Hege Cathrine Finholt
Associate Professor/Senior Adviser
- Philosophy and Ethics
- Hege.C.Finholt@mf.no
- Office: 366
- Phone number: 22590632
Professional competence areas:
- Applied Ethics
- Philosophy of law
- Feminism
- Political Philosophy
Hege Cath Finholt holds a PhD in philosophy from Boston University (2011). Her dissertation was entitled "The Sovereign Nation-State - A Reconsideration in light of European Integration", and it was supervised by professor of Law and Philosophy Hugh Baxter and professor of International Relations Vivien Schmidt. Finholt's main areas of interest are political philosophy, applied ethics, philosophy of law and feminism.
Finholt have previously taught at Boston University, Boston College, University of Massachusetts, University of Toronto, Lillehammer University College, and the University of Oslo. At MF she teaches at both the undergraduate level and the master level in topics on feminism, social sciences, and philosophy.
Selected publications
- Finholt, H. C. (2020). Opplevelsen av mening i et stengt samfunn, Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie, ISSN: 2703-7053
- Finholt, H. C. & Vangen, S. (2016). Er kjønn likt fordelt i medisinsk kunnskap?, Dagens medisin, ISSN: 1501-4290
- Finholt, H. C. (2015). Hijab-forbud i skolen kan virke mot sin hensikt, Avisa Vårt land
- Finholt, H. C. (2012). The Sovereign Nation-State: A Reconsideration in light of European Integration
Latest academic publications
- Finholt, H. C. (2023). Stereotype threats, Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation,, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032426389
- Finholt, H. C. (2022). International Human Rights Protections Find Support in Hobbes’ Leviathan, Philosophies, s. - . Philosophies, ISSN: 2409-9287
Education and practice
2020 - d.d.
Associate professor, Norwegian school of theology, religion and society
2017 - 2020
Senior advisor for the Regional committees for medical and health research ethics
2014 - 2017
Associate professor of teaching, Unviersity of Oslo
2013 - 2014
Associate professor, Lillehammer University College
2012 - 2013
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Toronto
2011 - 2012
Part-time faculty Unviersity of Massachusetts, Boston
2011 - 2012
Part-time faculty Boston College
0 - 2011
PhD Philosophy, Boston University
0 - 2002
Master of philosophy, University of Oslo (Hovedfag)
Voluntary position
2016 - 2017
Valgt medlem av universitetsstyret, UiO
2015 - 2016
Valgt vara-medlem til fakultetsstyret, HF, UiO
2006 - 2008
Elected co-president of the graduate student organization at the philosophy department, Boston University