Consisting of four members from different fields of study, each with a high level of competence in the fields of ethics, the Committee serves as an advisory body to the Academy in questions regarding ethics.

The Committee also organizes open meetings to raise the debate about relevant ethical issues within the field of science. Previous subjects have included scientific fraud and the ethical principles in different fields of study.

The Committee was first appointed in 2017.

Members:

• Kirsti Strøm Bull, Professor of Law, University of Oslo (Chair)
• Ole Mathias Sejersted, Professor of Medicine, University of Oslo
• Deborah Oughton, Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
• Narve Fulsås, Professor of Modern History, University of Tromsø

To contact the committee, please email Committee secretary Gro Havelin:
gro.havelin@dnva.no