Strikwerda, Litska
Research profile
Litska studied law at Utrecht University, where she received both her Bachelor’s (2005) and her Master’s degree (2006), specializing in criminal law. She completed a minor in human rights law at Lund University (Sweden) in 2004. She also studied applied ethics. She received her Master’s degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) and Linköping University (Sweden) in 2007.
Litska is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Twente. In her PhD project she aims to investigate what moral problems arise when penal provisions are applied to virtual environments.
Scientific publications (selection)
Strikwerda, Litska. 2012. "Theft of virtual items in online multiplayer computer games: an ontological and moral analysis" Ethics and Information Technology DOI 10.1007/s10676-011-9285-3
Strikwerda, Litska. 2011. "Virtual child pornography: why images do harm from a moral perspective". In: C. Ess and M. Thorseth (eds.) Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives . New York: Peter Lang Publishers Inc.: 139-161.
Strikwerda, Litska. 2010. "Information privacy, the right to receive information and (mobile) ICTs" Etikk i praksis. Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 2/4: 27-41.
Strikwerda, Litska. 2008. "Wie kan verantwoordelijkheid dragen voor de dood van Savanna?" Delikt en Delinkwent 3: 291-313.
Teaching
Litska taught criminal law at Utrecht University (2007-2010).
