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Hans Gunnar Slokvik Lian

Universitetsbibliotekar University Library
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Email
hans.g.s.lian@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 21 66
Office
D3041B (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Background and experience

  • Master's degree in Philosophy 2009 (NTNU)
  • One-year program in Library and Information Science 2013 (OsloMet)
  • Learning Assistant 2005-2011 (NTNU)
  • University Lecturer 2009-2011 (NTNU)
  • Social Therapist 2012 (Emergency psychiatry, Hospital of Southern Norway)
  • Senior Librarian 2014-2019 (OsloMet and University of Oslo)
  • PhD Candidate 2019-present (University of Agder)
  • Research Librarian 2024-present (University of Agder)

Areas of responsibility

Contact librarian for

  • Department of Law
  • Department of Sociology og Social Work

Ask me about

  • Teaching and providing assistance in searching for and using information/literature sources
  • Literature searching and databases
  • EndNote and Zotero
  • Literature acquisition (within education, sociology and social work)
  • Use and criticism of information sources
  • Reference styles in law
  • The Citation Compass
  • Leganto

Research

I am currently writing a doctoral thesis in the philosophy of psychiatry, with special emphasis on understanding the relationship between the natural and the normative aspects of mental illness. I also have broader interests in philosophy and ethics, including notably the philosophy of mind as well as the philosophy of biology and psychology.

Academic interests

  • Philosophy of psychiatry, psychology and biology
  • Mental health, flourishing and illness
  • Moral philosophy, meta-ethics and eudaimonistic ethics
  • Artificial intelligence in psychiatry

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