Sophia Efstathiou
About
I work in philosophy of science, ethics of technology and art-based approaches to philosophy and responsible research and innovation (RRI). I have worked as an "embedded philosopher" in different interdisciplinary science projects, including in complexity science, systems biology, and biotechnology. I want to stimulate and exercise response-ability in science, through humanities and arts resources.
- From Spring 2020 I am leading the four-year KLIMAFORSK project MEATigation: Towards sustainable meat-use in Norwegian food practices for climate mitigation. The project is a collaboration across the Social Sciences Humanities and Arts and Norwegian business and cultural actors with the aim to explore and transform Norwegian food practices towards reducing meat use.
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You can listen to my argument for 'How industrialised meat production is ironically facilitating the end of meat', here --Thank you to my hosts -- CONEF: Configuring Environment and Food: Critical Techno-Scientific Networks and the Agri-food Sector in Greece, and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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- From February 2021 I am also leading part of the three-year HORIZON2020 project ISEED: Inclusive Science and European Democracies. The project joins EU and Latin American partners to explore what we might learn from engaging people in citizen science to engage people in inclusive knowledge-based democratic deliberation in Europe.
At NTNU I coordinate the Research group for APPlied Ethics RAPP.
I hold a first Master of Physics degree in Mathematics and Physics (Warwick, 2000), an MA in Philosophy (2006) and PhD in Philosophy and Science Studies (2009) from University of California, San Diego on The use of race as a variable in biomedical research. My research has received EU, RCN, NSF, Max Planck and White funding.
Publications
2021
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2021)
Meat we don’t greet: How ‘sausages’ can save pigs or how effacing livestock makes room for emancipation.
Changing Meat Cultures: Food Practices, Global Capitalism, and the Consumption of Animals.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Morris, Carol;
Kaljonen, Minna;
Aavik, Kadri;
Balázs, Bálint;
Cole, Matthew;
Coles, Ben;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Fallon, Tracey;
Foden, Mike;
Giraud, Eva;
Goodman, Mike;
Kershaw, Eleanor Hadley;
Helliwell, Richard;
Hobson-West, Pru;
Häyry, Matti;
Jallinoja, Piia;
Jones, Matt;
Kaarlenkaski, Taija;
Laihonen, Maarit;
Lahteenmaki-Utela, Anu;
Kupsala, Saara;
Lonlika, Annika;
Martens, Lydia;
McGlacken, Renelle;
Mylan, Josephine;
Niva, Mari;
Roe, Emma;
Twine, Richard;
Vinnari, Markus;
White, Richard.
(2021)
Priorities for social science and humanities research on the challenges of moving beyond animal-based food systems.
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
volum 8:38.
Academic article
2020
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2020)
Measuring the Everyday in Science: Found Science by analogy to Found Art.
Beyond Measure: Art and knowledge in the age of over-measuring.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Börjessen, Johan.
(2020)
Beyond Measure: Art and knowledge in the age of over-measuring.
2020. ISBN 9788292827420.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Swierstra, Tsjalling;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2020)
Knowledge repositories. In digital knowledge we trust.
Medicine, Health care and Philosophy.
volum 23.
Academic article
2019
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2019)
Facing animal research: Levinas and technologies of effacement.
Face to face with animals: Lévinas and the animal question.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Korsnes, Marius;
Gabrielsen, Ane Møller;
Finstad, Terje;
Giæver, Fay;
Driessen, Clemens;
Hansen, Arve;
Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn.
(2019)
lnvestigating the elasticity of meat consumption for climate mitigation: 4Rs for responsible meat use.
Sustainable governance and management of food systems.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Nydal, Rune;
Lægreid, Astrid;
Kuiper, Martin.
(2019)
Scientific knowledge in the age of computation: Explicated, computable and manageable?.
Theoria. An international Journal of Theory, History and Foundations of Science.
volum 34 (2).
Academic article
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Pérez, Elena;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Swierstra, Tsjalling.
(2019)
Getting our hands dirty with technology -The role of the performing arts in technological development.
Peripeti.
volum 30 (7).
Academic article
2018
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2018)
Im Angesicht der Gesichter: Technologien des Gesichtsverlusts in der Tierforschung.
Philosophie der Tierforschung: Band 3 Milieus und Akteure.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Myskja, Bjørn Kåre.
(2018)
Appreciation Through Use: How Industrial Technology Articulates an Ecology of Values Around Norwegian Seaweed.
Philosophy & Technology.
volum 32 (3).
Academic article
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Teran, Michelle;
Haykowsky, Mika;
Brunner, Johanna;
Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea;
Fayant, Amanda.
(2018)
ALL WOMEN’S NETWORKED JAM SESSION (AWNJS).
ALL WOMEN’S NETWORKED JAM SESSION (AWNJS)
Theatre production
2017
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2017)
Performance and Philosophy of Science: Trashfiguring Epistemic Cultures Through the Performance Art of FYTA.
The Black Book of FYTA.
Chapter
2016
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De Grandis, Giovanni;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Introduction: Grand challenges and small steps.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Editorial
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Genetics and Racial Minorities in the United States.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Lexical introduction
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Is it possible to give scientific solutions to Grand Challenges? On the idea of Grand Challenges for life science research.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Academic article
2015
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
De Grandis, Giovanni.
(2015)
Joint first editors of a Special Section on "Interdisciplinary Integration: The Real Grand Challenge for the Life Sciences?".
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Editorial
2014
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Mirmalek, Zara.
(2014)
Interdisciplinarity In Action.
Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2012
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
Beauty and health as medical norms: The case of Nazi medicine.
HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DISEASE:PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
How Ordinary Race Concepts Get to Be Usable in Biomedical Science: An Account of Founded Race Concepts.
Philosophy of Science.
volum 79 (5).
Academic article
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
The Nazi Cosmetic: Medicine in the Service of Beauty.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 43 (3).
Academic article
-
Nydal, Rune;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Lægreid, Astrid.
(2012)
Crossover Research: Exploring a Collaborative Mode of Integration.
Little by Little. Expansions of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2011
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Cartwright, Nancy;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2011)
Hunting causes and using them: Is there no bridge from here to there?.
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
volum 25 (3).
Academic article
Journal publications
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Morris, Carol;
Kaljonen, Minna;
Aavik, Kadri;
Balázs, Bálint;
Cole, Matthew;
Coles, Ben;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Fallon, Tracey;
Foden, Mike;
Giraud, Eva;
Goodman, Mike;
Kershaw, Eleanor Hadley;
Helliwell, Richard;
Hobson-West, Pru;
Häyry, Matti;
Jallinoja, Piia;
Jones, Matt;
Kaarlenkaski, Taija;
Laihonen, Maarit;
Lahteenmaki-Utela, Anu;
Kupsala, Saara;
Lonlika, Annika;
Martens, Lydia;
McGlacken, Renelle;
Mylan, Josephine;
Niva, Mari;
Roe, Emma;
Twine, Richard;
Vinnari, Markus;
White, Richard.
(2021)
Priorities for social science and humanities research on the challenges of moving beyond animal-based food systems.
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
volum 8:38.
Academic article
-
Swierstra, Tsjalling;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2020)
Knowledge repositories. In digital knowledge we trust.
Medicine, Health care and Philosophy.
volum 23.
Academic article
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Nydal, Rune;
Lægreid, Astrid;
Kuiper, Martin.
(2019)
Scientific knowledge in the age of computation: Explicated, computable and manageable?.
Theoria. An international Journal of Theory, History and Foundations of Science.
volum 34 (2).
Academic article
-
Pérez, Elena;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Swierstra, Tsjalling.
(2019)
Getting our hands dirty with technology -The role of the performing arts in technological development.
Peripeti.
volum 30 (7).
Academic article
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Myskja, Bjørn Kåre.
(2018)
Appreciation Through Use: How Industrial Technology Articulates an Ecology of Values Around Norwegian Seaweed.
Philosophy & Technology.
volum 32 (3).
Academic article
-
De Grandis, Giovanni;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Introduction: Grand challenges and small steps.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Editorial
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Is it possible to give scientific solutions to Grand Challenges? On the idea of Grand Challenges for life science research.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Academic article
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
De Grandis, Giovanni.
(2015)
Joint first editors of a Special Section on "Interdisciplinary Integration: The Real Grand Challenge for the Life Sciences?".
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 56.
Editorial
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
How Ordinary Race Concepts Get to Be Usable in Biomedical Science: An Account of Founded Race Concepts.
Philosophy of Science.
volum 79 (5).
Academic article
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
The Nazi Cosmetic: Medicine in the Service of Beauty.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
volum 43 (3).
Academic article
-
Cartwright, Nancy;
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2011)
Hunting causes and using them: Is there no bridge from here to there?.
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
volum 25 (3).
Academic article
Artistic productions
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Teran, Michelle;
Haykowsky, Mika;
Brunner, Johanna;
Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea;
Fayant, Amanda.
(2018)
ALL WOMEN’S NETWORKED JAM SESSION (AWNJS).
ALL WOMEN’S NETWORKED JAM SESSION (AWNJS)
Theatre production
Books
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Börjessen, Johan.
(2020)
Beyond Measure: Art and knowledge in the age of over-measuring.
2020. ISBN 9788292827420.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2021)
Meat we don’t greet: How ‘sausages’ can save pigs or how effacing livestock makes room for emancipation.
Changing Meat Cultures: Food Practices, Global Capitalism, and the Consumption of Animals.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2020)
Measuring the Everyday in Science: Found Science by analogy to Found Art.
Beyond Measure: Art and knowledge in the age of over-measuring.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2019)
Facing animal research: Levinas and technologies of effacement.
Face to face with animals: Lévinas and the animal question.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Korsnes, Marius;
Gabrielsen, Ane Møller;
Finstad, Terje;
Giæver, Fay;
Driessen, Clemens;
Hansen, Arve;
Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn.
(2019)
lnvestigating the elasticity of meat consumption for climate mitigation: 4Rs for responsible meat use.
Sustainable governance and management of food systems.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2018)
Im Angesicht der Gesichter: Technologien des Gesichtsverlusts in der Tierforschung.
Philosophie der Tierforschung: Band 3 Milieus und Akteure.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2017)
Performance and Philosophy of Science: Trashfiguring Epistemic Cultures Through the Performance Art of FYTA.
The Black Book of FYTA.
Chapter
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2016)
Genetics and Racial Minorities in the United States.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Lexical introduction
-
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Mirmalek, Zara.
(2014)
Interdisciplinarity In Action.
Philosophy of Social Science: A New Introduction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Efstathiou, Sophia.
(2012)
Beauty and health as medical norms: The case of Nazi medicine.
HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DISEASE:PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Nydal, Rune;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Lægreid, Astrid.
(2012)
Crossover Research: Exploring a Collaborative Mode of Integration.
Little by Little. Expansions of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Media
2021
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LectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2021) Design and Technologies of Effacement. Design Dialogues #2 Designing Sustainable Food Futures . Department of Design NTNU; 2021-06-14.
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LectureEfstathiou, Sophia; De Grandis, Giovanni. (2021) Two Games for Irresponsible Research and Innovation: -Virtuous and Villainous Designs -Project Demons and Superheroes. ONE AFINO - MANY VALUES How to build a well-integrated network while welcoming diversity ; 2021-10-18 - 2021-10-19.
2019
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LectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2019) A Role for the Arts in RRI - An argument for Science, Humanities and Arts Knowledge Exercises SHAKE. Cornell University Media Studies Colloquium ; 2019-04-25.
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Academic lectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2019) Being an Embedded Philosopher in the Lab. Learning from Empirical Approaches to History and Philosophy of Science ; Leibniz University Hannover. 2019-07-25 - 2019-07-27.
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Academic lectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2019) Recognise, Reduce, Replace, Refine: 4Rs for sustainable meat use. Animal Ethics for Sustainability: Clean food, biodiversity and sustainable development ; 2019-11-28 - 2019-11-29.
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Academic lectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2019) Visions of the Natural, Wild and Pure in Nazi Animal Ethics and Policy: An Account of Nazi ‘aesthethics’. German Studies Association Meeting . GSA; Portland. 2019-10-04 - 2019-10-06.
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LectureKorsnes, Marius; Efstathiou, Sophia; Giulia, Sonetti. (2019) The Skills you Need to Succeed with Interdisciplinary Teamwork. HIP Konferansen . Helen Gansmo, Tverrfaglige Kulturstudier, NTNU; Trondheim. 2019-02-06.
2018
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LectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2018) Acceptance - Being open to new ideas. Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Research: Skills for Collaboration and Communication . Sophia Efstathiou and Marius Korsnes; Trondhjem Kunstforening. 2018-03-01 - 2018-03-02.
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InterviewEfstathiou, Sophia. (2018) Sophia starta oppropet #metooakademia. På Høyden [Avis]. 2018-01-22.
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Academic lectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2018) Training response-abilities through performance. ELSA Norway ; 2018-11-02 - 2018-11-04.
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InterviewEfstathiou, Sophia; Hovdal Moan, Marit; Østli Jakobsen, Hanne. (2018) 20 historier og 661 underskrifter: Tafsing på fagmiddager, trakassering i plenum og faglig baksnakking fra avviste flørtere. #MetooAkademia viser maktmisbruk med bred palett. Morgenbladet [Avis]. 2018-02-23.
2017
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LectureEfstathiou, Sophia. (2017) Data, doxa and delta: The metaphysics of the alphabet or facing signs. Documena 2017 . Athens Biennale; FYTA; Bagkeion, Athens. 2017-04-15 - 2017-04-16.
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Academic lectureEfstathiou, Sophia; Gabrielsen, Ane Møller. (2017) Key Challenges to RRI: How feminist theory and art matter. Response/Ability Exercises in Responsible Research and Innovation from science, humanities and arts perspectives . Sophia Efstathiou and Elena Perez; 2017-11-17 - 2017-11-18.