Stefan Eriksson
Stefan Eriksson
Senior Lecturer in Research Ethics
Associate Professor of Research Ethics
Stefan Eriksson is a senior lecturer in research ethics at the Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics and has conducted research on issues such as informed consent and autonomy, biobank ethics, and the function and impact of research ethics codes. He is the editor of CODEX - a web resource run by the Swedish Research Council. He received his doctoral degree on a dissertation regarding Wittgenstein's influence on philosophy of religion (1999). In January 2010 Stefan was appointed Associate Professor of Research Ethics.
E-mail: Stefan.Eriksson@crb.uu.se
Phone: +46 18 471 61 98
Research profile
Teaching
- Research Ethics A (1 credit, postgraduate course)
- Research Ethics B (1 credit, postgraduate course for natural science)
- Research Ethics for the Social Sciences (4 credits, postgraduate course)
PhD supervision
- Joanna Forsberg: Ethical aspects of biobank research – Individual rights vs. the public good?
- Linus Johnsson: Autonomy and trust in biobank research
- Frida Kuhlau: Dual use and responsible life science research – A bioethical approach
- Manne Sjöstrand, Department of Learning, Information, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet: Autonomy and impairment of decision-making capacity
Selected publications
Stjernschantz Forsberg J, Hansson MG, Eriksson S, Biobank research: Who benefits from individual consent?, BMJ2011;343:d5647
Helgesson G, Eriksson S, Four Themes in Recent Swedish Bioethics Debates, Cambridge Quarterly of Heathcare Ethics, 2011;20:409-17.
Stjernschantz Forsberg J, Hansson MG, Eriksson S, The Risks and Benefits of Re-Consent, Science, 2011;332:306.
Helgesson G, Eriksson S, Does Informed Consent Have an Expiry Date? A Critical Reappraisal of Informed Consent as a Process, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2011;20:85-92.
Helgesson G, Eriksson S, The moral primacy of the human being: A reply to Parker, Journal of Medical Ethics, 2011;37:56-57.
Höglund AT, Eriksson S, Helgesson G, The role of guidelines in ethical competence-building: Perceptions among research nurses and physicians, Clinical Ethics, 2010;5:95-102.
Johnsson L, Helgesson G, Rafna, T, Halldorsdottir I, Chia KS, Eriksson S, and Hansson MG, Hypothetical and factual willingness to participate in biobank research, European Journal of Human Genetics, 2010;18:1261-1264.
Eriksson S, On the need for improved protections of incapacitated and non-benefiting research subjects, Bioethics, Online pre-publication 25 Feb 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01804.x
Svalastog AL, Eriksson S, You can use my name: You don´t have to steal my story - A critique of anonymity in indigenous studies, Developing World Bioethics 2010;10(2):104-110.
Forsberg JS, Eriksson S, Hansson MG, Changing defaults in biobank research could save lives too, European Journal of Epidemiology, 2010;25(2):65-8.
Höglund AT, Helgesson G, Eriksson S, Ethical dilemmas and ethical competence in the daily work of research nurses, Health Care Analysis, 2010;18:239-251.
Kuhlau F, Höglund AT, Evers K, Eriksson S, A precautionary principle for dual use research in the life sciences, Bioethics, 2011;25:1-8.
Stjernschantz Forsberg J, Hansson MG, Eriksson S, Changing perspectives in biobank research – from individual rights to concerns about public health regarding the return of results, European Journal of Human Genetics, 2009:17:1544-1549.
Kuhlau F, Eriksson S, Evers K, Höglund AT, Taking Due Care: Moral obligations in dual use research, Bioethics, 2008:22(9):477-487.
Johnsson L, Hansson MG, Eriksson S, Helgesson G, Opt-out from biobanks better respects patients’ autonomy. BMJ, 2008;337(a1580).
Johnsson L, Hansson MG, Eriksson S, Helgesson G, Patients' refusal to consent to storage and use of samples in Swedish biobanks: cross sectional study, BMJ, 2008;337(a345):224-26.
Helgesson G, Eriksson S, Swartling U, Limited Relevance of the Right Not to Know—Reflections on a Screening Study, Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance, 2007;14(3):197-209.
Eriksson S, Höglund AT, Helgesson G, Do Ethical Guidelines give Guidance? A Critical Examination of Eight Ethics Regulations, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2008;17:15-29.
Eriksson S, Helgesson G, Höglund AT, Being, Doing, and Knowing: Developing Ethical Competence in Health Care, Journal of Academic Ethics, 2007;5:207-216.
Helgesson G, Eriksson S, Against the principle that the individual shall have priority over science, Journal of Medical Ethics 2008;34:54-56.
Swartling U, Eriksson S, Ludvigsson J, Helgesson G, Concern, pressure and lack of knowledge affect choice of not wanting to know high-risk status, European Journal of Human Genetics, 2007;15:556-562.
Eriksson S, Helgesson G, and Segerdahl P, Provide Expertise or Facilitate Ethical Reflection? On the Proper Role for Bioethics, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2006;9:389-392.
Eriksson S, Helgesson G, Keep people informed or leave them alone? A suggested tool for identifying research participants who rightly want only limited information, Journal of Medical Ethics, 2005;31:674-678.
Eriksson S, Helgesson G, Potential harms, anonymization, and the right to withdraw consent to biobank research, European Journal of Human Genetics, 2005;13:1071–1076.
Eriksson S, Should results from genetic research be returned to research subjects and their biological relatives, TRAMES – A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences,2004;8(1-2):46–62.
Eriksson S, Måtta med förnyat samtycke när prov används för nytt ändamål, Läkartidningen, 2003;100(49):4106–4109.
Eriksson S, When Character is More Important than Intelligence, review, Elliott C (ed), Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics, The American Journal of Bioethics, 2003;3(1):65–67.
Eriksson S, Mapping the Debate on Informed Consent, in: Hanson MG & Levin M (eds.), Biobanks as Resources for Health, Research Program Ethics in Biomedicine, Uppsala 2003, p 165 –196.
Appelros E, Eriksson S, Stenqvist C (eds): Makt och religion i könsskilda världar. Religio 57. – Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap: Lund 2003.
Eriksson S, Andersson L, Autonomi och religion — Jehovas vittnen och blodtransfusioner, Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 2001;5:436–448. Also published electronically at the Vårdal Institute thematic room for ethics Tematiska rum [2006-01-30]
Eriksson S, Ett mönster i livets väv: Tro och religion i ljuset av Wittgensteins filosofi, Nya Doxa: Nora 1998.
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