Preben Sørheim

Preben Sørheim is a Norwegian postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo. His work bridges medical ethics, moral philosophy, and public policy, with a focus on population health ethics and the philosophical foundations of welfare systems.

• Current role: Researcher at University of Oslo
• PhD in Philosophy from University of Bergen
• Former teaching roles in medical ethics and moral philosophy

Research Interests:
• Population-level bioethics: Critically analyzing health metrics like DALYs and their ethical implications.
• Distributive justice: Exploring fairness in healthcare resource allocation and tax policy frameworks.
• Philosophy of mortality: Debating death as a harm and its implications for public health prioritization.
• Welfare state foundations: Connecting moral philosophy to Scandinavian social policy models.

Publication Trends:
His recent work examines normative assumptions in health analysis (2024), critiques of health metrics (2020), and historical debates on mortality ethics (2016). Collaborative projects frequently intersect with epidemiology and policy evaluation.

Projects & Affiliations:
Lead researcher in the Ethics and Mortality Measures (ETHME) project, contributing to debates on health measurement frameworks. Active in interdisciplinary research groups focused on clinical ethics and priority setting in healthcare.