• Can medical algorithms be fair? Three ethical quandaries and one dilemma 

      Bærøe, Kristine; Gundersen, Torbjørn; Henden, Edmund; Rommetveit, Kjetil (BMJ Health & Care Informatics;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective: To demonstrate what it takes to reconcile the idea of fairness in medical algorithms and machine learning (ML) with the broader discourse of fairness and health equality in health research. Method: The ...
    • Ethical Algorithmic Advice: Some Reasons to Pause and Think Twice 

      Gundersen, Torbjørn; Bærøe, Kristine (American Journal of Bioethics;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) can improve parts of clinical decision making regarding the gathering and analysis of data, the detection of disease, and the provision of treatment ...
    • Scientists as experts: A distinct role? 

      Gundersen, Torbjørn (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A;Volume 69, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06)
      The role of scientists as experts is crucial to public policymaking. However, the expert role is contested and unsettled in both public and scholarly discourse. In this paper, I provide a systematic account of the role of ...
    • Value-Free yet Policy-Relevant? The Normative Views of Climate Scientists and Their Bearing on Philosophy 

      Gundersen, Torbjørn (Perspectives on Science;Volume 28 , No. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)
      This article contributes to the philosophical debate on values in science by exploring how scientists themselves understand the proper role of moral, political, and social values in expert practice. I present findings from ...