Academic interests
Solberg is concerned with health priorities, medical ethics, death, health measures, and philosophy in medicine – and not the least, how we can bring this knowledge into the healthcare system. He disseminate his research on radio, podcasts, research blogs, and in newspapers. PI of ETHME (ERC StG) from 2024–2029.
Background
Medical doctor, philosopher, and associate professor. PhD in medical ethics. Concerned with research dissemination. Clinical experience from many different parts of the health care system.
2023– Professorial competence: Competence as full professor in medical ethics at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and as full professor in ethics at OsloMet (in both cases, evaluated by external committees).
2023-. Associate professor, CME, UiO (permanent position).
2020-2023. Senior researcher, CME, UiO (permanent position).
2019–2020. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BCEPS, IGS, Faculty of Medicine, UiB
2019–. LIS3. Medical doctor i specialization in societal medicine, part-time. (NIPH and HOD).
2017–2019. LIS1-medical doctor, Ahus University Hospital, and Skedsmo municipality.
2015–2018. PhD. Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), University of Bergen. Member of the affiliate programme and guest researcher at CSMN (a Norwegian Center of Excellence), University of Oslo.
2016 April–June and Nov., and March 2017 – research stay (recognized students program and visitor) at the University of Oxford.
2008–2014. MD. Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen. Spring and Summer 2011 – Exchange to the University of Lübeck in Germany.
2012-2014. MSRP. The Medical Students Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen.
2010–2013. MA. Master’s in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen.
2008–2010. BA. Bachelor’s in Philosophy and History of Ideas, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen. Autumn 2009 – Exchange to the University of Aarhus in Denmark.
Additional competence: has completed UiO's course in university pedagogy, as well as UiO's course in research leadership, plus other various courses.
Teaching
MED3050, SME 4210, SME 4310, MED2200, MED5700, MF9185. Member of the examination commission for modul 7.
In addition, lectures, seminars, and courses in connection to the ethics in healthcare project (EIH). This involves teaching physicians, nurses, other healthcare workers, and CECs in Norway. I also teach at Folkeuniversitetet.
Prizes
2023 – ERC StG
2022 – The Zapffe Prize
2022 – The Christian Sandsdalen Prize (recipient together with 8 other medical doctors)
2017 – Sparebank 1 Ringerike Hadeland’s talent prize
Positions
2023–2028: Adjunct professor (full) at the Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Syddansk University (SDU)
2023–2027: The Young Academy of Norway (Science Academy)
2022–2023: Leader of secretary of the expert group Access.
2022 – Leader of CMEs responsibility for clinical ethics in Norwegian municipalities
2022– Medical-philosophical forum (board member)
2022 – The Ethics Council of Health and Care, Drammen municipality
2022 – Forum for Psychiatry and Philosophy (co-founder and member)
2021 – Clinical ethics committee, Drammen Hospital
2020–2022: In the secretariat of the expert group on ethics and priority setting of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as a senior advisor at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Collaboration
Nationally, Solberg collaborate with BCEPS at the University of Bergen and HØKH at Akershus University Hospital and internationally with individual researchers at Oxford, Harvard, NIH, and SDU.