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Mette Ebbesen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainability and Planning at Aalborg University’s Technical Faculty of IT and Design. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary research through affiliations with Techno-Anthropology and Participation and the Danish Centre for Health Informatics.
Her research interests center on the ethical dimensions of technology in healthcare and sustainability, with a strong emphasis on equity, participation, and responsible innovation. Key areas include digital healthcare, biological therapies, engineered living materials, and the role of artificial intelligence in ethical decision-making in frontier research.
Recent publications highlight her engagement with pressing societal challenges, including justice in access to expensive medical treatments, ethical frameworks for emerging biotechnologies, and citizen perspectives in healthcare innovation. Her work often adopts a techno-anthropological lens, integrating social science methods with technological critique.
Notable recent works analyze the ethics of engineered living materials, AI-aided ethical reasoning, and equity in Denmark's digital healthcare transformation. These reflect a consistent trajectory toward shaping responsible innovation in health and technology.
She has contributed to significant research projects such as PreCare - et teknoantropologisk perspektiv, where she served as a Principal Investigator, demonstrating leadership in collaborative, interdisciplinary inquiry. While no formal list of advisees or awards is provided, her publication record and project involvement indicate an active research trajectory with societal impact.
Her research is supported by institutional frameworks at Aalborg University, particularly within participatory and anthropological approaches to technology design and implementation in public health contexts.
