• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 117 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; The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics; The Patient’s Wish to Die. Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care (Oxford University Press); The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association; PLOS ONE; 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, surgery 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