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Erik Christensen

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Erik Christensen

Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education

erik.christensen@ntnu.no
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Competencies

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

Publications

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2025

  • Christensen, Erik; Sjåfjell, Linda. (2025) Epistemisk urettferdighet og kvinners erfaringer med vold i nære relasjoner. Universitetsforlaget
    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 Nord universitet
    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) Aristoteles og dydsetikken. Universitetsforlaget
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Utilitarisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Popular scientific chapter/article

2012

  • 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. (2012) Revisiting multiculturalism and its critics. The Monist
    Academic article
  • Solberg, Mariann; Anfinsen, Roar; Christensen, Erik; Fjørtoft, Kjersti; Nafstad, Petter. (2012) Menneske og samfunn. En lærebok i filosofi. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Textbook

2011

  • 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
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Aristoteles og dygdsetikken. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Den moderne utilitarisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

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. Springer
    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

2006

  • Christensen, Erik. (2006) Den meliske dialogen. Aschehoug & Co
    Chapter Translation

2003

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

Journal publications

  • 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) 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. (2012) Revisiting multiculturalism and its critics. The Monist
    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. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Aristoteles og dydsetikken. Universitetsforlaget
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2013) Utilitarisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Aristoteles og dygdsetikken. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2011) Den moderne utilitarisme. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Christensen, Erik. (2009) Biobanks and Our Common Good. Springer
    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 Nord universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

OVERSETTELSESARB

  • Christensen, Erik. (2006) Den meliske dialogen. Aschehoug & Co
    Chapter Translation

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. NTNU ISP-FIDE project, Programme for Applied Ethics 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. Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-02 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Biomedical research and the common good of society. University of Tromsø Research Ethics 2011-01-11 - 2011-01-13
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Liberalisme, kulturelt medlemskap og det gode samfunn. Civita Akademiet 2011-08-21 -
  • 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
  • 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) Ethical theory, animal rights, and environmental ethics. Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-08 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Ethics and society. Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics BIO-8603 PhD course at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-09 -
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Bioethics committees, consensus, and human nature. K.U. Leuven Bioethics 2011-10-03 - 2011-10-05
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Should we welcome religious arguments as part of public debate in liberal societies?. Forskergruppen PDJ Pluralism, Democracy and Justice , Universitetet i Tromsø 2011-02-25 - 2011-02-25
  • Academic lecture
    Christensen, Erik. (2011) Liberalism, the value of culture, and equal opportunity in a liberal society. University of Málaga Themes in contemporary ethics and political philosophy II , Málaga 2011-09-23 - 2011-09-25

2010

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

2007

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

2006

  • Popular scientific 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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