Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A. (Jessica)
Research profile
Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist is a postdoctoral researcher in Sabine Roeser’s VIDI-project called “Moral emotions and risk politics”. In this project, she conducts research into ethics and risk communication, particularly how moral emotions can and should be included in risk communication. Generally, her research focuses on issues related to technology, risk, and ethics with a particular interest in notions of moral responsibility. In addition to ethics and technology, she has published articles in the areas of public health ethics and environmental ethics.
She received her PhD in Philosophy at the Division of Philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 2008. During the years 2007 to 2011 she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Ibo van de Poel’s project “Moral responsibility in R&D networks”,. This project studied the so called “problem of many hands” in R&D networks. From the end of May to mid-August 2012, she is a visiting scholar at Yale University
3TU.Ethics Projects
Moral Emotions and Risk Politics
Moral responsibility in R&D networks
Scientific publications (selection)
Nihlen Fahlquist and Grill, K. "Risker, ansvar och rattfylleri" (Risks, responsibility and drunk driving). Socialmedicinsk tidskrift In Swedish.
Nihlen 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
Kalle Grill and Jessica Nihln Fahlquist. forthcoming. Responsibility, Paternalism and Alcohol Interlocks. In Health Promotion and Ethics.
van de Poel, Ibo, Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist, Neelke Doorn, Sjoerd Zwart, and Lambèr Royakkers. 2012. The Problem of Many Hands: Climate Change as an Example. Science and Engineering Ethics 18: 49-67.available online
Van de Poel, Ibo and Jessica Nihlen-Fahlquist. (2012). Risk and responsibility. In Handbook of Risk Theory, S. Roeser, R. Hillerbrand, M. Peterson and P. Sandin. Dordrecht: Springer: 877-907.available online
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, Nihlen-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 Nihlen. 2009. Saving Lives in Road Traffic: Ethical Aspects. Journal of Public Health.available online
Nihlen 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)
Nihlén Fahlquist, J. 2011 ”Kränkande att gps-övervaka barn” (GPS-surveillance of Children – an Infringement of Privacy) Svenska Dagbladet Brännpunkt ,10 Nov 2011.
Nihlén Fahlquist, J. and Roeser, S. (2011) ”Viktigt diskutera amning” (Important to Discuss Breastfeeding) Läkartidningen 108:35, p. 1634.
Hermansson, H. and Nihlén Fahlquist, J. (2011) ”Mer etik åt ingenjörerna, tack!” (More ethics to the engineers, please!) Ny Teknik, 14 May 2011.
Nihlén Fahlquist, J. and Roeser, S. (2011) ”WHO:s amningsrekommendation oetisk i utvecklade länder” (WHO’s Breastfeeding Recommendations unethical in developed countries) Läkartidningen 108:32-33, p 1503 (selected one of top three opinion pieces in Läkartidningen 2011).
Nihlen Fahlquist, J.A., Sven Ove Hansson, and Karin Edvardsson. 2005. Vad r ansvar?. In Filosofins nya mten: Gidlunds frlag 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.
