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Lars Øystein Ursin

Lars Øystein Ursin

Associate professor
Department of Public Health and Nursing
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

lars.ursin@ntnu.no
+4773597558 +4797953910 Øya Helsehus, 153.03.009, Øya, Håkon Jarls gate 11
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About

Lars Øystein Ursin is Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Current research projects and committee appointments include the fields of research ethics, neonatal clinical ethics, biobank and health data ethics, philosophy of death, ethics of biotechnology, animal ethics, and RRI in higher education, basic research and food production. Read more on Research gate.

Current research projects and groups

  • ETHNA System - Ethics Governance System for RRI in Higher Education, Funding, and Research Centres (EU Horizon 2020)

  • Health, data and the welfare state – debating the data-driven futures in the Nordic Countries

  • Reinforcing the Health Data Infrastructure in Mobility and Assurance through Data Democratization

  • Bio-engineered palladium nanoparticles (BEDPAN)

  • Era-net Coolwine

  • PREMETIKK Parental decision-making with regard to extremely premature newborns

  • National training initiative to make better use of biobanks and health registry data

  • Biobank Norway ELSI Common service

  • HUNT-GENES K.G. Jebsen-center for genetic epidemiology, NTNU

  • HARVEST Better health by harvesting biobanks

  • RESET Research Group on the Ethos of Technology

  • MHEtikk Research Group on Medical Ethics

Some current appointments

  • Head of the Norwegian Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

  • The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (The HUNT Study), Chairman of HUNT4 Ethics committee

  • Head of MH Examen philosophicum working group

  • Member of the Regional committee for medical and health research ethics

  • NTNU Biotechnology, Member of Responsible Research and Innovation Steering group

Competencies

  • Animal ethics
  • Bio-Ethics
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Common ethics
  • Ethics
  • Field- and reserach ethics
  • Genetic Ethics
  • History of philosophy
  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Philosophy of language
  • Political Philosophy
  • Professional ethics
  • Qualitative methodologies
  • Social philosophy
  • Theory of Science

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
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2022

  • Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2022) The Responsibility of Farmers, Public Authorities and Consumers for Safeguarding Bees Against Harmful Pesticides. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article
  • Syltern, Janicke; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Støen, Ragnhild. (2022) Postponed Withholding: An Ethical Tool for Health Care Personnel to Empower Parents. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 22 (11).
    Letter to the editor

2021

  • Lund, Ulrikke Højslev; Bidonde, Julia; Kornør, Hege; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Kvist, Beate Charlotte Fagerlund; Nguyen, Lien; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Lerner, Martin Robert; Robberstad, Bjarne. (2021) Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) for individuals with glaucoma. A health technology assessment. 2021. ISBN 978-82-8406-144-3.
    Report
  • Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2021) Hvem har ansvaret for bienes død?. Ren Mat.
    Chronicle
  • Syltern, Janicke; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Støen, Ragnhild. (2021) Postponed Withholding: Balanced Decision-Making at the Margins of Viability. American Journal of Bioethics.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2021) Openness: terroir and the value of the natural. Justice and food security in a changing climate.
    Academic chapter/article

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. volum 23.
    Academic article

2019

  • Feeney, Oliver; Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele; Siipi, Helena; Frischhut, Markus; Zullo, Silvia; Barteczko, Ursela; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Linn, Shai; Felzmann, Heike; Krajnovic, Dusanca; Saunders, John; Rakic, Vojin. (2019) European Electronic Personal Health Records initiatives and vulnerable migrants: A need for greater ethical, legal and social safeguards. Developing World Bioethics.
    Academic article
  • Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Kaiser, Matthias; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Strand, Roger; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Veileder for operasjonalisering av vurderingskriteriet etikk i genteknologiloven. 2019.
    Report
  • Goisauf, Melanie; Martin, Gillian; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Durnová, Anna; Leitsalu, Liis; Smith, Katharine; Casati, Sara; Lavitrano, Marialuisa; Mascalzoni, Deborah; Boeckhout, Martin; Mayrhofer, Michaela Th.. (2019) Data in question: A survey of European biobank professionals on ethical, legal and societal challenges of biobank research. PLOS ONE. volum 14 (9).
    Academic article
  • Mascalzoni, Deborah; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Bygrave, Lee Andrew; Bell, Jessica; Dove, Edward S.; Fuchsberger, Christian; Hveem, Kristian; Mayrhofer, Michaela Th.; Meraviglia, Viviana; O'Brien, David R.; Pattaro, Cristian; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rakic, Vojin; Rossini, Alessandra; Shabani, Mahsa; Svantesson, Dan Jerker B.; Tomasi, Marta; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Wjst, Matthias; Kaye, Jane. (2019) Are Requirements to Deposit Data in Research Repositories Compatible With the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation?. Annals of Internal Medicine. volum 170 (5).
    Academic article
  • Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Strand, Roger; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Kaiser, Matthias. (2019) Vurderingskriteriet etikk. Veileder for operasjonalisering av vurderingskriteriet etikk i genteknologiloven. 2019.
    Report
  • Solberg, Berge; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Being Polite: Why Biobank Consent Comprehension is Neither a Requirement nor an Aspiration. American Journal of Bioethics.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2019) Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Ethically Equivalent?. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Withholding Versus Withdrawing Treatment: Why Medical Guidelines Should Omit “Theoretical Equivalence”. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 19 (6).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2019) Protect us from ourselves: Balancing the parental instinct of saving. Nursing Ethics.
    Academic article

2018

  • Ursin, Lars. (2018) Justified by what? Three ways to provide an ethical basis for neonatal policies. Pediatrics. volum 142.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2018) Bør vi alltid redde barnet?. Adressa.
    Chronicle
  • Ursin, Lars; Stuifbergen, Maria C. (2018) Ethics of dead participants: policy recommendations for biobank research. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 44 (10).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2018) In the best interest of the. . .parents: Norwegian health personnel on the proper role of parents in neonatal decision-making. Pediatrics. volum 142.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Syltern, Janicke Marita; Lantos, John D.. (2018) Introduction: Lessons from Scandinavia. Pediatrics.
    Editorial

2017

  • Ursin, Lars. (2017) Genetisk forskning: Hva innebærer det å delta?. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Article

2016

  • Krokstad, Steinar; Langhammer, Arnulf; Stuifbergen, Maria C; Rangul, Vegar; Hveem, Kristian; Ursin, Lars. (2016) Er helseforskning overvåkning?. Trønder-avisa.
    Chronicle
  • Syltern, Janicke; Støen, Ragnhild; Ursin, Lars; Solberg, Berge. (2016) Behandling av premature – hvem skal ta avgjørelsen? :. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. volum 136 (8).
    Letter to the editor
  • Ursin, Lars. (2016) Ethicert. K.G. Jebsen-senter for genetisk epidemiologi, http://hcc-admin5.medisin.ntnu.no:3003/questionnaires/56e9348bdac8272f9c051cdc. 2016.
    Digital teaching aids
  • Ursin, Lars. (2016) The Ethics of the Meat Paradox. Environmental Ethics. volum 38 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Carson, Siri Granum. (2016) Think Global, Buy National: CSR, Cooperatives and Consumer Concerns in the Norwegian Food Value Chain. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. volum 29 (3).
    Academic article

2015

  • Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Carson, Siri Granum; Ursin, Lars. (2015) Fair, local and environmentally sound? Corporate social responsibility in Norwegian food production. Know your food. Food ethics and innovation.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2015) Er vi forpliktet til å produsere mat i Norge? Om det økologiske og økonomiske grunnlaget for norsk matproduksjon. Norske Matvarer - Verdier, muligheter og utfordringer.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2015) Folkehelselandsbyen 2015. 2015.
    Report
  • Ursin, Lars; Movik, Per-Erling; Alvarez, Allen Andrew. (2015) The normative dimensions of new technologies. Etikk i praksis. volum 9 (1).
    Editorial

2014

  • Ursin, Lars. (2014) Folkehelselandsbyen 2014. 2014.
    Report

2013

  • Steinsbekk, Kristin Solum; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Solberg, Berge. (2013) We're not in it for the money - lay people's moral intuitions on commercial use of 'their' biobank. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy. volum 16 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2013) Gnawing doubt: eating animals and the promise of cultured meat. The ethics of consumption. The citizen, the market and the law.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2013) The moral ambiguity of meat. EurSafe News. volum 15 (2).
    Popular scientific article

2012

  • Ursin, Lars; Steinsbekk, Kristin Solum. (2012) Peeking into the black box of privacy : biobank participants on the importance of recognition. Norsk Epidemiologi. volum 21 (2).
    Academic article

2011

  • Ursin, Lars. (2011) Harm to dead persons. Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller.
    Academic chapter/article

2010

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Biobank research and the welfare state project: the HUNT story. Critical Public Health. volum 20 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Das persönliche Genom: Abschied von Privatheit und Zustimmung in der Biobankforschung?. Berliner Debatte INITIAL: Zeitschrift für sozialwissenschaflichen Diskurs. volum 21 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Privacy and Property in the Biobank Context. HEC Forum. volum 22 (3).
    Academic article

2009

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2009) Duties and Rights of Biobank Participants: Principled Autonomy, Consent, Voluntariness and Privacy. The Ethics of Research Biobanking.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2009) Personal autonomy and informed consent. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy. volum 12 (1).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge. (2009) The Health dugnad: Biobank participation and the solidary pursuit of the common good. The Ethics of Research Biobanking.
    Academic chapter/article

2008

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2008) Biobank research and the right to privacy. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. volum 29 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Hoeyer, Klaus; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2008) The informed consenters: governing biobanks in Scandinavia. BIOBANKS Governance in comparative perspective.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge. (2008) When is normative recruitment legitimate?. Etikk i praksis. volum 2 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Skorpen, Frank. (2008) The informed consenters : biobank research and the ethics of recruitment and participation. 2008. ISBN 978-82-471-1281-6.
    PhD thesis

2005

  • Skolbekken, John-Arne; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Ytterhus, Borgunn; Christensen, Erik. (2005) Not worth the paper it's written on? Informed consent and biobank research in a Norwegian context. Critical Public Health. volum 15 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) til barnets beste. Under dusken : studentavisa i Trondheim.
    Chronicle

1998

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (1998) Toverdens problemet. 1998.
    Master thesis

Scientific articles

  • Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2022) The Responsibility of Farmers, Public Authorities and Consumers for Safeguarding Bees Against Harmful Pesticides. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article
  • Syltern, Janicke; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Støen, Ragnhild. (2021) Postponed Withholding: Balanced Decision-Making at the Margins of Viability. American Journal of Bioethics.
    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. volum 23.
    Academic article
  • Feeney, Oliver; Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele; Siipi, Helena; Frischhut, Markus; Zullo, Silvia; Barteczko, Ursela; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Linn, Shai; Felzmann, Heike; Krajnovic, Dusanca; Saunders, John; Rakic, Vojin. (2019) European Electronic Personal Health Records initiatives and vulnerable migrants: A need for greater ethical, legal and social safeguards. Developing World Bioethics.
    Academic article
  • Goisauf, Melanie; Martin, Gillian; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Durnová, Anna; Leitsalu, Liis; Smith, Katharine; Casati, Sara; Lavitrano, Marialuisa; Mascalzoni, Deborah; Boeckhout, Martin; Mayrhofer, Michaela Th.. (2019) Data in question: A survey of European biobank professionals on ethical, legal and societal challenges of biobank research. PLOS ONE. volum 14 (9).
    Academic article
  • Mascalzoni, Deborah; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Bygrave, Lee Andrew; Bell, Jessica; Dove, Edward S.; Fuchsberger, Christian; Hveem, Kristian; Mayrhofer, Michaela Th.; Meraviglia, Viviana; O'Brien, David R.; Pattaro, Cristian; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rakic, Vojin; Rossini, Alessandra; Shabani, Mahsa; Svantesson, Dan Jerker B.; Tomasi, Marta; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Wjst, Matthias; Kaye, Jane. (2019) Are Requirements to Deposit Data in Research Repositories Compatible With the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation?. Annals of Internal Medicine. volum 170 (5).
    Academic article
  • Solberg, Berge; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Being Polite: Why Biobank Consent Comprehension is Neither a Requirement nor an Aspiration. American Journal of Bioethics.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2019) Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Ethically Equivalent?. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Withholding Versus Withdrawing Treatment: Why Medical Guidelines Should Omit “Theoretical Equivalence”. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 19 (6).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2019) Protect us from ourselves: Balancing the parental instinct of saving. Nursing Ethics.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2018) Justified by what? Three ways to provide an ethical basis for neonatal policies. Pediatrics. volum 142.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Stuifbergen, Maria C. (2018) Ethics of dead participants: policy recommendations for biobank research. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 44 (10).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2018) In the best interest of the. . .parents: Norwegian health personnel on the proper role of parents in neonatal decision-making. Pediatrics. volum 142.
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2016) The Ethics of the Meat Paradox. Environmental Ethics. volum 38 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Carson, Siri Granum. (2016) Think Global, Buy National: CSR, Cooperatives and Consumer Concerns in the Norwegian Food Value Chain. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. volum 29 (3).
    Academic article
  • Steinsbekk, Kristin Solum; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Solberg, Berge. (2013) We're not in it for the money - lay people's moral intuitions on commercial use of 'their' biobank. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy. volum 16 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars; Steinsbekk, Kristin Solum. (2012) Peeking into the black box of privacy : biobank participants on the importance of recognition. Norsk Epidemiologi. volum 21 (2).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Biobank research and the welfare state project: the HUNT story. Critical Public Health. volum 20 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Das persönliche Genom: Abschied von Privatheit und Zustimmung in der Biobankforschung?. Berliner Debatte INITIAL: Zeitschrift für sozialwissenschaflichen Diskurs. volum 21 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2010) Privacy and Property in the Biobank Context. HEC Forum. volum 22 (3).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2009) Personal autonomy and informed consent. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy. volum 12 (1).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2008) Biobank research and the right to privacy. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. volum 29 (4).
    Academic article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge. (2008) When is normative recruitment legitimate?. Etikk i praksis. volum 2 (2).
    Academic article
  • Skolbekken, John-Arne; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Ytterhus, Borgunn; Christensen, Erik. (2005) Not worth the paper it's written on? Informed consent and biobank research in a Norwegian context. Critical Public Health. volum 15 (4).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Syltern, Janicke; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Støen, Ragnhild. (2022) Postponed Withholding: An Ethical Tool for Health Care Personnel to Empower Parents. American Journal of Bioethics. volum 22 (11).
    Letter to the editor
  • Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2021) Hvem har ansvaret for bienes død?. Ren Mat.
    Chronicle
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Syltern, Janicke Marita. (2018) Bør vi alltid redde barnet?. Adressa.
    Chronicle
  • Ursin, Lars; Syltern, Janicke Marita; Lantos, John D.. (2018) Introduction: Lessons from Scandinavia. Pediatrics.
    Editorial
  • Ursin, Lars. (2017) Genetisk forskning: Hva innebærer det å delta?. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Article
  • Krokstad, Steinar; Langhammer, Arnulf; Stuifbergen, Maria C; Rangul, Vegar; Hveem, Kristian; Ursin, Lars. (2016) Er helseforskning overvåkning?. Trønder-avisa.
    Chronicle
  • Syltern, Janicke; Støen, Ragnhild; Ursin, Lars; Solberg, Berge. (2016) Behandling av premature – hvem skal ta avgjørelsen? :. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. volum 136 (8).
    Letter to the editor
  • Ursin, Lars; Movik, Per-Erling; Alvarez, Allen Andrew. (2015) The normative dimensions of new technologies. Etikk i praksis. volum 9 (1).
    Editorial
  • Ursin, Lars. (2013) The moral ambiguity of meat. EurSafe News. volum 15 (2).
    Popular scientific article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) til barnets beste. Under dusken : studentavisa i Trondheim.
    Chronicle

Part of book/report

  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2021) Openness: terroir and the value of the natural. Justice and food security in a changing climate.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Carson, Siri Granum; Ursin, Lars. (2015) Fair, local and environmentally sound? Corporate social responsibility in Norwegian food production. Know your food. Food ethics and innovation.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2015) Er vi forpliktet til å produsere mat i Norge? Om det økologiske og økonomiske grunnlaget for norsk matproduksjon. Norske Matvarer - Verdier, muligheter og utfordringer.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2013) Gnawing doubt: eating animals and the promise of cultured meat. The ethics of consumption. The citizen, the market and the law.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars. (2011) Harm to dead persons. Kant: Here, Now and How. Essays in honour of Truls Wyller.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2009) Duties and Rights of Biobank Participants: Principled Autonomy, Consent, Voluntariness and Privacy. The Ethics of Research Biobanking.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge. (2009) The Health dugnad: Biobank participation and the solidary pursuit of the common good. The Ethics of Research Biobanking.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Hoeyer, Klaus; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2008) The informed consenters: governing biobanks in Scandinavia. BIOBANKS Governance in comparative perspective.
    Academic chapter/article

Report

  • Lund, Ulrikke Højslev; Bidonde, Julia; Kornør, Hege; Reinar, Liv Merete Brynildsen; Kvist, Beate Charlotte Fagerlund; Nguyen, Lien; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Lerner, Martin Robert; Robberstad, Bjarne. (2021) Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) for individuals with glaucoma. A health technology assessment. 2021. ISBN 978-82-8406-144-3.
    Report
  • Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Kaiser, Matthias; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Strand, Roger; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Veileder for operasjonalisering av vurderingskriteriet etikk i genteknologiloven. 2019.
    Report
  • Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Strand, Roger; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Kaiser, Matthias. (2019) Vurderingskriteriet etikk. Veileder for operasjonalisering av vurderingskriteriet etikk i genteknologiloven. 2019.
    Report
  • Ursin, Lars. (2015) Folkehelselandsbyen 2015. 2015.
    Report
  • Ursin, Lars. (2014) Folkehelselandsbyen 2014. 2014.
    Report
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Skorpen, Frank. (2008) The informed consenters : biobank research and the ethics of recruitment and participation. 2008. ISBN 978-82-471-1281-6.
    PhD thesis
  • Ursin, Lars Øystein. (1998) Toverdens problemet. 1998.
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • MH3001 - Philosophy of Science, Research Ethics and Critical Knowledge
  • FI1211 - Ethics project and methodology
  • FI1210 - Introduction to Ethics

Media

2022

  • Interview
    Efstathiou, Sofia; Thorseth, May Britt; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Gamlund, Espen; Lysaker, Odin; Børresen, Bergljot. (2022) Freya: Moralske refleksjoner post mortem. Salongen [Internett]. 2022-08-25.
  • Academic lecture
    Syltern, Janicke Marita; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2022) Beslutninger på levedyktighetsgrensa: «Blir foreldre hørt?». Vårmøte Barnelegeforeningen . Norsk Barnelegeforening; Verdal. 2022-06-02 - 2022-06-03.
  • Poster
    Syltern, Janicke Marita; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2022) “HOPE AND NOT HOPE”: What information do parents want for shared decision-making at the border of viability?. 9th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS 2022) . European Academy of Paediatric Societies; Barcelona. 2022-10-07 - 2022-10-11.

2020

  • Academic lecture
    Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2020) Myndigheter, produsenter og forbrukere: hvem har og hvem tar ansvar for pollinerende insekter. Pollineringsdagene . NIBIO; Trondheim. 2020-01-29 - 2020-01-30.
  • Academic lecture
    Milford, Anna Birgitte; Hatteland, Bjørn Arild; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2020) Who takes responsibility for the bees?. SCAPE2020 . Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology; 2020-11-07 - 2020-11-09.

2019

  • Poster
    Syltern, Janicke Marita; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2019) Protect Us from Ourselves: Navigating the Rugged Shores of Good Parenting at the Limit of Viability. PAS . PAS, USA; Baltmore. 2019-04-30 - 2019-04-30.

2018

  • Interview
    Hanger, Mari Rian; Syltern, Janicke Marita; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2018) Hvem skal avgjøre om svært tidlig fødte barn skal få livreddende behandling?. forskning.no [Internett]. 2018-10-15.
  • Lecture
    Syltern, Janicke Marita; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2018) Beslutninger på grensa til levedyktighet: Hva vil foreldre vite?. De 31. norske Perinataldager . Norsk Perinatalmedisinsk Forening; Stavanger. 2018-11-07 - 2018-11-09.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2018) Witholding and withdrawing life-saving treatment: ethically equivalent?. Wolrd Congress of Bioethics . IAB; Bengaluru. 2018-12-05 - 2018-12-07.

2017

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) Commentary on Tim Caulfield on scientific hype. Open meeting . Biotechnology advisory board; 2017-09-06 - 2017-09-06.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) Empirical and virtue ethics. Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics Anniversary Seminar . NTNU; Trondheim. 2017-11-14 - 2017-11-14.
  • Interview
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) Evaluering av bioteknologiloven. Norway [Radio]. 2017-06-20.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) Forskning på død og liv. Debatt, Litteraturhuset . Forskningsetiske komiteer; 2017-09-26 - 2017-09-26.
  • Interview
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) Forskning på død og liv. Norway [Radio]. 2017-09-25.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) HUNT4: Informasjonsskriv og samtykke. Bioteknologirådets besøk til Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag . HUNT forskningssenter; Levanger. 2017-02-01 - 2017-02-01.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) On Being a Scientist. World Philosophy Day Event . NTNU; Trondheim. 2017-11-16 - 2017-11-16.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) The HUNT4 (a) policy. Feedback of Individual Genetic Results to Research Participants: Is it feasible? Should we do it? If so – why and when? . NTNU; 2017-09-06 - 2017-09-08.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2017) The role of Equality in Decision-Making on the Borderline of Viability. Unesco Chair of Bioethics World Conference . Unesco Chair of Bioethics; Limassol. 2017-03-20 - 2017-03-24.
  • Interview
    Ursin, Lars; Mølnvik, Mona J.. (2017) Karbonfangst kan bli nøkkelen. To grader [Tidsskrift]. 2017-12-01.
  • Interview
    Ursin, Lars; Røkke, Nils Anders. (2017) Strømmen blir renere. To grader [Tidsskrift]. 2017-12-01.

2016

  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2016) De viktigste problemstillingene diskutert i HUNT4 etikkgruppe. HUNT forskningssenter og Den nasjonale forskningsetiske komité for medisin og helsefag . HUNT forskningssenter; HUNT forskningssenter. 2016-10-24 - 2016-10-24.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2016) MinHUNT. Hvorfor? Hvordan?. De nasjonale forskningsetiske komiteer . De nasjonale forskningsetiske komiteer; Oslo. 2016-02-10 - 2016-02-10.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2016) Om Vancouverreglene, og: Hvorfor skal det bare være 1 forfatter?. Allmøte for Institutt for Samfunnsmedisin ; 2016-06-10 - 2016-06-10.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2016) Which harms are we talking about? Results from focus groups surveys. Science for the common good – visions of technological opportunities . RESET, NTNU; 2016-06-13 - 2016-06-14.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars; Syltern, Janicke. (2016) Decision-making at the borderline of viability: Review of the guidelines and parental involvement. Etikk i perinatalmedisin ; St. Olavs hospital. 2016-01-22 - 2016-01-22.

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Carson, Siri Granum; Ursin, Lars; Myskja, Bjørn Kåre. (2015) Fair, local and environmentally sound? CSR in Norwegian food production. EURSAFE 2015 . USAMV Cluj-Napoca; Cluj-Napoca. 2015-05-28 - 2015-05-30.
  • Academic lecture
    Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Ursin, Lars; Carson, Siri Granum. (2015) Norsk matvareproduksjon: Norske bedrifters samfunnsansvar. Bedriftspresentasjon Nortura . Nortura/Eco-values-prosjektet; Oslo. 2015-02-03.
  • Academic lecture
    Myskja, Bjørn Kåre; Ursin, Lars; Carson, Siri Granum. (2015) Norsk matvareproduksjon: Norske bedrifters samfunnsansvar - Tine. Bedriftsmøte Tine . Tine; Oslo. 2015-03-11.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Forskningsetikk og hverdagsetikk i helsevesenet. Internundervisning LIS . LIS; Østmarka. 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Hva er persontilpasset medisin?. NTNU Strategisk satsningsområde Helse, Velferd og Teknologi . NTNU Strategisk satsningsområde Helse, Velferd og Teknologi; Trondheim. 2015-02-01 - 2015-02-01.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Lær av de beste innen akademia på innovative team og samarbeid: Å gjøre det. Its21 conference - Interdisciplinary Teamwork Skills for the 21st Century . NTNU EIT stab; Trondheim. 2015-06-01 - 2015-06-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Presentation on “Emprical Ethics”, with members of the Research Group on the Ethos of Technology. Grand challenges and our obligations to future generations . NTNU; Trondheim. 2015-05-01 - 2015-05-01.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Recommendations on Scientific Content from HUNT4 WP Ethics. SAB Meeting . HUNT; Levanger. 2015-06-01 - 2015-06-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) The ethics of the meat paradox. Ethical Dilemmas of Consuming Animals . Nordic Committee on Bioethics; Helsinki. 2015-08-27 - 2015-08-28.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Think global, buy national: CSR in the Norwegian food value chain. Grand challenges and our obligations to future generations . NTNU; Trondheim. 2015-05-01 - 2015-05-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Time for a new approach to consent and engagement in large population-based health studies? Introductions. Time for a new approach to consent and engagement in large population-based health studies? ; Stiklestad. 2015-09-28 - 2015-09-29.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2015) Ulike samtykkeformer; dynamisk vs. bredt samtykke. REK seminar . REK; Trondheim. 2015-11-26 - 2015-11-26.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars; sofia, moratti. (2015) Treatment and non-treatment decisions in neonatology: what can we learn from the Dutch experience?. Grand challenges and our obligations to future generations . NTNU; Trondheim. 2015-05-01 - 2015-05-01.

2014

  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) Etikk i Eksperter i Team. Profesjonsetisk nettverk Årskonferanse . Profesjonsetisk nettverk; Falstadsenteret. 2014-05-22 - 2014-05-23.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) Hva er kjøtt?. ELSA Norway konferansen 2014 . ELSA Norway; Hurtigruta. 2014-09-16 - 2014-09-17.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) Personalized medicine and identity: A narrative point of view. 28th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE . ESPMH; Debrecen. 2014-08-27 - 2014-08-30.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) Special session: The Ethos of Personalized Medicine. 28th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE . ESPMH; Debrecen. 2014-08-27 - 2014-08-30.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) The Argument from Future situations. ISP-FIDE workshop Normative Dimensions of New Technologies . Research Council of Norway (RCN), project number 217426; Trondheim. 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-05.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) The meaning of quality of life assessments. 28th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE . ESPMH; Debrecen. 2014-08-27 - 2014-08-30.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2014) The ontology of meat. The Ethics of In-Vitro Flesh and Enhanced Animals . Newcastle University, Wellcome trust; Rothbury. 2014-09-17 - 2014-09-19.

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Bilder fra privatsfæren. Medienes bildebruk . Trondheim Dokumentarfestival/Fritt Ord/Program for Anvendt E; Trondheim. 2013-11-15 - 2013-11-15.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Ethics of premature babies: In defence of the grey zone. European conference on philosphy of medicine and health care . ESPMH; Basel. 2013-08-10.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Gnagende tvil. 5th Project meeting in "Eco-values as product quality attributes in manufacturing agricultural food ingredients" . NFR-prosjektet Eco-values; Trondheim. 2013-05-22 - 2013-05-22.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Gnawing doubt: eating animals and the promise of cultured meat. EurSafe congress . EurSafe; Uppsala. 2013-09-14 - 2013-09-17.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Medisinsk etikk - hva innebærer pasientautonomi?. Lecture for non-European medical doctors . ISM NTNU; Trondheim. 2013-02-09 - 2013-02-09.
  • Lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) Reflections on professional ethics and plagriarism. Seminar on "Research Ethics and Theory of Science" . Universitetet i Tromsø; Tromsø. 2013-03-15 - 2013-03-15.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) The making of the meat-eating vegetarian. Research Workshop Man, meat, and method . ISP-FIDE; Bergen. 2013-06-04 - 2013-06-06.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars. (2013) in Vitro Meat. 18th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology . SPT; Lisboa. 2013-07-10 - 2013-07-13.

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Solberg, Berge; Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2007) Dugnaden som normativt rammeverk for HUNT. Etikkseminar i HUNT3 . Helseundersøkelsen i Nord Trøndelag; Biobanken i Levanger. 2007-09-21.
  • Academic lecture
    Solberg, Berge; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2007) "The health dugnad" - When is it legitimate to tell people that they should volunteer to participate in medical research?. Workshop i biobanketikknettverket mellom Trondheim, Oslo og bergen . UiO, Seksjon for medisinsk etikk; Unesco hovedkvarteret, Paris. 2007-09-06 - 2007-09-07.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2007) “Consent, autonomy and respect”. Biobanks - still an ethical challenge? . Norwegian Research Council; trondheim. 2007-12-03 - 2007-12-05.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2007) “Two concepts of autonomy, two concepts of consent”. the XXIth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care . espmh; cardiff. 2007-08-08 - 2007-08-11.

2006

  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2006) ”Autonomy and Informed Consent”. The VIII Annual Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society, . Centre for Bioethics; Stockholm. 2006-06-11 - 2006-06-12.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2006) ”Bioetikk på skråplanet”. Workshop . Research unit for general practice, University of Copenhagen; København. 2006-09-19 - 2006-09-20.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2006) “Foresight analysis: A Norwegian committee makes responsible wishes for the future of biobank research in Norway”. Seminar on biobank governance . AHRC Centre and Genomics Forum, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh. 2006-10-13 - 2006-10-13.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2006) “Governing Biobanks in Scandinavia: The Pursuit of the Autonomous Participant”. Biobank Governance in Comparative Perspective . University of Vienna; Wien. 2006-06-19 - 2006-06-21.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2006) ”The Argument from Social Consequences”. XXth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care . ESPMH; Helsinki. 2006-08-22.

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) for mye av det gode. l'actualite de foucault . CENTRE DE COOPERATION FRANCO-NORVEGIENNE EN SCIENCES SOCIALE; paris. 2005-05-16 - 2005-05-18.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) jeg er foreløpig absolutt mot kloning. seminar i fugeprogrammets nasjonale biobanketikkgruppe . Norges Forskningsråd; Inderøy. 2005-09-22 - 2005-09-23.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) only for the best. biomedicine within the limits of human existence . european science foundation; doorn. 2005-04-08 - 2005-04-13.
  • Academic lecture
    Ursin, Lars Øystein. (2005) remember you are unique - just like everyone else!. espmh/eacme årlig konferanse . espmh/eacme; barcelona. 2005-08-23 - 2005-08-28.
  • Academic lecture
    Ytterhus, Borgunn; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Skolbekken, John-Arne. (2005) Fear of biobanking. The 7th Conference on Social and Community Psychology . Psykologisk institutt, NTNU; Trondheim. 2005-11-10 - 2005-11-11.

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Skolbekken, John-Arne; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Solberg, Berge; Christensen, Erik; Ytterhus, Borgunn. (2004) Consentenced to contribute to the common good?. The XVIII European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care . ESPMH and Elsage\ Hàskòli Ìslands (University of Iceland); Reykjavik. 2004-08-25 - 2004-08-28.
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