (Dr.phil.), ethics of science, food ethics, technology assessment and science-for-policy. His topics of interest include but are not restricted to aquaculture, seafood and food ethics, value studies, the precautionary principle, uncertainty & complexity, practical ethics, integrity in science, and public participation.

Kaiser has more than 180 publications, and Google Scholar (11.08.2024) cites him with 2957 citations, h-index of 32 and i10-index of 60. He has extensive expertise and experience in methods of practical ethics and qualitative and quantitative research methods in social science. He has documented skills in project leadership and advice for inter- and transdisciplinary research.

 

  • CURRENT PROJECT ACTIVITIES (2024)

2024 – 2026         CHANGER: CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIVE CHANGES IN RESEARCH ETHICS REVIEWS; EU Horizon CSA  project # 101131683

2023 –  2024        International Coordinator of: UNESCO ICH application for recognition of Stockfish Cultural Values, Skills and Traditions in the Intangible Human Heritage list.

2020 – 2025         The AFINO Research Centre (“Ansvarlig forskning og innovasjon i Norge»), coordinated by NTNU, member of the core group and leader of WP8. (https://www.ntnu.edu/afino/about )

2020 – 2024         The ReMoDigital Project (“Resilienz-Monitoring für die Digitalisierung der Energiewende” ), coordinated by IQIB – _Institut für qualifizierende Innovationsforschung und -beratung GmbH, Wilhelmstr. 56, 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, D; member of the working group (https://www.iqib.de/de/remodigital-resilienz-monitoring-fur-die-digitalisierung-der-energiewende.html )

2020 – 2024         Managing Ethical Norwegian Seascapes (MENSA), coordinated by Mimi E.Lam, UiB, funded by Norwegian Research Council; member of network collaboraters. (https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/303663/Sprak=en ).

 

  • Projects (selection) last 10 years:

PI and coordinator: “Research integrity in Norway” (RINO), collaboration of UiB, HVL, FEK, 2016-2019. 

PI and coordinator: “Transforming Climate Knowledge with and for Society” (TRACKS), NFR. (rated #1 of 132 proposals) 

PI and Coordinator: “The Landscape and Isobars of European Values in Relation to Science and New 

Technology” (Value Isobars), EU FP7, 2009 – 2011. 

Leader of WP8: “Sustainable Ethical Aquaculture Trade” (SEAT), EU FP7, 2009 – 2013. 

 

  • Selection of 5 recent peer reviewed publications:   
  1. Kaiser, M. (2024a). “The idea of a theory of values and the metaphor of value-landscapes”, in: Humanities  and Social Sciences Communications, vol. 11:268; doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02749-4. 
  2. Kaiser, M. (2024b). “The multi-dimensionality of value landscapes”, in: Futures, vol.158, 103345; doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103345.
  3. Kaiser, M. & Gluckman, P. (2023). Looking at the future of transdisciplinary research. International Science Council, April 2023. DOI: 10.24948/2023.05. Available at:
    https://council.science/publications/looking-at-the-future-of-transdisciplinary-research/
  4. Kaiser, M., Drivdal, L., Hjellbrekke, J., Ingierd, H., Rekdal, O.B., (2022) “Research integrity and misconduct among Norwegian researchers”. In Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, 28:2. Online 2021; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00351-4 .  
  5. Kaiser, M., Buklijas, T., Gluckman, P. (2022). «Models and numbers: Representing the world or imposing order?». Perspectives on Science, vol. 30., no.4, htpps://doi.org/10.1162/pos_a_00373 
Publications
Short communication
Doctoral dissertation
Academic article
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
Academic lecture
Poster
Editorial
Website (informational material)
Academic literature review
Interview
Feature article
Lecture
Chapter
Academic monograph
Foreword
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

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