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Ástríður Stefánsdóttir (She/Her)

Professor Medical ethics Public health ethics Ethics and disability studies Research ethics
School of Education
Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies
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Saga -  S-505
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I completed my medical degree from the University of Iceland in 1987 and received my general medical license in 1989. In 1992, I completed a BA in philosophy from the same school and an MA in philosophy from Dalhousie University in Canada in 1993. In 2022, I completed a PhD in applied ethics from the University of Iceland. I worked as a doctor intermittently until 2008. After that, I have worked at the School of Education, first as an associate professor and later as a professor. Since I have a background in both medicine and philosophy, both my teaching and my research has mainly been focused on the intersection of these disciplines. My focus has been on ethical issues within medicine, for example, medicalization, surrogacy, stigmatization of fat people within the health system, and the ethics of screening, to name a few. I have also studied research ethics, especially ethical issues related to research both within medicine and in the social sciences. In recent years, I have also focused on ethical research within disability studies and participated in two large research projects. Firstly, a study of relational autonomy of people with intellectual disabilities and secondly, a study of the lives and stories of disabled people in the COVID pandemic.

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Education
  • 2022 Doktorspróf University of Iceland Applied Ethics
  • 1993 MA Dalhousie University Philosophy
  • 1992 BA University of Iceland Philosophy
  • 1987 Kandídatspróf University of Iceland Medicine
Courses 2025 - 2026