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Edmund Henden

Edmund Henden

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Stensberggata 29, 0170 Oslo
  • Office number: sg408
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 924 62 675
  • Office: +47 672 35 033
E-mail
  • edmund.henden@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Edmund Henden is a philosopher with a Mag. art. from the University of Oslo and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. His research interests are in the fields of ethics and professional practice, moral psychology, action theory, and the philosophy of social science. He is particularly interested in questions concerning autonomy, free will, voluntariness, informed consent, self-control, rationality, and decision-making. His approach to these questions broadly involves empirically informed philosophical analyses. Henden has led several interdisciplinary research projects addressing normative issues related to addiction. Currently, he is leading an NFR-funded project that examines how artificial intelligence affects the possibility of meaningful work. Henden regularly teaches PhD courses in the philosophy of science and ethics at SPS.

Field of study

Ethics   Theory of Science   Theory of actions

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Henden, Edmund ; Altehenger, Hannah (2025). The Hidden Values of Resisting Temptation: Effort, Meaning, and Self-Knowledge. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-025-10498-9

Henden, Edmund (2023). Addiction and autonomy: Why emotional dysregulation in addiction impairs autonomy and why it matters. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1081810

Henden, Edmund (2022). Algoritmer til barnets beste?. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfv.25.3.4

Bærøe, Kristine; Gundersen, Torbjørn; Henden, Edmund ; Rommetveit, Kjetil (2022). Can medical algorithms be fair? Three ethical quandaries and one dilemma. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. Vol. 29.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2021-100445

Bærøe, Kristine; Miyata-Sturm, Ainar; Henden, Edmund (2020). How to Achieve Trusthworthy Artificial Intelligence for Health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol. 98.
https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.19.237289

Henden, Edmund (2020). Handling og rasjonalitet. Jenssen, Dag; Kjørstad, Monica; Seim, Sissel; Tufte, Per Arne (Ed.). Vitenskapsteori for sosial- og helsefag. p. 78-102. Gyldendal Akademisk.

Bærøe, Kristine; Henden, Edmund (2020). Translational Ethics and Challenges Involved in Putting Norms into Practice. American Journal of Bioethics. Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1730520

Johansen, Ayna Beate; Helland, Pål Fylling; Wennesland, Dag Kosòl; Henden, Edmund ; Brendryen, Håvar (2019). Exploring online problem gambler's motivation to change. Addictive Behaviors Reports. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100187

Henden, Edmund (2018). Addiction as a Disorder of Self-Control. Pickard, Hanna; Ahmed, Serge (Ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction. p. 45-53. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315689197-5

Henden, Edmund (2017). Addiction, compulsion, and weakness of the will: A dual-process perspective. Heather, Nick; Segal, Gabriel (Ed.). Addiction and Choice. Rethinking the Relationship.. Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198727224.003.0007



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Research reports

Vie, Knut Jørgen; Svare, Helge ; Henden, Edmund ; Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (2021). Coping with integrity in research. ISBN: 9788283643602. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.



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Dissemination

Henden, Edmund ; Altehenger, Hannah (2025). Correction to: The Hidden Values of Resisting Temptation: Effort, Meaning, and Self-Knowledge (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, (2025), 10.1007/s10677-025-10498-9). Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-025-10502-2

Henden, Edmund ; Altehenger, Hannah (2023). In defense of resisting. On the value of narrow self-control. The value of self-control. Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz.

Henden, Edmund ; Helland, Håvard (2023). Har covid 19 endret den sosiale statusen til bakkebyråkrater?. NORDPRP 2023- Nordisk profesjonsforskningskonferanse. NORDPRO.

Henden, Edmund (2019). Autonomy, Rationality, and Psychiatric Disorder. Autonomy in the Healthcare Context. Centre for the Study of Professions.

Henden, Edmund (2017). Addiction and Informed Consent. The Theory and Practice of Informed Consent. The Centre for the Study of Professions, HIOA.

Henden, Edmund (2017). Addiction, Autonomy, and the Will. Addiction, Autonomy & The Will. Bielefeld University.

Henden, Edmund (2016). Is Free Will an Illusion?. Is Free Will an Illusion?. Forum for Consciousness Research and the Norwegian Academy o.

Henden, Edmund (2016). Is Addiction an Impairment of Self-Control?. Workshop in honour of Olav Gjelsvik on his 60th birthday. CSMN/UIO.

Henden, Edmund (2016). Addiction as a Disorder of Self-Control. Workshop on Self-Control. Lilian O'Brian, University College Cork.

Henden, Edmund (2015). Avhengighet og fritt samtykke: filosofiske perspektiver. Forum for medisinsk forskningsetikk. REK sør-øst.



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