Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas in Social Science Interventions

Doris Lydahl, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, Sweden. She has published in international journals such as Sociology of Health and Illness and Qualitative Research. She has been awarded a number of research grants. Doris was awarded The Torgny T. Segerstedt prize for best article in Sociologisk Forskning in 2017. Her research focuses on when healthcare policy meets practice and on everyday life and routine work as important locations where politics, science and technology meet and enact their normativities.

Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen is a Professor of Health, Learning and Technology at The University of South-eastern Norway. He is a certified psychologist and specialist in work and organizational psychology. He has published extensively in international journals like Sociology of Health and Illness, Journal of Workplace Learningand Studies in Continuing Learning. He has edited several books and he was awarded several research grants. His research focuses on implications in healthcare of technological arrangements aiming to empower users, qualify professional work and streamline caring through involvement and standardization.