Gitte Hanssen Koksvik
+4773591751
Dragvoll 2, Bygg 7 - 10 Dragvoll, Trondheim
About
Associate professor in Social Anthropology
I have a background in religious studies, philosophy and social anthropology. My research has primarily centred on health and the medical domain, with particular focus on the borders of life and end of life.
My areas of interest include
- Assisted dying
- Palliative care
- Aging and old age
- The relationship between human and machine
- Ethics in healthcare (medicine, bioethics, nursing ethics)
- Ethnographic methods in applied ethics
- Neoliberalism and individual responsibilisation
- Technologies in use
- Corporate social responsibility
Affiliated researcher with University of Glasgow End of Life Studies Group.
Publications
2026
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Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen.
(2026)
Demens og dødshjelp.
Michael
Academic article
2024
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Vijay, Devi;
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen.
(2024)
Waiting for Care and Community Organizing for Serious Health-Related Suffering in Kerala, India.
Medical Anthropology
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen;
Tøndel, Gunhild.
(2024)
Etnografisk forskning på sykehjem: Fremmer juridifisert forskningsetikk en systematisk ekskludering av eldres stemmer ved livets slutt?.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS)
Academic article
2022
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Koksvik, Gitte;
Myskja, Bjørn Kåre.
(2022)
Sustainable seaweed food and feed – hope or hype?.
Academic chapter
2021
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Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi.
(2021)
Death Café, Bauman and striving for human connection in ‘liquid times’.
Mortality
Academic article
-
Thorseth, May Britt;
Alvarez, Allen Andrew;
Stabell, Espen Dyrnes;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2021)
Fostering hope and resilience amidst intractable ethical dilemmas brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Etikk i praksis
Editorial
2020
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Simonsen, Jan Ketil;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
For fellesskapets beste: Moralske forpliktelser, innblanding og etiske dilemmaer på feltarbeid.
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
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Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
Medicalisation, suffering and control at the end of life: The interplay of deep continuous palliative sedation and assisted dying.
Health
Academic article
-
Richards, Naomi;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Clark, David.
(2020)
The Global Spread of Death Café: A Cultural Intervention Relevant to Policy?.
Social Policy and Society
Academic article
-
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
The relationship of palliative care with assisted dying where assisted dying is lawful: A systematic scoping review of the literature.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Academic literature review
-
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
Assisted dying and palliative care in three jurisdictions: Flanders, Oregon, and Québec.
Annals of Palliative Medicine
Academic literature review
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
Neoliberalism, individual responsibilization and the death positivity movement.
International journal of cultural studies
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
Practical and ethical complexities of MAiD: Examples from Quebec.
Wellcome Open Research
Academic article
2018
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Sæther, Simen Rostad;
Qiu, Xinlu;
Skaar, Marianne;
Røyrvik, Jens Olgard Dalseth;
Nilsen, Marie;
Gauteplass, Asle;
Johansen, Jens Petter Kirkhus;
Klöckner, Christian A.;
Moe, Espen;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Policy Recommendations:
An analysis on collective and energy related decision- making processes of three formal social units.
EC/H2020
Research report
-
Lettmayer, Gudrun;
Schwarzinger, Stephan;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Velte, Daniela;
Dimitrova, Elena;
Tasheva-Petrova, Milena;
Burov, Angel;
Mutafchiiska, Irina;
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe.
(2018)
The impact of “Energy memories” on Energy Cultures
and energy consumption patterns.
ECHOES project
Research report
-
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Throndsen, William;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Fjellså, Ingvild Firman;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Orchestrating households as collectives of participation in the distributed energy transition: New empirical and conceptual insights.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Nilsen, Marie;
Demir, Muhittin Hakan;
Røyrvik, Jens Olgard Dalseth;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Examining the barriers and motivators affecting European decision-makers in the development of smart and green energy technologies.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic literature review
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Medically timed Death as an enactment of good Death: An ethnographic study of Three European intensive care units.
Omega - Journal of Death and Dying
Academic article
2017
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
Something that cannot be put into words? Intensive care, secularity and the sacred.
Implicit Religion
Academic article
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Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Burov, Angel;
Carrus, Giuseppe;
Demir, Muhittin Hakan;
Dimitrova, Elena;
Fritsche, Immo;
Kaplan, Melike Demirbag;
Kløckner, Christian;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
ECHOES Report. Social Science Perspectives on Electric Mobility, Smart Energy Technologies, and Energy Use in Buildings - A comprehensive Literature Review.
European Commission
Research report
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Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
Frihet fra lidelse, individuell selvbestemmelsesrett og døden som kunstverk: Antegnelser til en antropologisk undersøkelse av assistert død.
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Throndsen, William;
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Ryghaug, Marianne.
(2017)
Case study report Norway - Findings from case studies of PV Pilot Trøndelag, Smart Energi Hvaler and Asko Midt-Norge.
MATCH project
Research report
2016
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Koksvik, Gitte.
(2016)
Silent subjects, loud diseases: Enactment of personhood in intensive care.
Health
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte;
Berge, Trond;
Simonsen, Jan Ketil;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan.
(2016)
Blurry lines and spaces of tension. Clinical-ethical and Existential issues in Intensive Care: A study of three European Intensive Care Units.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2015
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Koksvik, Gitte.
(2015)
Dignity in Practice: Day-to-Day Life in Intensive Care Units in Western Europe.
Medical Anthropology
Academic article
2013
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Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen;
Clark, David.
(2013)
Death and Dying.
Academic chapter
Journal publications
-
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen.
(2026)
Demens og dødshjelp.
Michael
Academic article
-
Simonsen, Jan Ketil;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
For fellesskapets beste: Moralske forpliktelser, innblanding og etiske dilemmaer på feltarbeid.
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
Medicalisation, suffering and control at the end of life: The interplay of deep continuous palliative sedation and assisted dying.
Health
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
Something that cannot be put into words? Intensive care, secularity and the sacred.
Implicit Religion
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi.
(2021)
Death Café, Bauman and striving for human connection in ‘liquid times’.
Mortality
Academic article
-
Richards, Naomi;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Clark, David.
(2020)
The Global Spread of Death Café: A Cultural Intervention Relevant to Policy?.
Social Policy and Society
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2015)
Dignity in Practice: Day-to-Day Life in Intensive Care Units in Western Europe.
Medical Anthropology
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
Frihet fra lidelse, individuell selvbestemmelsesrett og døden som kunstverk: Antegnelser til en antropologisk undersøkelse av assistert død.
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
The relationship of palliative care with assisted dying where assisted dying is lawful: A systematic scoping review of the literature.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Academic literature review
-
Vijay, Devi;
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen.
(2024)
Waiting for Care and Community Organizing for Serious Health-Related Suffering in Kerala, India.
Medical Anthropology
Academic article
-
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Throndsen, William;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Fjellså, Ingvild Firman;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Orchestrating households as collectives of participation in the distributed energy transition: New empirical and conceptual insights.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen;
Tøndel, Gunhild.
(2024)
Etnografisk forskning på sykehjem: Fremmer juridifisert forskningsetikk en systematisk ekskludering av eldres stemmer ved livets slutt?.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS)
Academic article
-
Gerson, Sheri Mila;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Richards, Naomi;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan;
Clark, David.
(2020)
Assisted dying and palliative care in three jurisdictions: Flanders, Oregon, and Québec.
Annals of Palliative Medicine
Academic literature review
-
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Nilsen, Marie;
Demir, Muhittin Hakan;
Røyrvik, Jens Olgard Dalseth;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Examining the barriers and motivators affecting European decision-makers in the development of smart and green energy technologies.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic literature review
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Medically timed Death as an enactment of good Death: An ethnographic study of Three European intensive care units.
Omega - Journal of Death and Dying
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
Neoliberalism, individual responsibilization and the death positivity movement.
International journal of cultural studies
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2020)
Practical and ethical complexities of MAiD: Examples from Quebec.
Wellcome Open Research
Academic article
-
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2016)
Silent subjects, loud diseases: Enactment of personhood in intensive care.
Health
Academic article
-
Thorseth, May Britt;
Alvarez, Allen Andrew;
Stabell, Espen Dyrnes;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2021)
Fostering hope and resilience amidst intractable ethical dilemmas brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Etikk i praksis
Editorial
Part of book/report
-
Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen;
Clark, David.
(2013)
Death and Dying.
Academic chapter
-
Koksvik, Gitte;
Myskja, Bjørn Kåre.
(2022)
Sustainable seaweed food and feed – hope or hype?.
Academic chapter
Report
-
Sæther, Simen Rostad;
Qiu, Xinlu;
Skaar, Marianne;
Røyrvik, Jens Olgard Dalseth;
Nilsen, Marie;
Gauteplass, Asle;
Johansen, Jens Petter Kirkhus;
Klöckner, Christian A.;
Moe, Espen;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2018)
Policy Recommendations:
An analysis on collective and energy related decision- making processes of three formal social units.
EC/H2020
Research report
-
Lettmayer, Gudrun;
Schwarzinger, Stephan;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Velte, Daniela;
Dimitrova, Elena;
Tasheva-Petrova, Milena;
Burov, Angel;
Mutafchiiska, Irina;
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe.
(2018)
The impact of “Energy memories” on Energy Cultures
and energy consumption patterns.
ECHOES project
Research report
-
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe;
Burov, Angel;
Carrus, Giuseppe;
Demir, Muhittin Hakan;
Dimitrova, Elena;
Fritsche, Immo;
Kaplan, Melike Demirbag;
Kløckner, Christian;
Koksvik, Gitte.
(2017)
ECHOES Report. Social Science Perspectives on Electric Mobility, Smart Energy Technologies, and Energy Use in Buildings - A comprehensive Literature Review.
European Commission
Research report
-
Throndsen, William;
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Koksvik, Gitte;
Ryghaug, Marianne.
(2017)
Case study report Norway - Findings from case studies of PV Pilot Trøndelag, Smart Energi Hvaler and Asko Midt-Norge.
MATCH project
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
-
Koksvik, Gitte;
Berge, Trond;
Simonsen, Jan Ketil;
Materstvedt, Lars Johan.
(2016)
Blurry lines and spaces of tension. Clinical-ethical and Existential issues in Intensive Care: A study of three European Intensive Care Units.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2024
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Conference lectureTøndel, Gunhild; Koksvik, Gitte Hanssen. (2024) Døden - i det norske samfunn. DERK - seminar i regi av forskernettverket Døden: Emosjoner, relasjoner og kultur (DERK)
2023
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InterviewKoksvik, Gitte Hanssen. (2023) Michael hjalp farfaren med å dø: – Han ba om å få slippe Sommeren 2023 ble 93-åringens aller siste.
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Contribution to radio or TV
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Contribution to radio or TV
2022
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2022) Sustainable seaweed food and feed - hope or hype?. EURSAFE 2022: Transforming Food Systems
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LectureKoksvik, Gitte Hanssen. (2022) Verdighet, lidelse og kontroll. Døden som kulturelt fenomen. Landskonferansen i palliasjon 2022
2021
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LectureKoksvik, Gitte; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2021) En ny norsk tareindustri - muligheter og hindringer. SIG Seaweed
2017
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2017) Prosumers in practice: energy transitions in everyday. hopefulNESS 2017 The 13th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureRyghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Koksvik, Gitte. (2017) Urban automation experiments and the user: Creating invasive technologies or New possibilities for inclusion?. Urban automation workshop
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2017) Legeassistert død - ars moriendi i biomedisinens samfunn?. Årskonferanse i Norsk antropologisk forening 2017
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Lecture
2016
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Lecture
2015
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LectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2015) Promoting the Dignity and Integrity of Vulnerable Patients: Engaged Proximity or Respectful Distance. Ethics of Caring. 3rd National Nursing Ethics Conference. "Confersations in Ethics"
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2015) Keynote: Giving Voice to the Unexpressive Patient. Ethics of Caring. 3rd National Nursing Ethics Conference "Conversatoins in Ethics"
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LectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2015) Something that cannot be put into words? Modern biomedicine, secularity and the sacred. CUFF workshoå
2014
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2014) Don’t mind me. I am just here to observe”. Moral-Ethical Quandaries of Observation in the Hospital Clinic. The Cultural Logic of Facts and Figures III, Third Annual CUFF Conference
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2014) A voice for the inexpressive patient. Enactment of personhood in the ICU. ICCEC 2014
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LectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2014) Internseminar. Subjektet i intensivpleien. Internt seminar ved sosialantropologisk institutt
2013
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Conference lectureKoksvik, Gitte. (2013) Intensive care medicine: clinical-ethical and existential issues. The ethics and politics of objectification, measurement and standardization