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Christian Munthe

Professor

Philosophy and Logic unit
Mail
christian.munthe@gu.se
Visiting address
Renströmsgatan 6
41255 Göteborg
Room number
J564
Postal address
Box 200
40530 Göteborg

About Christian Munthe

Christian Munthe is professor of practical philosophy and conducts research and expert consultation on ethics, value and policy issues arising in the intersection of health, science & technology, the environment and society. He is elected member of the Royal Society of Arts and AvÐÔ°®s in Gothenburg, and serves on several ethics councils in Sweden and internationally. In 2016-18, he was faculty elected member of the board of the University AvÐÔ°®.

Munthe has developed a cross-disciplinary approach, collaborating with researchers and practitioners from, e.g., medicine and care, environmental-, natural and technological science, economics, law and politics. He is a frequently commissioned expert by public agencies in Sweden and abroad, and a source and particpant in media reporting and debates within his area of expertise.

Research Munthe has published 9 academic books and over 70 research articles or book chapters. Some recent books are:

  • (2011), where he develops a novel theory of the ethics of environmental and technological risks and applies it to a number of practical areas. Recent applications to biotechnology were published in the 2017 volume
  • (with Niklas Juth) (2012), where he presents a seminal and comprehensive analysis of the ethics of health-oriented so-called screening programmes.
  • The co-edited 3-volume book series (2017), that exhibits broad crossdisciplinary work on hate crime, terrorism and related social issues.

Additionally, he has published a string of works on the ethics of person centered care and shared decision making, forensic psychiatry and related legal systems, reproductive and family ethics, and public health ethics. He has edited special issues and symposia of international journals on the ethics and philosophy of , , '' and .

Christian is member of the editorial board of the internation research journal , and a founding member of the and the (where he is also member of the respective steering groups). He is a member of the academic advisory board of the (CBiS), and associate senior researcher in the (URBSEC), as in the (LGRP).

He has been PI or co-PI of projects funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ), the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE), Vardalstiftelsen, VINNOVA, The Swedish Government, the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the European Commission. Currently, he is co-PI in the projects (FORTE), (VINNOVA), and (VR).

Expert consultation Christian serves as ethics council for the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, is co-chair of the ethics clouncil of the Joint Programming Initiative for Antimicrobial Resistance Research (JPIAMR), is member of the Competence Network for Public Health Ethics of the German Academy of Medical Ethics, as well as the Västra Götaland County Council Working Group for Orderly Introduction of New Pharmaceuticals. Formerly, he has been a member of the Swedish government's National Council of Medical Ethics (2000-2006), the National Advisory Board of Gene Technology (2014-2018), and the Delegation for Medical Ethics of the Swedish Society of Medicine (2013-2018). Throughout his career, he has been involved in developing specific regulation or policy in areas such as reproductive and genetic medicine, biomedical research, public health policy and social care and welfare, and has performed many commissioned reports and expert services for Swedish public agencies, the Swedish Parliament, and the national and county governments; as well as for the European Commission, and the Swiss federal government.

Teching and supervision

Munthe coordinates the B.A.-level first cycle course in practical philosophy, and is responsible for the B.A. thesis and the contemporary philosophy modules. He supervises and examines theses and courses on the M.A. and Ph.D. levels, and teaches various courses at other levels. He is engaged as lecturer for programmes in health, natural or the technological sciences, as well as courses for medical researchers, clinical specialists and health professionals. Since 2020, he is responsible for the ethics module of the obligatory research supervision and leadership training programs at the University AvÐÔ°®.

Podcasts and videos with Christian Munthe

  • (University AvÐÔ°®, video 2019)
  • (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München, video 2019):
  • (University of Oxford, video 2018):
  • (University of Cambridge, video 2018).
  • (University AvÐÔ°®, video 2017)
  • (Uppsala University, podcast 2019)
  • (Philosophical Disquisitions, podcast 2019)
  • (University of Oxford, podcast 2018)

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