I am currently working on four research topics:

• The concept of suffering
• Philosophy of severe chronic neurological diseases
• Philosophy of cognitive neuroscience
• Interdisciplinarity in teaching and learning

Major Questions in Research and Society

• The human being: Nature and culture (VIT210)
• Global health: Ethics, politics, and human rights (VIT211)
• Climate: What do we know? What should we do? (VIT212)
• The many cultures at the university (VIT213)
• The Norwegian Constitution: What is it? How ought it to be? (VIT214)
• Displacing humanity: Knowledge status and options for action (VIT215)
• Artificial Intelligence: Visions, Realities and Future Consequences (VIT216)

PhD obligatory course in Research Design, Methods, Ethics and Philosophy of Science (PS901)

 

2009

• Jan Reinert Karlsen; Roger Strand (2009). The Ethical Topography of Research Biobanking. (external link)
• Jan Reinert Karlsen; Roger Strand (2009). Annexation of Life: The Biopolitics of Industrial Biology. (external link)

2012

• Jan Reinert Karlsen (2012). Nedenom og hjem. Konkurransens velsignelser og forbannelser. (external link)
• Kjetil Rommetveit; Roger Strand; Jan Reinert Karlsen (2012). Gode helseregistre på avveier. (external link)

2016

• Jan Reinert Karlsen (2016). Re-thinking scientific cultures through education-based research. (external link)
• Rasmus Tore Slaattelid; Ingrid Birce Müftüoglu; Jan Reinert Karlsen (2016). Tull om humaniora. (external link)
• Rasmus Tore Slaattelid; Ingrid Birce Müftüoglu; Jan Reinert Karlsen (2016). Hva vet vi om humaniora?. (external link)
• Berge Osnes; Jan Reinert Karlsen (2016). This is not a brain: The problem of data visualisation in cognitive neuroscience. (external link)

2008

• Jan Reinert Karlsen (2008). The unreasonable effort. (external link)

2007

• Jan Reinert Karlsen; Jan Helge Solbakk (2007). Ethical Justitium? - Xentotransplantation and the legitimacy of informed consent. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• The project Philosophy of Neurodegeneration: A part of Neuro-SysMed, a centre for clinical treatment research on neurological diseases.