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Erik Christensen

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Erik Christensen

Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education

erik.christensen@ntnu.no
+4773592437
About Publications Teaching Outreach

About

Competencies

  • Bio-Ethics
  • Democracy theory
  • Ethics
  • Medical Ethics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Political theory
  • Professional ethics
  • Virtue Ethics

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Christensen, Erik. (2025) Bioetiske komiteer og etiske eksperter: et normativt fundament. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik; Sjåfjell, Linda. (2025) Epistemisk urettferdighet og kvinners erfaringer med vold i nære relasjoner.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2022

  • Åberg, Ingvill Bjørnstad; Christensen, Erik; Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Othering in the age of “diversity”. Cultural, ethnic and racial categorisations in education policy and social studies. Nord universitet PhD in the study of professional praxis (No. 45)
    Doctoral dissertation

2020

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Ytterhus, Borgunn; Christensen, Erik; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2020) «If you give them your little finger, they’ll tear off your entire arm»: losing trust in biobank research. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Hoel, Linda Antoniett; Christensen, Erik. (2020) In-field training in the police: Learning in an ethical grey area?. Journal of Workplace Learning
    Academic article

2016

  • Hoel, Linda Antoniett; Christensen, Erik. (2016) Hvorfor velger politistudentene å bli politi?: Om verdier, idealer og et trygt samfunn. Nordisk politiforskning
    Academic article

2013

  • Christensen, Erik; Anfinsen, Roar. (2013) Menneske, natur og samfunn. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Utilitarisme.
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Aristoteles og dydsetikken.
    Popular scientific chapter/article

2012

  • Solberg, Mariann; Anfinsen, Roar; Christensen, Erik; Fjørtoft, Kjersti; Nafstad, Petter. (2012) Menneske og samfunn. En lærebok i filosofi. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook
  • Christensen, Erik. (2012) Revisiting multiculturalism and its critics. The Monist
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2012) The Re-emergence of the Liberal-Communitarian Debate in Bioethics: Exercising Self-Determination and Participation in Biomedical Research. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
    Academic article

2011

  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Aristoteles og dygdsetikken.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Den moderne utilitarisme.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Anfinsen, Roar; Christensen, Erik; Fjørtoft, Kjersti; Johannessen, Finn r; Nafstad, Petter; Solberg, Mariann. (2011) Menneske, natur og samfunn. En innføring i filosofi. Prøveutgave. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook

2010

  • Christensen, Erik. (2010) Våre moralske overbevisninger, prinsipper og gjerninger. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2009

  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) Plotins Intellekt - fascinasjon og enigma. Agora
    Book review
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) Biobanks and Our Common Good.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) On knowledge as a condition for courage in Plato's Protagoras. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy
    Academic article

2008

  • Christensen, Erik. (2008) Aristoteles og vårt politiske fellesskap. Agora
    Book review
  • Christensen, Erik. (2008) Om dygdens enhet i Protagoras. Agora
    Academic article

2007

  • Christensen, Erik. (2007) Var Sokrates hedonist? – Hedonismeargumentet i Protagoras. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2003

  • Christensen, Erik. (2003) Prolegomena til forståelse av eksistens og predikasjon hos Platon. Parabel : Tidsskrift for filosofi og vitenskapsteori
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Christensen, Erik. (2025) Bioetiske komiteer og etiske eksperter: et normativt fundament. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Ytterhus, Borgunn; Christensen, Erik; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2020) «If you give them your little finger, they’ll tear off your entire arm»: losing trust in biobank research. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Hoel, Linda Antoniett; Christensen, Erik. (2020) In-field training in the police: Learning in an ethical grey area?. Journal of Workplace Learning
    Academic article
  • Hoel, Linda Antoniett; Christensen, Erik. (2016) Hvorfor velger politistudentene å bli politi?: Om verdier, idealer og et trygt samfunn. Nordisk politiforskning
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2012) Revisiting multiculturalism and its critics. The Monist
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2012) The Re-emergence of the Liberal-Communitarian Debate in Bioethics: Exercising Self-Determination and Participation in Biomedical Research. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2010) Våre moralske overbevisninger, prinsipper og gjerninger. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) Plotins Intellekt - fascinasjon og enigma. Agora
    Book review
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) On knowledge as a condition for courage in Plato's Protagoras. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2008) Aristoteles og vårt politiske fellesskap. Agora
    Book review
  • Christensen, Erik. (2008) Om dygdens enhet i Protagoras. Agora
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2007) Var Sokrates hedonist? – Hedonismeargumentet i Protagoras. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2003) Prolegomena til forståelse av eksistens og predikasjon hos Platon. Parabel : Tidsskrift for filosofi og vitenskapsteori
    Academic article

Books

  • Christensen, Erik; Anfinsen, Roar. (2013) Menneske, natur og samfunn. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook
  • Solberg, Mariann; Anfinsen, Roar; Christensen, Erik; Fjørtoft, Kjersti; Nafstad, Petter. (2012) Menneske og samfunn. En lærebok i filosofi. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook
  • Anfinsen, Roar; Christensen, Erik; Fjørtoft, Kjersti; Johannessen, Finn r; Nafstad, Petter; Solberg, Mariann. (2011) Menneske, natur og samfunn. En innføring i filosofi. Prøveutgave. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook

Part of book/report

  • Christensen, Erik; Sjåfjell, Linda. (2025) Epistemisk urettferdighet og kvinners erfaringer med vold i nære relasjoner.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Utilitarisme.
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Aristoteles og dydsetikken.
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Aristoteles og dygdsetikken.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Den moderne utilitarisme.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) Biobanks and Our Common Good.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Åberg, Ingvill Bjørnstad; Christensen, Erik; Ramirez, Carla. (2022) Othering in the age of “diversity”. Cultural, ethnic and racial categorisations in education policy and social studies. Nord universitet PhD in the study of professional praxis (No. 45)
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • MGLU4507 - Philosophy as a Discipline and Practice (5-10)
  • MGLU5109 - Religion and worldviews in society and history as topics for teaching and research (1-7)
  • MGLU5509 - Religion and worldviews in society and history as topics for teaching and research (5-10)
  • MGLU4107 - Philosophy as a Discipline and Practice (1-7)

Outreach

2014

  • Lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2014) Bioethics committees and normative representative pluralism. PhD/postdoc forum 2: Normative Dimensions of New Technologies , Trondheim 2014-06-05 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2014) Religion and egalitarianism. Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice 2014-03-26 - 2014-03-27

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2012) The Socratic Conception of the Good Life in the Symposium. Plato's Symposium 2012-06-07 - 2012-06-08
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2012) Liberalism, Religion, and Equal Opportunity. Secularism, Tolerance, and Religious Minorities 2012-05-24 - 2012-05-25

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Introduction to ethics in science. BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-02 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Should we welcome religious arguments as part of public debate in liberal societies?. Pluralism, Democracy and Justice , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-25 - 2011-02-25
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Bioethics committees, consensus, and human nature. Bioethics 2011-10-03 - 2011-10-05
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Biomedical research and the common good of society. Research Ethics 2011-01-11 - 2011-01-13
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Liberalism, the value of culture, and equal opportunity in a liberal society. Themes in contemporary ethics and political philosophy II , Málaga 2011-09-23 - 2011-09-25
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Liberalisme, kulturelt medlemskap og det gode samfunn. Civita Akademiet 2011-08-21 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Ethics and society. BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-09 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Ethical theory, animal rights, and environmental ethics. BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-08 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Liberalism and Religion. Scandinavian Conference in Normative Political Philosophy 2011-05-30 - 2011-06-03
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Comments on the Athenian Stranger. Symposium Poetry and Philosophy in the Light of Plato's Laws 2011-05-24 - 2011-05-25

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2010) Etikk, lykke, det gode samfunn og arkitektur. Etikkseminar for arkitektur , NTNU 2010-03-03 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2010) Should we welcome religious arguments as part of public debate in liberal societies?. Complexity and Legitimacy: Religion, Secularity, and Values in the Polis , Oslo 2010-11-18 - 2010-11-20

2007

  • Lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2007) Hva er til det beste for andre – når helse- og sosialarbeideren tviler?. Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 2007-01-25 -

2006

  • Lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2006) Hva er etikk?. Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 2006-08-28 -

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2004) Consentenced to contribute to the common good?. Norges forskningsråd - FUGE/ELSA 2004-04-26 - 2004-04-27
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2004) Platon, det gode liv og lykke. Vitenskapsteoretisk forum 2004-10-05 -

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