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Klemens Kappel is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. Holding credentials including MA in Philosophy, PhD in Philosophy, and MD, he maintains an active research and teaching profile with extensive publication output (104 research items) and professional engagement (181 activities). His institutional presence is centered at Karen Blixens Plads 8 in Copenhagen, with professional activities documented through 2023.
Professor Kappel's research centers on social epistemology, examining how knowledge, justified belief, and evidence depend on social contexts. His work investigates knowledge production in social settings, the epistemic value of diversity, group knowledge attribution, rational responses to disagreement, and consensus dynamics. His research intersects significantly with political philosophy regarding science's role in democracy, legitimate decision-making amid factual disagreements, religious and scientific reasoning in public discourse, and freedom of speech justification. Additional interests include bioethics, epistemological questions about reliabilism, epistemic consequentialism, and meta-epistemology.
His recent publications (2016-2023) demonstrate consistent focus on the relationship between knowledge practices and democratic governance. Articles analyze scientific expertise in public reason, justification structures in disagreement, ethical dimensions of controversy, and consent models in medical contexts. The body of work shows interdisciplinary engagement spanning philosophy, political science, bioethics, and science policy, with increasing attention to practical applications in democratic deliberation and science communication.
Kappel directs the Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) and heads the Convergent Ethics and Ethics of Controversy (CEEC) research project. His teaching concentrates on epistemology, social epistemology, political philosophy, and bioethics, with extensive supervision experience for BA and MA theses in contemporary anglophone philosophy. Professional activities include significant committee memberships such as the Danish Council for Independent Research (2021-2024), the Danish Committee on Research Misconduct (2021-2024), and the Danish Health Authority (2022-2025), demonstrating institutional engagement beyond his university appointment.
His public engagement is substantial with 10 documented media appearances between 2008-2011 across major Danish outlets including DR, TV2, and radio programs. This outreach focuses on democratic discourse, medical skepticism, and the role of controversy in knowledge production, reflecting his commitment to translating academic research into public understanding.
