Hege Cathrine Finholt
Associate Professor/Senior Adviser
- Social Science 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 Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. ISBN: 2703-7053
- Finholt, H. C. (2022). International human rights protection finds support in Hobbes' Leviathan, Philosophies s. - . Philosophies. ISBN: 2409-9287
Latest scientific publications
- Finholt, H. C. (2020). Opplevelsen av mening i et stengt samfunn, Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. ISBN: 2703-7053
- Finholt, H. C. (2022). International human rights protection finds support in Hobbes' Leviathan, Philosophies s. - . Philosophies. ISBN: 2409-9287
Education and practice
0 - 2011 PhD Philosophy, Boston University
2012 - 2013 Post-doctoral fellow, University of Toronto
2011 - 2012 Part-time faculty Boston College
2011 - 2012 Part-time faculty Unviersity of Massachusetts, Boston
0 - 2002 Master of philosophy, University of Oslo (Hovedfag)
2013 - 2014 Associate professor, Lillehammer University College
2014 - 2017 Associate professor of teaching, Unviersity of Oslo
2017 - 2020 Senior advisor for the Regional committees for medical and health research ethics
2020 - Associate professor, Norwegian school of theology, religion and society
Voluntary position
2016 - 2017 Valgt medlem av universitetsstyret, UiO
2006 - 2008 Elected co-president of the graduate student organization at the philosophy department, Boston University
2015 - 2016 Valgt vara-medlem til fakultetsstyret, HF, UiO