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The multidisciplinary research field Welfare Law is defined relative to the concept of “welfare” and jurisdiction. The field of study provides an analysis of inter-legality.

The Centre for Applied Ethics is a part of Linköping University. Here researchers, teachers and students meet to work together on ethical issues.

Medical screening is an expanding part of healthcare, and more and more diseases can be screened for. Because of this, we need to understand what screening means and does – and screening does more than just find disease.

In 2012 the world’s first systematic attempts of uterus transplantation were conducted at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. This unique project explored the sociocultural dimensions of the attempts by studying involved actors’ perspectives.

The past year prevalence of elder abuse among community dwelling older adults have been reported to be about 10-15% in both Swedish and international studies.

The Philosophy and Applied Ethics research environment provides an institutional framework for research in philosophy at Linköping University.

How can we intervene in continually evolving AI infrastructures to exploit their usefulness while preventing them from exploiting people?

If a medical age assessment is not conclusive, it’s better to say yes than no. That’s the advice from two LiU researchers who conducted an ethical analysis of several cases of medical age assessment.

An interdisciplinary joint doctoral programme with a solid basis in humanities and social sciences.

The research network aims to initiate interdisciplinary collaboration to develop notions around what digital sovereignty could mean and how it could be used to ensure the digital rights for people living in smart cities.