Gert Helgesson

Gert Helgesson is a Professor of Medical Ethics at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, since 2015. He previously held an associate professorship (docent) at KI from 2008. His academic background includes a PhD in ethics from Uppsala University (2002), focusing on value assumptions in microeconomics. His research spans clinical and research ethics, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration. Key interests include authorship issues, patient-centered care, ethical dilemmas in psychiatry, and the ethics of compulsory care for patients with borderline personality disorder. He leads the Medical Ethics group at the Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics (CHE), addressing topics like healthcare prioritization, patient rights, and research integrity.

Education: PhD in Practical Philosophy (Ethics), Uppsala University (2002); Docent in Medical Ethics, Karolinska Institutet (2008).

Research Interests: Medical ethics (clinical and research), authorship ethics, palliative care ethics, compulsory treatment ethics, and interdisciplinary ethics. Current projects include studying the 'best interest of the child' in social care decisions and analyzing non-standard plagiarism cases.

Teaching: Research ethics for master’s and doctoral students, physician training in clinical ethics, and ethics for doctoral supervisors.

Grants: Includes a Swedish Research Council grant (2024–2026) on child welfare decisions and a VINNOVA grant (2014–2018) on person-centered care in psychiatry and pediatrics.

Labs/Teams: Co-founder of the Stockholm Centre for Healthcare Ethics (CHE), collaborating with KTH and Stockholm University. His group includes researchers like Niklas Juth, Manne Sjöstrand, and Antoinette Lundahl.