Eivind Engebretsen
Professor
Department of Health Sciences
University of Oslo
Norway
Biography
Engebretsen is MPhil (intellectual history) (2001), PhD (2006) and a full professor (2012) of interdisciplinary health science (with emphasis on the philosophy of science). He is currently appointed (Oct. 2015) Research Director at the Faculty of Medicine with the academic responsibility for the first medical postdoctoral training programme in Norway. His current research is mainly concerned with the discourse of ‘knowledge translation’ in medicine, its different genealogies and how it might be expanded by drawing on theories of translation from linguistics, philosophy and anthropology.
Research Interest
The social epistemology of medical knowledge / knowing 'Translation' in medicine The concept of sustainability and the implementation of the SDGs in health care The role of texts and interpretation in evidence-based decision making Medical education and research training
