• Professor of philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
• Also qualified as professor in medical ethics, authorized by Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU

• Lars Johan Materstvedt (f. 1960 i Haugesund) har doktorgrad (dr.art.) i politisk filosofi. Han er professor i filosofi ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) i Trondheim, og er også tilkjent professorkompetanse i medisinsk etikk. Tidligere forsker i Kreftforeningen, og har publisert i bl.a. The Lancet Oncology, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, Journal of Medical Ethics, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management og Palliasjon. Nordisk lærebok. Forfatter av læreboken Vitenskap, etikk og politikk. For detaljer, se www.materstvedt.net samt poster i databasen Cristin her og her.

• Lars Johan Materstvedt; Norwegian; born January 26th, 1960 in Haugesund, city on south-western coast of Norway

• Ph.D. (Norwegian dr.art.) in political philosophy, 1997, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
• M.A. (Norwegian mag.art.) in philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway, 1988; includes subjects history and comparative politics

• Visiting Professor, Glasgow End of Life Studies Group, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, Scotland, UK
• Author of academic textbook, employed by publishing company Fagbokforlaget
• Visiting Research Fellow, International Observatory on End of Life Care (IOELC), Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK
• Head, Unit for Medical Ethics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU
• Postdoctoral Fellow, the NGO Norwegian Cancer Society
• Administrative head, Department of Philosophy, NTNU
• Doctoral Fellow, The Ethics Programme, Research Council of Norway

• Normative ethics
• Medical ethics

• 119 publications, including articles and book chapters in The Lancet Oncology; Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th, 5th and 6th edition (Oxford University Press); Journal of Medical Ethics (JME); BMC Medical Ethics; Euthanasia and Law in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford); Palliative Medicine; BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care; Progress in Palliative Care; European Journal of Palliative Care; Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics (SAGE Publications); The Patient’s Wish to Die. Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care (Oxford University Press); The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association; author of the textbook Science, Ethics and Politics (in Norwegian)

• Member of expert group, EU Horizon2020 Research Project «Palliative Sedation – The use of proportional palliative sedation for the relief of refractory symptoms»
• Sat on committee of the Norwegian Medical Association that worked out a new Guideline on palliative sedation at the end of life
• Former Chair, The Ethics Task Force on Palliative Care and Euthanasia of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
• Former member of the Norwegian Government's National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (NEM)

• Was supervisor for five candidates who defended their Ph.D. thesis at NTNU; three in philosophy (main supervisor) and two in social anthropology (co-supervisor)
• Was second opponent at defence of dr.philos. thesis in philosophy at University of Oslo, Norway

• Invited speaker at international congresses and institutions across Europe
• Lectures at courses for medical doctors from specialities palliative medicine, oncology, geriatrics, neurosurgery, neurology and anaesthesiology, and for medical students and nurses, in Norway and Sweden
• Lectures in different popular science settings in Norway

• Feature articles in several of Norway's largest nation-wide newspapers, as well as in local newspapers
• Interviews in magazines and on national TV and radio in Norway and Sweden

Foto: Thor Nielsen/NTNU


1962: 2 years — 1965: 5 years


1978: 18 years, Lyngholm, north of Haugesund


2013: in Red Sea


… obviously, philosophers do it higher as well; Ørsta, north-western coast of Norway — July 2019