↓ Research Foci
↓ Education
↓ Academic Positions
↓ Fellowships and Awards
↓ Supervision
↓ Teaching
↓ Organisation of Workshops and Conferences
↓ Reviewing Activities
↓ Membership of Academic Societies
↓ Publications (English only)
Research Foci
- Ethical Aspects of Public Health Communication
- Body Weight: Sociocultural and ethical aspects
- Transplantation and Stem Cell Ethics
- Health/Medical Humanities
Education
| 2016 | PhD Bioethics, Faculty of Humanities, Göttingen University, Germany |
| 2010 | Magister Artium Comparative Literature and Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities Göttingen University, Germany |
Academic Positions
| 2021 | Lecturer, Faculty 11: Human and Health Sciences, Bremen University, Germany (permanent position) |
| 2010 – 2020 | Research Fellow, Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Göttingen University Medical Center, Germany |
| 2018 | Guest Researcher, Network of Institutions for Medical Ethics Education, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2013 – 2014 | Guest Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology, and Society, Graz University, Austria |
| 2010 – 2013 | Doctoral Fellow, Research Training Group: Dynamics of Space and Gender, Kassel University and Göttingen University, Germany |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2017 | Award for Young Academics, Academy of Medical Ethics, Germany |
| 2013 | Award of Foundation Council, Göttingen University, Germany |
Supervision
| 2021 | Supervisor, Master Thesis (Sociology), Göttingen Title: Sex education in German schools – a topic for STI prevention? A Discourse Analysis of Methodology and Didactics in Sex Education Classes |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Master Thesis (Comparative Literature), Göttingen Title: The New Motherhood“: Concepts of Parenthood in Literary Utopias of the 20th Century |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Public Health Ethics in the Movies: Analyzing the Pandemic Series Sløborn from a solidarity perspective |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Parliamentary Debates on the Transplantation Act in 1997 and 2019: A Comparative Public Health Analysis |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Are we heroes?‘ Health as Social Self-Narrative through Campaigns in Times of Pandemic from a Health Philosophical Perspective |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Exploring interrelations of ehealth and health inequalities: the relevance of education and health literacy |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Body image of obese adults with binge eating disorder |
| 2021 | Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Communication strategies to increase Covid-19 vaccination readiness – analyzing the online-campaign of the Federal Ministry of Health |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Communication and Change management. The Importance of Salutogenic Interaction in the Process of Change in Companies |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Comparison of Health Theories: Aaron Antonovsky and Georges Canguilhem |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Obesity in Children and Adolescents |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Promoting health literacy against the spread of conspiracy theories |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Workplace-based physical activity interventions for the prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms and the promotion of employees‘ capacity to work |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor, Bachelor Thesis (Public Health), Bremen Title: Does stigmatization of obese children lead to the development of depression? A qualitative analysis in the context of education |
| 2019 | Supervisor, Master Thesis (Cultural Anthropology), Göttingen Title: Gender, Age, and Ethnicity in German Organ Donation Campaigns: A Multimodal und Ethnographic Film Analysis |
| 2016 | Co-Supervisor, Master Thesis (Political Science), Göttingen Title: Analyzing Public Stem Cell Campaigns 2003-2015 from a Medical Ethics and Health Policy Perspective |
Teaching activities
(course details available upon request)
| since 2020 | 1,0 fte teaching in public health ethics, including courses on obesity, organ donation, health humanities, academic writing, pandemic fiction and pandemic ethics, research ethics, intersectionality and health justice |
| 2019-2020 | Elective, Ethical Aspects of Public Health Communication |
| 2018-2019 | Research Based Learning, Communication patterns in obesity prevention |
| 2017-2020 | Ethics of Intersex/DSD (compulsory course for medical students) |
| 2016-2020 | History, Theory, and Ethics of Medicine (compulsory courses for medical students) |
| 2016-2018 | Workshop-Series, Situated Knowledges – Theories, Methodologies, Empirical Data |
| 2012-2018 | Introduction to Bioethics (compulsory course for students of Molecular Medicine) |
Organisation of Scientific Meetings
| 2020 | Conference, Intervening the Body: Reluctance, Critique, or Deliberation?, 40 participants, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
| 2019 | International Workshop, Epistemic (In)justice, Public Participation, and Moral Expertise in Health Discourses, 20 participants, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
| 2018 | International Workshop, Multimodality and Applied Ethics, 10 participants, Innsbruck University, Austria |
| 2017 | Stakeholder Conference, The Clinical Translation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, 45 participants, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
| 2017 | International Conference, Hype and Hope from Human Reproductive Cloning to Genome Editing, 35 participants, Turin University, Italy |
| 2016 | Conference, Discourse and Critique on Organ Donation, 35 participants, University of Nürnberg-Erlangen, Germany |
| 2015 | International Workshop, Methodological and Ethical Perspectives of Visual Health Communication, 20 participants, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
| 2013 | Symposium: Gendered Spaces – Spatialized Gender, 80 participants, Göttingen University & Kassel University, Germany |
| 2012-2018 | Bioethical Public Film Series, 25 events, 60 participants on average, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
Reviewing Activities
| 2021 | External Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation |
| 2020 | External Reviewer, Progress in Transplantation |
| 2020 | External Reviewer, Sociology of Health & Illness |
| 2018 | External Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Research and Medicine |
| 2017 | External Reviewer, Plos One |
| since 2016 | Editor-in-Chief, bilingual Working Paper Series „Gender(ed) Thoughts” (www.gendered-thoughts.uni-goettingen.de) |
| 2015 | External Reviewer, Ethik in der Medizin |
Membership of Academic Societies
| Academy of Medical Ethics, Germany European Public Health Association Society of Public Health, Germany Society of Gender Studies, Germany Center for Gender Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany |
Publications (English only)
- Hansen, SL (2021): Otherness, Cloning, and Morality in John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos (1957). Journal of Medical Humanities. DOI: 10.1007/s10912-021-09708-z
- Hansen, SL; Pfaller, L; Schicktanz, S (2021): Critical Analysis of Communication Strategies in Public Health Promotion: An Empirical-Ethical Study on Organ Donation in Germany. Bioethics 35 (2), 161– 172. DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12774
- Hansen, SL; Schicktanz, S (eds) (2021): Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation. Current Debates and International Perspectives. Bielefeld: transcript. DOI: 10.14361/9783839446430
- Hansen, SL; Schicktanz, S. (2021): Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation. Ongoing Debates and Emerging Topics. In: Hansen, SL; Schicktanz, S (eds) (2021): Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation. Current Debates and International Perspectives. Bielefeld: transcript, 11–20.
- Hansen, SL; Beier, K (2021): Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts. Expectations and Commitments. In: Hansen, SL; Schicktanz, S (eds) (2021): Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation. Current Debates and International Perspectives. Bielefeld: transcript, 81–102.
- Hilbrich, I; Hansen, SL (2021): Explorations about the Family’s Role in the German Transplantation System: Epistemic Opacity and Discursive Exclusion. Social Epistemology. DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2021.1913662
- Heyder, C; Hansen, SL; Wiesemann, C (2020): Ethical Aspects of Translating Research with Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Products into Clinical Practice: a Stakeholder Approach. The New Bioethics 26 (1), 3–16. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-59052-2
- Hansen, SL; Balistreri, M (guest editors) (2019): “What’s Next?!“ Hype and Hope from Human Reproductive Cloning to Genome Editing. Special Section, Nanoethics, 13 (3). DOI: 10.1007/s11569-019-00359-y
- Balistreri, M; Hansen, SL (2019): Moral and Fictional Discourses on Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Current Responses, Future Scenarios. Nanoethics 13, 3, 199–207. DOI: 10.1007/s11569-019-00359-y
- Diekämper, J; Hansen, SL (2019): Hype, Hope, and Help: Situating a Science Announcement in a Web of Stories. Nanoethics 13 (3), 269–272. DOI: 10.1007/s11569-019-00358-z
- Hansen, SL; Eisner, MI; Pfaller, L; Schicktanz, S (2018): ‘Are you in or are you out?!’ Moral Appeals to the Public in Organ Donation Poster Campaigns – a Multimodal and Ethical Analysis. Health Communication 33 (8), 1020–1034. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1331187
- Pfaller, L; Hansen, SL; Adloff, F; Schicktanz, S (2018): ‘Saying No to Organ Donation’: an Empirical Typology of Reluctance and Rejection. Sociology of Health and Illness 40(8), 1327–1346. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12775
- Hansen, SL (2018): Family Resemblances: Human Reproductive Cloning as an Example for Reconsidering the Mutual Relationships between Bioethics and Science Fiction. Bioethical Inquiry 15 (2), 231–242. DOI: 10.1007/s11673-018-9842-0
- Schicktanz, S; Pfaller, L; Hansen, SL; Boos, M (2017): A Comparison of Attitudes towards Brain Death and Body Concepts in Relation to Willingness or Reluctance to Donate: Results of a Students’ Survey before and after the German Transplantation Scandals. Journal of Public Health 25, 249–256. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-017-0786-3
- Hansen, SL; Wöhlke, S (2016): Contrasting Medical Technology with Deprivation and Social Vulnerability. Lessons for the Ethical Debate on Cloning and Organ Transplantation through the Film Never Let Me Go (2010). Nanoethics 10 (3), 245–256. DOI: 10.1007/s11569-016-0275-0
- Hansen, SL; Cronjäger, C (2015): Transcending the Spatialized Other in and through Jeanette Winterson’s ‘The Stone Gods’. Global Humanities 1, 157–169
Here you find the complete list of publications.