PhD projects

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

PhD projects

PhD candidates - IFR
PhD candidate	Field	Supervisor	Topic
Andreassen, Tom	Philosophy - Applied Ethics	Bjørn Myskja	WTOs avtale om patentrettigheter. Lokale bivirkninger av globalt regime for patent på medisiner
Bouman, Rita D'Oliveira	Philosophy - Applied Ethics	May Thorseth	Ethical dilemmas and tensions in sustainability discourses
Bretfeld-Wolf, Ann-Kathrin	Religious Studies	Asbjørn Dyrendal	A Story of Space. Theravāda Buddhist Historiography and the Construction of Sacred Spaces in South- and Southeast Asia
Chatterjee, Anamika	Philosophy - Applied Ethics	Rune Nydal	Addressing the threats and value conflicts within the Gene Regulation Knowledge Commons
Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven	Religious Studies	Ulrika Mårtensson	Continuity and Change: The understanding of religion, identity and religious practices among young Muslim women in Trondheim
Folkestad, Ragnhild Schiager	Philosophy	Ingebjørg Seip	De estetiske språkspillenes grammatikk - Nye blikk på Wittgensteins senfilosofi gjennom estetiske praksisperspektiver.
Gilbert, Pål Rykkja	Philosophy	Ståle Finke	Menneskelig perfeksjon. I lys av Aristoteles, i skyggen av Heidegger
Halgunset, Vidar	Philosophy	Bjørn Myskja	Ethical ambiguities within "Personalized Medicine"
Hverven, Sigurd	Philosophy	Ståle Finke / Arne Johan Vetlesen	Value as Relational Process: G.W.F. Hegel, Hans Jonas and Environmental Philosophy
Jaksland, Rasmus	Philosophy	Jonathan Knowles	The prospects of naturalized metaphysics; how metaphysics should be informed by and founded in science
Kvandal, Halvor	Philosophy	Jonathan Knowles	Cognitive science applied to religious beliefs. Epistemological Implications.
Movik, Per-Erling	Philosophy	Ingebjørg Seip	Psychopharmacological enhancement of cognitive emotional functions. Is self-realization by artificial means real self-realization?
Nyquist, Mons Andreas	Philosophy	Jussi Haukioja	Rule-following, reference and reality. On the compatibility of dispositionalism and semantic externalism.
Stabell, Espen Dyrnes	Philosophy	Hovedveileder: Siri Granum Carson Biveilder: Bjørn Kåre Myskja	Uncertainty and responsibility in technological research and innovation. The case of Deep Sea Mining
Sæther, Hermann Køhn	Philosophy - Applied Ethics	May Thorseth	Forholdet mellom økonomi, politikk og moral, og ønsket om å oppnå en bærekraftig utvikling. Hva må til for å løse klimakrisen og fattigdomsproblemet?
Vikan, Cornelia	Philosophy - Applied Ethics	May Thorseth	Military power and ethics in the grey area of war – Afghanistan. A critical ethical - philosophical analysis of the core values of the Norwegian Armed Forces; respect, responsibility and courage.