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Sofia Morberg Jämterud

Assistant Professor, Head of Unit

My research is within ethics and I have specifically been working within feminist bioethics and medical humanities and methodologically I often engage with empirical ethics.

My research

My research is grounded in feminist bioethics. I develop ethical analyses across areas such as palliative care and neonatal care, often by combining qualitative methods with ethical analysis (empirical ethics). In recent years, my work has been shaped by interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate perspectives from the medical humanities, phenomenology, and intersectionality in analyses of issues arising at the intersection of lived experience, medical practices, and biomedical technologies.

Research

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Epistemology och post-Covid

The pandemic has impacted us all, but some more than others. For those who are suffering from post-Covid, the lingering impact is particularly tangible. Interdisciplinary research is needed to understand this new health challenge.
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New relationships after sperm donation – experiences of contact with donor sibling networks

DNA testing has enabled people connected through sperm donation to find each other in adulthood. This project explores these relationships from the perspectives of donor-conceived individuals, donors and family members.

The project page, on Umeå University's web
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Serious illness care program – Kronobergsmodellen

The project explores how structured conversations about serious illness can improve patient involvement and help ensure that care is guided by the needs, goals and preferences of patients and their families.

Project page on Center for Collaborative Palliative Care

Publications

2026

Sofia Morberg Jämterud, Anna Sandgren (2026) Unpacking ethical aspects in serious illness conversations Death Studies (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2026.2673345
Kristin Zeiler, Sofia Morberg Jämterud, F. León, Agnes Andersson, Ulrika Birberg Thornberg, Ida Blystad, Anestis Divanoglou, Anders Eklund, David Engblom, Richard Levi (2026) Affective dimensions of fatigue in post COVID-19 condition: An interdisciplinary investigation across phenomenology and biomedicine Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-026-10151-5
Sofia Morberg Jämterud, Anna Bredström (2026) Postcovid: En diagnos i ett epistemologiskt spänningsfält Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Vol. 102, p. 404-413 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.62607/smt.v102i4-5.58873

2025

Anna Bredström, Sofia Morberg Jämterud (2025) Post Covid‐19 Condition as a Diagnosis: Qualitative Study on Epistemological Tensions Among Experts in Sweden Health Expectations, Vol. 28, Article e70463 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.70463
Sofia Morberg Jämterud (2025) The Tension Between Enhancing Reproductive Autonomy and Carrier Responsibility: An Empirical Ethics Analysis of Preconception Expanded Carrier Screening Qualitative Health Research, Article 10497323251365474 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323251365474
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Anette Wickström, Sofia Morberg Jämterud, Kristin Zeiler (Editorship) (2022)
Screeningens mångsidighet: dess möjligheter och utmaningar

Teaching

Teaching

I teach primarily within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels in areas including philosophy of science, qualitative research methods, ethics in world religions, and medical ethics.

I am course coordinator for The Philosophy of Medicine in the Master's Programme in Ethics, Science and Policy.

At the doctoral level, I teach on the course Engaging with Normativity: Normative Embodiment and Normativity in Medical/Technological Knowledge Practices and Policy-Work.

Doctoral supervision

I serve as assistant supervisor for two PhD-students:

  • Petter Almqvist-Ingersoll studies how people develop individual and collective understandings of medical diagnoses and health through an empirical study of post-Covid.
  • Liucija Adomaite studies the horizons of chronic illness and the limits of language within the field of medical humanities.
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Ethics, Science, and Policy - Master's Programme, 120 credits

Learn how to evaluate and develop policies for some of the most pressing issues in society! You study and practice ethics and philosophy of science to influence and develop policy on education, healthcare, risk management, finance and research.
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Petter Almqvist-Ingersoll

PhD student

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Liucija Adomaite

PhD student

News

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13 October 2025

Valuable insights after meeting with Smer

Current medical-ethical issues were in focus when the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (Smer), celebrating its 40th anniversary, visited Linköping University (LiU).

Organisation

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P6: Body, Knowledge, Subjectivity

A research collective that explores social, cultural, and philosophical aspects of technology in practices. We are active in the fields of knowledge production and movement, feminist theory, and medical humanities.

Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics

We gather, strengthen, and develop research, teaching, and collaboration with the society around us, within the areas of medical humanities and bioethics.
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Technology and Social Change (TEMAT)

So much of our lives depend on technology. The development and use of technology creates possibilities as well as social, ethical and political dilemmas. That’s what we study at Tema T – Technology and Social Change.
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Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.