Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. (Jessica)
Research profile
Jessica received her PhD in Philosophy at the Division of Philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 2008. She conducts research into different notions of moral responsibility and is especially interested in responsibility as a virtue. Her current postdoc project, “Conceptual and moral analysis of responsibility”, is one part of the project called “Moral responsibility in R&D networks”, which is funded by NWO and led by Ibo van de Poel. This project studies the so called “problem of many hands” in R&D networks. From January 2012 Jessica will be the postdoc researcher in Sabine Roeser’s VIDI-project called “Moral emotions and risk politics”.
3TU.Ethics Projects
Moral Emotions and Risk Politics
Moral responsibility in R&D networks
Scientific publications (selection)
Nihlén Fahlquist and Grill, K. "Risker, ansvar och rattfylleri" (Risks, responsibility and drunk driving). Socialmedicinsk tidskrift In Swedish.
Nihlén Fahlquist J. and I. van de Poel “Technology and Parental Responsibility – The Case of the V-chip”. Science and Engineering Ethics, online first, DOI 10.1007/s11948-010-9222-6.
Fahlquist, J., and I. van de Poel. forthcoming. Technology and Parental Responsibility: The Case of the V-Chip. Science and Engineering Ethics available online
van de Poel, Ibo, Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Neelke Doorn, Sjoerd Zwart, and Lambèr Royakkers. forthcoming. The Problem of Many Hands: Climate Change as an Example. Science and Engineering Ethicsavailable online
Kalle Grill and Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist. forthcoming. Responsibility, Paternalism and Alcohol Interlocks. In Health Promotion and Ethics.
Nihlen Fahlquist, J. and Roeser, S. 2011 Ethical Problems with Information on Infant Feeding in Developed Countries Public Health Ethics 4(2). DOI: 10.1093/phe/phr019.available online
Kaliarnta S, Nihlén-Fahlquist J, Roeser S. 2011 HEC Forum. Emotions and Ethical Considerations of Women Undergoing IVF-Treatments, published online Aug 6. DOI: 10.1007/s10730-011-9159-4available online
Doorn, N. and J.A. Nihlén Fahlquist. 2010. "Responsibility in Engineering: Towards a New Role for Engineering Ethicists" Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 30/3: 222-230.available online
Fahlquist, Jessica Nihlén. 2009. Saving Lives in Road Traffic – Ethical Aspects. Journal of Public Health.available online
Nihlén Fahlquist, J.A. 2008. Moral Responsibility for Environmental Problems - Individual or Institutional? Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. 2007. Moral Responsibility and the Ethics of Traffic Safety, Doctoral thesis, Royal Institute of Technology.
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. 2006. Responsibility Ascriptions and Public Health Problems. Who is Responsible for Obesity and Lung Cancer? Journal of Public Health 14 (1).
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. 2006. Responsibility Ascriptions and Vision Zero. Accident Analysis and Prevention 38:1113-1118.available online
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. 2005. Moral Responsibility in Traffic Safety and Public Health, Licentiate thesis, Royal Institute of Technology.
Professional/Popular publications (selection)
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A., Sven Ove Hansson, and Karin Edvardsson. 2005. Vad är ansvar?. In Filosofins nya möten: Gidlunds förlag available online
Teaching
Jessica has been responsible for a course in the Philosophy of Risk in 2009 and 2010. She developed and was responsible for a course in Political Philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 2004-2006. She has also been involved in courses in ethics and technology and the philosophy of science. Jessica currently assists in the supervision of PhD student Neelke Doorn.
