Sara Green

Sara Green is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, specializing in the Section for History and Philosophy of Science. Her work bridges philosophy, biology, and biomedical ethics, focusing on the epistemic and social implications of datafication in healthcare and the ethical challenges of precision medicine and consumer health technologies.

Green holds a PhD in Science Studies from Aarhus University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Philosophy of Science. She leads the PROMISE and COPE projects and contributes to EU-funded initiatives like DataSpace, TRANSCEND, and REDESIGN.

Research Themes:

• Philosophy of precision medicine and data-driven healthcare
• Ethics of patient-derived organoids and organ-on-chip technologies
• Epistemic standards in consumer medicine
• Interdisciplinary integration in systems biology

Article Trends: Recent publications explore organoid ethics, datafication in medicine, and philosophical frameworks for emerging health technologies. Key sub-fields include biobanking, cross-border data governance, and temporal dimensions of personalized medicine.

Scientific Recognition:

• DFF Research Project 1 (2020)
• Semper Ardens Accellerate Grant (2023)
• Silver Medal, Royal Danish Society of Science and Letters (2024)
• Werner Callebaut Prize (2015)
• EU SwafS-Horizon stipend (2020)

Teaching & Supervision: She teaches philosophy of science to students in biology, chemistry, and sports science, supervising projects on philosophy of biology and medicine and co-supervising science communication research.

Collaborative Networks: Green collaborates across Denmark, the EU, and the U.S., particularly on cross-border health data infrastructure and reduction of animal models through organoid technologies.