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Values and Welfare

Values and Welfare is an interdisciplinary, philosophically grounded research program aimed at exploring philosophical and ethical questions related to values and wellbeing.

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About Values and Welfare

Values and Wellbeing is an interdisciplinary, philosophically grounded research program aimed at exploring philosophical and ethical questions related to values and wellbeing. The research program is rooted in philosophical expertise but has a practical outlook, and therefore also reaches out to various other research disciplines and fields.

The research in Values and Wellbeing is practice-oriented but philosophically grounded. We work with philosophical and ethical questions that arise in connection with societal issues and within institutions where values and wellbeing are central. Values and wellbeing are understood broadly, and the research program’s work includes, among other things:

  • Philosophy of health and ethics
  • Theories of wellbeing and their applications
  • Philosophy of science and communication
  • Political and economic philosophy
  • Democratic ideals and social institutions
  • Applications in the history of philosophy, including philosophy of nature
  • Environmental ethics
  • Philosophical questions related to AI and technology

  • Wellbeing and Virtual Worlds
    (Søren Harnow Klausen (PI), Victoria Paul, Thor Hennelund Nielsen)

    Many people today spend a significant part of their lives in virtual worlds. They surf the internet, hold video meetings, and play computer games. Some even conduct parts of their love lives or education in virtual spaces. What does this mean for quality of life? Read more about the project.

    Ethical Challenges of Stem Cell Research and Treatment STEMBRACE
    (Anne-Marie S. Christensen (Co-PI), Naja Rathje Lennert)

    STEMBRACE’s vision is to establish a unique interdisciplinary axis of researchers within regenerative medicine to ensure the sustainable implementation of new stem cell-based therapies in the Danish healthcare system. Read more about the project.

    The Morality of Extreme Wealth
    (Lasse Nielsen (PI), Tine Hindkjær Madsen, Garance Coggins)

    The research project aims to identify and examine extreme wealth as a distinct normative issue and to develop a new philosophical framework that explains the issue from a moral perspective. Read more about the project.

    A Constrained Concept of Health Inequality
    (Lasse Nielsen (PI), Jay Zameska)

    The research project redefines health inequality from a perspective of social justice as a guide for the obligations and priorities of the welfare state. Read more about the project.

  • Research leader
    Lasse Nielsen, research group leader at the research group Values and Welfare

    Lasse Nielsen

    Associate Professor

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Collaboration

Values and Wellbeing has a close institutional relationship with the Center for Philosophy of Health and Ethics, University of Southern Denmark.

In addition, the program maintains ongoing collaboration and research exchange with philosophy departments at Vrije University Amsterdam, University of Liverpool, and Freiburg University.