Faglige interesser
Digital etikk. Digital dømmekraft. Etisk forsvarlig digitalisering. Profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse. E-helse. Religion, etikk og livssyn. Digital sikkerhet i et digitaletisk perspektiv og etisk risikovurdering av kunstig intelligens i praksis. Etiske retningslinjer og rammeverk. Tverrfaglig samarbeid.
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Undervisning og veiledning
Underviser i digital etikk, digital dømmekraft, etikk, religion og livssyn, på bachelor-, master-, etter- og videreutdanning, og ph.d.-nivå, inkludert MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) ved Høgskolen i Østfold.
Gjesteforeleser i digital etikk ved en rekke institusjoner, inkludert Universitetet i Oslo, Universitetet i Bergen, Universitetet i Agder, Forsvarets Høyskole, MF vitenskapelige høgskole og Universitetet i Innlandet.
Veileder på alle nivåer.
Hovedveileder for ph.d.-kandidatene Natalia Murashova og Per S. Petersen.
Eksternfinansierte forskningsprosjekter
- Time to Care: AI-Supported Nursing Documentation for Norwegian Municipalities. (Grimstad Municipality). / Artificial Intelligence in healthcare / project partner / Research Council of Norway. 2026-2028.
- AI-Driven Assessment in Education: Shaping Policies for Responsible and Ethical Implementation (ASSAI). (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja) / AI and education / Ethics board / ERASMUS + Forward. 2026-2029.
- Serviceroboter som Arbeidsstøtte i Kommunale helse- og Omsorgstjenester (SAKO) (University of Agder)/ Robots in healthcare / project partner / The Research Council of Norway. 2025-2029.
- ROBOts as Welfare Technologies and Actors for ELderLy Care: A Nordic Model for Integration of Advanced Assistive Technologies (ROBOWELL) (University of Oslo) / Robots in healthcare / advisory board / NORDFORSK. 2025-2029.
- BloomingAI. Developing an AI-powered Open-Source Learning Platform based on Bloom's taxonomy (University of Agder) / AI and education / Ethics and AI Governance board / Erasmus+ Key Action 2. 2025-2028.
- Veien til kunstig intelligens i klinisk nevrofysiologi (VIKING) (Hjernerådet and Oslo University Hospital) / AI in nevrophysiology / project partner / Dam Stiftelsen. 2024-2025.
- Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Cloud (NAIC) (University of Oslo) / Digital infrastructure / project partner / The Research Council of Norway. 2023-2029.
- A pragmatic trial on a patient centered sustainable e-Health programme with tailored solutions (eCardiacRehab) (Helse Bergen) / Digital rehabilitation and cardiovascular health care / project partner / The Research Council of Norway. 2023-2028.
- Ethical Risk Assessment of Artificial Intelligence in Practice (ENACT) (SINTEF) / AI ethics / project partner / The Research Council of Norway. 2023-2027.
- Digital Citizenship and Digital Judgement in Early Childhood Education (Østfold University College) / project manager / The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. 2023-2025.
- Ethical Aspects of Digital Competence in the Norwegian Defence Sector (PRIO) / AI ethics in the defence sesctor / project partner / The Department of Defence, Norway. 2021-2023.
- Orchestrating Internet of Things and Machine Learning for Early Risk Detection to Ensure Inpatients Safety (StaySafe) (Hospital of Southern Norway) / AI ethics and sensor technology / advisory board / The Research Council of Norway. 2020-2024.
- Ethical perspectives on Digital Threats (NTNU) / AI ethics in the defence sector / project partner / The Department of Defence, Norway. 2020-2021.
- Kirkerommenes pedagogikk (University of Oslo) / pedagogy, aesthetics and religion / project partner / Kirkerådet. 2017-2024.
- Sensoriness and Transcendence. The Holy and the Sublime in a religious-aesthetic perspective (University of Oslo) / aesthetics and religion / project partner / The Research Council of Norway. 2007-2011.
Formidling og samfunnsengasjement
- Vinner av prisen for Europas beste læreverk 2026 (sølv, ekstern lenke til begrunnelsen) for Vgs-læreverket Dimensjoner. Religion og etikk, av Jon Olav Sørhaug, Leonora Onarheim Bergsjø, Einar Duenger Bøhn, Ingrid Holm Roan og Inger-Lill Husøy. Gyldendal, 2026.
- Vinner av Formidlingsprisen til Høgskolen i Østfold 2025.
- Winner of the NORA (Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium) Annual Award 2024 for Diversity in AI, “To recognize an individual affiliated with a Norwegian institution who has been active and in the forefront of shedding light on gender issues in the field of AI, or other types of discrimination such as age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc.”.
- Invited speaker/advisor; different Norwegian Ministries and Directorates, including the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Culture and Equality, the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency, the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, and the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
- Invited keynote speaker, lecturer, panellist and panel moderator at major scientific and public conferences, datathons and to public events such as Litteraturhuset i Oslo, and “Arendalsuka”.
- Invited to contribute to workshops and events related to digital ethics and AI by stakeholders and governmental bodies, such as the Norwegian Board of Technology, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the Norwegian Data Authorities and the Norwegian Business and Industry Security Council.
- Regular appearances on national TV and radio, including NRK/Nyheter, TV2 and NRK/Abels tårn.
- Interviews in national newspapers, magazines and online news channels, including nrk.no.
- Regularly invited as expert to different podcasts, and one of the hosts of the Norwegian Council for Digital Ethics own podcast series on digital ethics, NORDE-podden.
- Regular written and published newspaper articles on ethics and technology in national printed newspapers and online.
- Textbook author and contributor:
- Dimensjoner. læreverk i religion og etikk for Vg3 (Gyldendal, 2026)
- Barn og unges digitale dømmekraft (Universitetsforlaget, 2020, 2. utg. 2025)
- Digital etikk. Big data, algoritmer og kunstig intelligens (Universitetsforlaget, 2. utg. 2026)
Bakgrunn
- Ph.d. fra Universitetet i Oslo.
- Bred erfaring innenfor forskningsadministrasjon, blant annet som administrativ leder (2016-2020) for den tverrfaglige forskerskolen Authoritative Texts and Their Reception (ATTR), et samarbeid mellom Universitetet i Oslo, Universitetet i Bergen, UiT - Norges arktiske universitet, NTNU og MF - vitenskapelig høgskole for teologi, religion og samfunn, Forskerskolen er finansiert av Norges forskningsråd.
- Lang erfaring som kursholder, blant annet på Forskningslederprogrammene (Starting level og Consolidating level) ved Universitetet i Oslo (2019-2020).
Verv
- Co-director of Østfold AI Hub
- Ethics advosor at LEAD AI, the University of Bergen's career and mobility fellowship program for training postdoctoral fellows in artificial intelligence.
- Leder for NORDE Norsk råd for digital etikk.
- Deltar i programkomitteer, f.eks. NORA Annual Conference Programme Committee og Nordic AI Meed Programme Committee.
- Engasjert i forskningspolitiske spørsmål og har hatt mange verv, blant annet i Tilsettingsutvalget, TF, UiO (vara 2019-2020), Det sentrale tilsettingsrådet for vitenskapelig stillinger uten fakultetstilknytning ved UiO, (ansattrepresentant 2009-2015), Lokallagsstyret i Forskerforbundet ved UiO (styremedlem 2011-2012), verneombud (fakultetsverneombud TF, 2010-2011), UiODoc, Interesseforening for stipendiater ved UiO (leder 2009-2012), Komite for utarbeiding av Handslingsplan for likestilling ved TF (medlem 2009), Fakultetsstyret ved TF (styremedlem, vara våren 2008 og i 2019-2020, fast representant fra høsten 2008 samt hele 2009).
Samarbeid
Utstrakt samarbeid med tverrfaglige og tverrsektorielle nettverk og etiske råd.