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Sofia Moratti

Sofia Moratti

Associate Professor
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
Faculty of Humanities

sofia.moratti@ntnu.no
+4773413064 Bygg 11, 11565, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
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About

Former and current appointments:

Educated in Pavia, Italy (MA, 2004) and Groningen, the Netherlands (PhD, 2005-09). 'Max Weber' Fellow (2011-13) and Senior Researcher (2013-15) at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. 

Recent and ongoing projects:

  • GENder perspectives on Physical/Hybrid/Digital working practices at NTNU (GEN-PHD) (project leader)
  • Making gender balance from below: Stimulating gender equality among university professors (BALANSE)
  • Understanding gender balance among university professors: The shaping and reshaping of epistemic living spaces (GENDIM) (WP leader)
  • Risk in the information society: Towards epistemic justice (EpiJustInf) 
  • A digital hub on gender, the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath (ProGender) (coordinator for NTNU)
  • Responsible robotics in Europe (Robotics4EU) 
  • Mitigating diversity bias of Artificial Intelligence in the labour market (BIAS)

Networks:

  • NORDICORE
  • ELSA Norway

Teaching:

  • KULT2207/08 Gender and Norwegian culture: Paradoxes of equality
  • KULT2201 Digitalisation and social change
  • KULT2202/06 Perspectives on gender 
  • KULT8880 Research, technology & society: RRI-course Digital Life Norway
  • KULT8860/61 Speech, text & interpretation. Qualitative methodologies for researchers

In the media: Kifinfo 2019 – Kifinfo 2021 – Forskerforum – NTNU HumSam – Universitetsavisa

Publications

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2021

  • Kharas, Mark William; Søraa, Roger Andre; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Societal Readiness Plan for Robotics4EU. 2021.
    Report
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Contemporary Fairy Tales: Narrating Women Academics Through Metaphors. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. volum 5 (2).
    Academic article
  • Stuvøy, Ingvill; Kirpichenko, Maria; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Lie, Merete; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Bioteknologiske framtider. Refleksjoner over endringene i bioteknologiloven fra et kjønnsforskningsperspektiv. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. volum 45 (02-03).
    Short communication

2020

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2020) A woman’s place is in the ‘home’? Gender-specific hiring patterns in academia in gender-equal Norway. Journal of Sociology.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Do Low-Openness, Low-Transparency Procedures in Academic Hiring Disadvantage Women?. Social Sciences. volum 9 (6).
    Academic article

2019

  • Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Moratti, Sofia. (2019) The publication culture at the Faculty of Humanities, NTNU A survey. 2019.
    Report

2018

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2018) What's in a word? On the use of metaphors to describe the careers of women academics. Gender and Education. volum 32 (7).
    Academic article

2016

  • Moratti, Sofia; Patterson, Dennis. (2016) Legal Insanity and the Brain. Bloomsbury Academic. 2016. ISBN 9781509902330.
    Non-fiction book

2015

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2015) Fertility control. Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2014) Schmitz, il progressista borghese. Lo Svevo politico [Schmitz, the progressive bourgeois. Svevo's political writings]. Italo Svevo and His Legacy for the Third Millennium - Volume II: Contexts and Influences.
    Chapter
  • Moratti, Sofia; Patterson, Dennis. (2014) Adverse Psychological Effects to Deep Brain Stimulation: Overturning the Question. AJOB Neuroscience. volum 5 (4).
    Academic article

2013

  • Moratti, Sofia; Baggio, Giosuè. (2013) Brain Imaging as a Diagnostic and as a Communicative Tool in Disorders of Consciousness. European University Institute Working Papers.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Ceva, Emanuela. (2013) Whose self-determination? Barriers to access to Emergency Hormonal Contraception in Italy. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. volum 23 (2).
    Academic article

2012

  • Moratti, Sofia; Vezzoni, Cristiano. (2012) Treatment Directives in the Netherlands: The Gap between Legal Regulation and Medical Practice. Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care: Regulating Advance Directives in International and Comparative Perspective.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2011

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2011) Ethical and legal acceptability of the use of neuro-muscular blockers (NMBs) in connection with abstention decisions in Dutch NICUs: interviews with neonatologists. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 37.
    Academic article

2010

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) End-of-life decisions in Dutch neonatology. Medical Law Review. volum 18 (4).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) Management of conflicts with the parents over administration of life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs: interviews with neonatologists. Medicine and law : an international journal. volum 29 (2).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) Non-treatment decisions on grounds of ‘medical futility’ and definition of ‘quality of life’: interviews with 14 Dutch neonatologists. Issues in law & medicine. volum 26 (1).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) The Englaro case: withdrawal of treatment from a patient in a Permanent Vegetative State in Italy. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) The parents' ability to take care of their baby as a factor in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Pignotti, Maria Serenella. (2010) Regulation of treatment of infants at the edge of viability in Italy: the role of the medical profession?. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Pignotti, Maria Serenella. (2010) The Italian Ministry of Health recommends resuscitation for all pre-term infants irrespective of gestational age and parental consent. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. volum 95.
    Academic article

2009

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2009) La proporzionalità delle cure in neonatologia: un documento della Società Olandese di Pediatria. Bioetica. volum 17 (1-2).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2009) The development of medical futility: towards a procedural approach based on the role of the medical profession. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 35 (6).
    Academic article

2008

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2008) End-of-life decisions in Italy. Euthanasia and Law in Europe.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2008) Il Protocollo di Groningen: conversazioni con Eduard Verhagen. Bioetica. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article

2007

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2007) Ontluikend begrip voor levensbeëindiging in Italië. Medisch Contact.
    Popular scientific article

Journal publications

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Contemporary Fairy Tales: Narrating Women Academics Through Metaphors. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. volum 5 (2).
    Academic article
  • Stuvøy, Ingvill; Kirpichenko, Maria; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes; Lie, Merete; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Bioteknologiske framtider. Refleksjoner over endringene i bioteknologiloven fra et kjønnsforskningsperspektiv. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. volum 45 (02-03).
    Short communication
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2020) A woman’s place is in the ‘home’? Gender-specific hiring patterns in academia in gender-equal Norway. Journal of Sociology.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Do Low-Openness, Low-Transparency Procedures in Academic Hiring Disadvantage Women?. Social Sciences. volum 9 (6).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2018) What's in a word? On the use of metaphors to describe the careers of women academics. Gender and Education. volum 32 (7).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Patterson, Dennis. (2014) Adverse Psychological Effects to Deep Brain Stimulation: Overturning the Question. AJOB Neuroscience. volum 5 (4).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Baggio, Giosuè. (2013) Brain Imaging as a Diagnostic and as a Communicative Tool in Disorders of Consciousness. European University Institute Working Papers.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Ceva, Emanuela. (2013) Whose self-determination? Barriers to access to Emergency Hormonal Contraception in Italy. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. volum 23 (2).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2011) Ethical and legal acceptability of the use of neuro-muscular blockers (NMBs) in connection with abstention decisions in Dutch NICUs: interviews with neonatologists. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 37.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) End-of-life decisions in Dutch neonatology. Medical Law Review. volum 18 (4).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) Management of conflicts with the parents over administration of life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs: interviews with neonatologists. Medicine and law : an international journal. volum 29 (2).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) Non-treatment decisions on grounds of ‘medical futility’ and definition of ‘quality of life’: interviews with 14 Dutch neonatologists. Issues in law & medicine. volum 26 (1).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) The Englaro case: withdrawal of treatment from a patient in a Permanent Vegetative State in Italy. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. volum 19 (3).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2010) The parents' ability to take care of their baby as a factor in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging treatment in two Dutch NICUs. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Pignotti, Maria Serenella. (2010) Regulation of treatment of infants at the edge of viability in Italy: the role of the medical profession?. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia; Pignotti, Maria Serenella. (2010) The Italian Ministry of Health recommends resuscitation for all pre-term infants irrespective of gestational age and parental consent. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. volum 95.
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2009) La proporzionalità delle cure in neonatologia: un documento della Società Olandese di Pediatria. Bioetica. volum 17 (1-2).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2009) The development of medical futility: towards a procedural approach based on the role of the medical profession. Journal of Medical Ethics. volum 35 (6).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2008) Il Protocollo di Groningen: conversazioni con Eduard Verhagen. Bioetica. volum 16 (3).
    Academic article
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2007) Ontluikend begrip voor levensbeëindiging in Italië. Medisch Contact.
    Popular scientific article

Books

  • Moratti, Sofia; Patterson, Dennis. (2016) Legal Insanity and the Brain. Bloomsbury Academic. 2016. ISBN 9781509902330.
    Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

  • Moratti, Sofia. (2015) Fertility control. Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2014) Schmitz, il progressista borghese. Lo Svevo politico [Schmitz, the progressive bourgeois. Svevo's political writings]. Italo Svevo and His Legacy for the Third Millennium - Volume II: Contexts and Influences.
    Chapter
  • Moratti, Sofia; Vezzoni, Cristiano. (2012) Treatment Directives in the Netherlands: The Gap between Legal Regulation and Medical Practice. Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care: Regulating Advance Directives in International and Comparative Perspective.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moratti, Sofia. (2008) End-of-life decisions in Italy. Euthanasia and Law in Europe.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Kharas, Mark William; Søraa, Roger Andre; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Societal Readiness Plan for Robotics4EU. 2021.
    Report
  • Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Moratti, Sofia. (2019) The publication culture at the Faculty of Humanities, NTNU A survey. 2019.
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • HFO1003 - Diversity and integration: Transcultural dynamics
  • KULT2207 - Gender and Norwegian Culture: Questions of Equality 1
  • KULT2208 - Gender and Norwegian Culture: Questions of Equality 2

Media

2021

  • Lecture
    Hesjedal, Maria Bårdsen; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Interdisciplinarity in Practice: Experiences from Digital Life Norway (DLN). Post-webinar workshop - Digital Transformation: How to succeed with cross-disciplinary collaboration? ; 2021-05-05.
  • Academic lecture
    Hesjedal, Maria Bårdsen; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Assumptions, Expectations and Experiences. Webinar - Digital Transformation: How to succeed with cross-disciplinary collaboration? ; 2021-05-05.
  • Academic lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Women scientists during the pandemic. Lecture series, ProGender – A Digital Hub on Gender, the Covid-19 crisis and its Aftermath . Panteion University Athens + University of Iceland + NTNU; 2021-01-12.
  • Academic lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Women, Gender and Science during COVID-19. Panel series, ProGender – A Digital Hub on Gender, the Covid-19 crisis and its Aftermath. Chair of panel discussion ; https://progender.panteion.gr. 2021-05-26.
  • Interview
    Søraa, Roger Andre; Valkenburg, Govert; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Stillingsstruktur i tåkeheimen. https://khrono.no/stillingsstruktur-i-takeheimen/576004 [Avis]. 2021-05-09.

2020

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Gender bias. BIAS . NTNU Kvinneprosjektet; 2020-11-26.
  • Interview
    Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Hvis alle kvinnelige stipendiater hadde skrevet hver sin kronikk, så hadde man sett at dette ikke bare er anekdoter. ForskerForum [Fagblad]. 2020-01-02.
  • Lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2020) One size does not fit all: the «academic excellence» standard and its implementation. Forskningsrådet – The Research Council of Norway ; Lysaker, Oslo. 2020-01-30.
  • Lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2020) "Ulysses" and "Penelope": Gendered patterns of professorial recruitment. GENDIM Workshop on gender equality in academia ; Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Trondheim. 2020-03-09.
  • Interview
    Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Vi bestemmer om glasstaket finnes. Metaforer som beskriver kvinners karriere i akademia er verken inkluderende eller maktkritiske. KIFinfo – Committee for Gender and Diversity in Research [Avis]. 2020-06-03.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Søraa, Roger Andre; Bruijning, Nienke; Moratti, Sofia. (2020) Movie screening: "The Stepford Wives" (1975). Introduction by Sofia Moratti. IMRO-Lab Cyborg Cinema Series . IMRO-Lab – NTNU Welfare Technology; 2020-02-27.

2019

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2019) A maze of metaphors on women academics. Kjønnsforskerstafett på kvinnedagen – Women's day event, POPUP Feministhus ; 2019-03-08.
  • Academic lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2019) Are internationalisation and excellence policies bad for women?. NORDICORE conference: Endelig likestilling i akademia? . Institute for Social Research, Oslo; 2019-10-07.
  • Lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2019) Contemporary fairy tales: narrating women academic through metaphors. 30-year Jubilee of the NTNU Center for Gender Research ; Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim. 2019-09-27.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2019) From natural events to fairy tales: narrating women academics through metaphors. NTNU Vitenskapsteoretisk Forum talk series ; 2019-11-19.
  • Lecture
    Moratti, Sofia. (2019) Gender-specific career paths in academia in Norway?. Nordic Law & Gender Conference 2019 –– Faculty of Law, University of Oslo ; 2019-09-23.
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