Matthias Kaiser#
| Membership Number: | 5758 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Carl.Walter.Matthias.Kaiser |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3647-1563 |
| Twitter: | @MatthiasKaise14 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 – present: Senior Researcher at NORSUS: Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research, Fredrikstad.
- 2020 – *2026 Professor II (10%) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Philosophy Dept., Trondheim
- 2021 – present Professor emeritus at SVT, University of Bergen
- 2021 – present sole Consultant of “Kaiser Research, Philosophy and Ethics”, org.nr.: 828181572, Norway
- 2019 - Full Professor (100%) at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities at the University of Bergen, Bergen
- 2011 - 2019 Director of the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities at the University of Bergen, Bergen
- 1991 - 2011 Director of The National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT), Oslo
- 2008 - 2011 Senior Researcher (part time; 20%) Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities at UiB, Bergen
- 2000 - 2006 Professor II (adjunct professor; 20%) for philosophy of science at the doctoral education program at The Oslo School of Architecture
- 1999 - 2000 Acting Director for newly founded Norwegian Board of Technology, Oslo
- 1990 - 1991 post-doctoral position at the Centre for Medical Ethics (SME), and the Centre for Technology and Culture, (TMV), Oslo
- 1987 - 1990 assistant professor at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Oslo
- 1985 - 1988 alternating scientific manager of Seminar of the Study of the Sciences, University of Oslo
- 1984 - 1986 Teaching assistant at Dept. of Philosophy, University of Oslo
Fields of Scholarship
- History of science
- Social studies of science and technology
- Areas of competence
- History of philosophy
- Ethics
- Technology assessment
- Philosophy of science
- Logic
- Ethics of science
- Food ethics
- Trans- and inter-disciplinary studies
- Areas of expertise
Honours and Awards
- Elected Fellow of the International Science Council; Dec 2023
- 2019 Elected Lifetime Honorary Member of European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics
- 2019 International Affiliate at the Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- 2016 Elected member of the Humanistic Class of the oldest scientific academy in Norway: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters)
- 2015 - 2018 Scientific Fellow at the European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment, Ahrweiler, D.
- 1997 - 1998 Guest Fellow at University of Guanajuato, Mexico
- 1994 Visiting Fellow at: 1. School of Science and Technology Studies, The University of New South Wales, Kensington (Sydney), NSW 2033, (ref.#: 9400468) and 2. School of Traditional and Modern Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006
