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This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards dev... more This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards developing a grant proposal to meet the criteria of an appropriate EU framework call in the area of health policy and governance. The core idea is an interest in the use of expertise, standards and technologies on the one hand and on the other hand variations in adherence of patients to prescribed treatment - typically across a number of different lifestyle-related diseases or ailments, in comparison between a number of European countries. The focus would, more specifically, be on two aspects: evidence-basing of relevant treatments and patient adherence to expert recommendations for preventive purposes in the cases of the disease categories selected. At this point the selection of disease categories to focus on in the workshop and the grant proposal is left open; the following are only named as examples: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, high choleste...

Förord till nätpublikationen "Röster från Humanisten 2010"

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2020

Sociologisk Forskning, 2009

Institutionen för idéhistoria och vetenskapsteori, Göteborgs universitet Medical research with ju... more Institutionen för idéhistoria och vetenskapsteori, Göteborgs universitet Medical research with jurisdictional consequences: interpretative flexibility in the controversy over MMR vaccination and autism Based on the empirical case of the controversy of MMR vaccination and autism around the turn of the millennium, this paper argues for the analytical importance of the concept of "interpretative flexibility". As shown, this concept is useful not only for the small subfield of sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) but also for the broader social sciences. First we analyse, by reference to interpretative flexibility, the initial dispute within medical research concerning evidence for and against a possible link between the measles component of the MMR vaccine and autism. In a second step we move beyond this traditional application of the concept, showing how the interpretative flexibility of the research results remains in society although consensus has been reached in the medical community. This further step is exemplified by two legal events, in Sweden and the US respectively. In both these cases the difficulties in providing uncontested evidence affected institutions and practices at great distance and with different outcomes. Our findings suggest the importance of not only applying the concept of interpretative flexibility to classical scientific laboratory disputes, but also connecting it to its societal manifestations .

The chapter explores different meanings of theory within the field of study called theory of scie... more The chapter explores different meanings of theory within the field of study called theory of science. It is written as one of the answers to the basic question how theory is conceptualised and understood in the social and cultural sciences.

Sociologisk Forskning, 2016

Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 2019

This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happi... more This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happiness Studies”. This article focuses on how research on happiness has become a quickly growing and successful field within western societies and what it says about both the social sciences and contemporary social order. The concept of co-production, as defined by Sheila Jasanoff, is used to show how science and society interact and influence each other. Hence, we show how happiness has become a significant topic for empirical studies and the way interdisciplinary research is intertwined with what is perceived as both challenging and worth striving for in society and culture.

Philosophical Books, 1981

Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science. Harvester Press, I 980. xxvi + 271 ... more Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science. Harvester Press, I 980. xxvi + 271 pp. % 20.

… serie 1 208, 2011

This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards dev... more This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards developing a grant proposal to meet the criteria of an appropriate EU framework call in the area of health policy and governance. The core idea is an interest in the use of expertise, ...

Glänta, 2008

SwePub titelinformation: Forskningsrön och epidemisk rädsla.

Sociologisk Forskning, 2020

Sociologisk Forskning, 2009

SwePub titelinformation: Forskning med juridiska förvecklingar: om tolkningsflexibilitet i kontro... more SwePub titelinformation: Forskning med juridiska förvecklingar: om tolkningsflexibilitet i kontroversen om mässlingsvaccination och autism.

Antibiotika Boten Och Hoten, 2014

Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2006

Scientific research is generally considered the ideal basis both for well-informed political deci... more Scientific research is generally considered the ideal basis both for well-informed political decisions and a safe and strait practical health-care. In this article, however, a different approach originating from Science and Technology Studies is used to demonstrate how an idealised view of ...

Konferenspapper Till Workshopen Vetenskapskommunikation Som Samproduktionen Av Vetenskap Och Dess Publiker 8 Februari 2008 Nobelmuseet Stockholm, 2008

Det som ofta kallas ”den linjära spridningsmodellen” har under senare år övergivits och ersatts a... more Det som ofta kallas ”den linjära spridningsmodellen” har under senare år övergivits och ersatts av alternativa modeller för hur kommunikationen mellan vetenskap och allmänhet går till. Ett begrepp som ofta förekommer i de nya sätten att förstå denna kommunikation är ...

Konferensbidrag Vid Kardiologforeningens Arsmote 2010 04 23, 2010

SwePub titelinformation: Humanistiskt perspektiv på avancerad hjärtsjukvård för äldre.

This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards dev... more This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards developing a grant proposal to meet the criteria of an appropriate EU framework call in the area of health policy and governance. The core idea is an interest in the use of expertise, standards and technologies on the one hand and on the other hand variations in adherence of patients to prescribed treatment - typically across a number of different lifestyle-related diseases or ailments, in comparison between a number of European countries. The focus would, more specifically, be on two aspects: evidence-basing of relevant treatments and patient adherence to expert recommendations for preventive purposes in the cases of the disease categories selected. At this point the selection of disease categories to focus on in the workshop and the grant proposal is left open; the following are only named as examples: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, high choleste...

Förord till nätpublikationen "Röster från Humanisten 2010"

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2020

Sociologisk Forskning, 2009

Institutionen för idéhistoria och vetenskapsteori, Göteborgs universitet Medical research with ju... more Institutionen för idéhistoria och vetenskapsteori, Göteborgs universitet Medical research with jurisdictional consequences: interpretative flexibility in the controversy over MMR vaccination and autism Based on the empirical case of the controversy of MMR vaccination and autism around the turn of the millennium, this paper argues for the analytical importance of the concept of "interpretative flexibility". As shown, this concept is useful not only for the small subfield of sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) but also for the broader social sciences. First we analyse, by reference to interpretative flexibility, the initial dispute within medical research concerning evidence for and against a possible link between the measles component of the MMR vaccine and autism. In a second step we move beyond this traditional application of the concept, showing how the interpretative flexibility of the research results remains in society although consensus has been reached in the medical community. This further step is exemplified by two legal events, in Sweden and the US respectively. In both these cases the difficulties in providing uncontested evidence affected institutions and practices at great distance and with different outcomes. Our findings suggest the importance of not only applying the concept of interpretative flexibility to classical scientific laboratory disputes, but also connecting it to its societal manifestations .

The chapter explores different meanings of theory within the field of study called theory of scie... more The chapter explores different meanings of theory within the field of study called theory of science. It is written as one of the answers to the basic question how theory is conceptualised and understood in the social and cultural sciences.

Sociologisk Forskning, 2016

Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 2019

This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happi... more This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happiness Studies”. This article focuses on how research on happiness has become a quickly growing and successful field within western societies and what it says about both the social sciences and contemporary social order. The concept of co-production, as defined by Sheila Jasanoff, is used to show how science and society interact and influence each other. Hence, we show how happiness has become a significant topic for empirical studies and the way interdisciplinary research is intertwined with what is perceived as both challenging and worth striving for in society and culture.

Philosophical Books, 1981

Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science. Harvester Press, I 980. xxvi + 271 ... more Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science. Harvester Press, I 980. xxvi + 271 pp. % 20.

… serie 1 208, 2011

This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards dev... more This is the working title of a workshop planned to take place in April 2012 as a step towards developing a grant proposal to meet the criteria of an appropriate EU framework call in the area of health policy and governance. The core idea is an interest in the use of expertise, ...

Glänta, 2008

SwePub titelinformation: Forskningsrön och epidemisk rädsla.

Sociologisk Forskning, 2020

Sociologisk Forskning, 2009

SwePub titelinformation: Forskning med juridiska förvecklingar: om tolkningsflexibilitet i kontro... more SwePub titelinformation: Forskning med juridiska förvecklingar: om tolkningsflexibilitet i kontroversen om mässlingsvaccination och autism.

Antibiotika Boten Och Hoten, 2014

Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2006

Scientific research is generally considered the ideal basis both for well-informed political deci... more Scientific research is generally considered the ideal basis both for well-informed political decisions and a safe and strait practical health-care. In this article, however, a different approach originating from Science and Technology Studies is used to demonstrate how an idealised view of ...

Konferenspapper Till Workshopen Vetenskapskommunikation Som Samproduktionen Av Vetenskap Och Dess Publiker 8 Februari 2008 Nobelmuseet Stockholm, 2008

Det som ofta kallas ”den linjära spridningsmodellen” har under senare år övergivits och ersatts a... more Det som ofta kallas ”den linjära spridningsmodellen” har under senare år övergivits och ersatts av alternativa modeller för hur kommunikationen mellan vetenskap och allmänhet går till. Ett begrepp som ofta förekommer i de nya sätten att förstå denna kommunikation är ...

Konferensbidrag Vid Kardiologforeningens Arsmote 2010 04 23, 2010

SwePub titelinformation: Humanistiskt perspektiv på avancerad hjärtsjukvård för äldre.