Susanne Lundin
Susanne Lundin has successfully built an interdisciplinary research milieu at Lund University. Her research deals with cultural analysis of medical praxis with regard to new reproductive technologies, gene therapy, stem cell research, transplantations, and the use of transgenic animals. Her recent work has focus on following fields:
Organ transplantation and organ trafficking. Focus is on the criminal ways to meet the demands for transplants . HOTT Actions against organ trafficking, EU-project
Cultural aspects on neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease). She is PI for the Cultural Group in the Bagadilico Linné Consortium http://www.med.lu.se/bagadilico
MultiPark, Multidisciplinary Research focused on Parkinson's Disease
http://www.med.lu.se/multipark
The Human Stem Cell: Health, Hope, Bioeconomy.
Cultural science and criminology
For completed projects, see About my research
Research
- Present projects
- cultural science and criminology (research leader)Ethnography and cultural analysis are important tools to scrutinize the processes at the micro and macro levels, which contribute to the illegal becomes ...
- Cultural science research on RNA editing for treatment of Huntington’s disease (research leader)Huntington?s disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the huntingtin (htt) gene. Individuals with the ...
- The Human Stem Cell: Health, Hope, Bioeconomy. (research leader)The Human Stem Cell: Health, Hope, Bioeconomy. Characteristic of today's biomedical development are: 1.Desire to create health, 2.Patients' expectations, ...
- HOTT Actions against organ trafficking (research leader)The research focuses on transplant tourism and organ trafficking in which body parts from poor, war victims and pCrisoners are bought or stolen in order ...
- TRANSEURO: Focup group interviews on Parkinson's disease (research leader)The project is about how patients and the public view the present biomedical research on the possibility to treat and even cure Parkinson's disesase with ...
- Humanities and Medicine (HuMe)The project aims at increasing research collaboration between the medical and humanities faculties. Expansion of HT's research infrastructure by developing ...
- Bagadilico - The Cultural Research Team (research leader)Bagadilico is an interdisciplinary network for research on Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, both caused by the death of nerve cells in the part ...
- Completed projects
- Impact of Citizen Participation on Decision Making in a Knowledge Intensive Policy Field (research leader)The project "Impact of Citizen Participation on Decision Making in a Knowledge Intensive Policy Field" (CIT-PART) will study comparatively the impact ...
- The body as a gift, resource and commodity: Organ transplantation in the Baltic and East Europe region (research leader)The aim of the project is to examine a medical technology in rapid change: organ transplantation. The ambition is to find explanations by the application ...
Completed projects:
-Organ transplantation and organ trafficking. Focus is on the criminal ways to meet the demands for transplants
- Cultural aspects on neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinson’s and - -Huntington’s disease). http://www.med.lu.se/bagadilico
- Impact of citizen participation on decision making in knowledge intensive policy fields, http://www.cit-part.at
- Genetics and Democracy (Erik Philip-Sörensen Foundation)
- Organ som bristvara. Svenska patienter som blir transplanterade utomlands.(Gelinfonden http://www.gelinfonden.org/
- From Phenotype to Genotype – towards a genetic normality? (Erik Philip-Sörensen Foundation)
- Människan, maten och måltiden i ett föränderligt samhälle (HSFR, The Swedish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Transformations of the Body (FRN, The Swedish Research Council for the Natural Sciences)
- Genetics, Genetic Engineering, and Everyday Ethics (RJ, The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation,)
- Cultural Perspectives on Xenotransplantation (Juvenile Diabets Foundation/Wallenberg)
- Bioscience, Knowledge, and Culture; Educating the European Public for Biotechnology (EU-project)
- Bodily Commodities: Ethical concerns About Biotechnology and Market (NOS-HS)
- Ethics as praxis. Cultural perspectives on ethic and moral concerns within stem cell research (Wallenberg)
- Challenges of Biomedicine. http://www.univie.ac.at/virusss/cob/respons.html
Editorship (9)
- Liljefors, M., Lundin, S. & Wiszmeg, A. (2012). (Eds.) The atomized body : The cultural life of stem cells, genes and neurons. Nordic Academic Press.
- Jönsson, L. & Lundin, S. (2007). (Eds.) Åldrandets betydelser. Studentlitteratur.
- Lundin, S. (2007). (Ed.) Gamla kroppar och nya tekniker, i Åldrandets Betydelser (red Jönsson & Lundin). Åldrandets betydelser. Studentlitteratur.
- Lundin, S. (2004). (Ed.) En ny kropp. Essäer om medicinska visioner och personliga val. Nordic Academic Press.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (2002). (Ed.) Gene Technology and Economy. Nordic Academic press.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (2000). (Ed.) Arvets kultur. Nordic Academic Press.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1999). (Ed.) Amalgamations. Fusing Technology and Culture. Nordic Academic Press.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1996). (Ed.) Kroppens tid. Natur och Kultur.
- Lundin, S. & Åkesson, L. (1996). (Eds.) Bodytime. On the interaction of Body, Identity, and Society. Lund Studies in European Ethnology, 2. Lund University Press.
Articles (27)
- Lundin, S. & Bommenel, E. (submitted). Medical researchers as moral and ethical subjects. A comparative study focusing on the Swedish 1940s and 2000s scientists. BioSocieties.
- Alftberg, Å. & Lundin, S. (2012). 'Successful Ageing' in Practice: Reflections on Health, Activity and Normality in Old Age in Sweden. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 4, 481-497.
- Amelang, K., Anastasiadou-Christophidou, V., Beck, S., Constantinou, C., Johansson, A. & Lundin, S. (2012). Learning to eat strawberries in a disciplined way: Normalization practices following organ transplantation. Ethnologia Europaea, 41. Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Hagen, N., Hedlund, M., Lundin, S., Mulinari, S. & Kristoffersson, U. (2012). Genetics and democracy-what is the issue?. Journal of community genetics. Springer.
- Lundin, S. (2012). "I want a baby, don't stop me from being a mother." An ethnographic study on fertility technology in the medical gray zones. Cultural Politics, 8, 327-344. Duke University Press.
- Lundin, S. (2012). Organ Economy. Organ Trafficking in Moldova and Israel. Public Understanding of Science, 21, 226-241. Sage Publications.
- O'Dell, T., Hagen, N., Lundin, S. & Petersén, Å. (2012). For Better or for Worse: Lifeworld, System and Family Caregiving for a Chronic Genetic Disease. Culture Unbound, 4, 537-557.
- Wiszmeg, A., Lundin, S., Torkelson, E., Hagen, N. & Lundberg, C. (2012). Difficult Questions and Ambivalent Answers on Genetic Testing. Culture unbound : Journal of Current Cultural Research, 4, 463-480.
- Hansson, K., Lundin, S., Kaleja, J., Putnina, A. & Idvall, M. (2011). Framing the public: the policy process around xenotransplantation in Latvia and Sweden 1970-2004. Science and Public Policy, 38, 629-637. Beech Tree Publishing.
- Lundin, S. (2011). Rika patienter och fattiga reservdelsmänniskor. Forskning & Framsteg, 4, 45-47.
- Lundin, S. (2011). The Great Organ Bazar. Mareeg News. Project Syndicate.
- Lundin, S. (2010). Organhandel. Forskning & Framsteg.
- Lundin, S. (2010). The global fertility industry: Commodification of the body in the wake of biotechnology. Baltic Worlds Pages, 4.
- Lundin, S. (2008). Organtrafficking i Östeuropa. In Meurling, B. & Pripp, O. (Eds.) Nätverket (pp. 163-169), 15. Etnologiska avdelningen, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, Uppsala universitet.
- Lundin, S. (2008). The Valuable Body. In Björnsson, A. (Eds.) Baltic Worlds (pp. 6-8), 1. CBEES.
- Lundin, S. (2008). Vieux corps et technologies nouvelles. In Jean-Marie, P. (Ed.) Ethnologie Francaise.
- Idvall, M. & Lundin, S. (2007). Transplantations with kidneys from marginal donors. Risk patients' informed consent to different treatment alternatives. Ethnologia Scandinavica, 37, 47-62. Folklivsarkivet.
- Lundin, S. (2007). ...han fick det bättre i himmelen. In Ideland, M., Hansson, K. & Nilsson, F. (Eds.) ETN (pp. 71-82), 3. Etnologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet.
- Lundin, S. (2007). Moraliska räkenskaper - etik och praxis inom biomedicinsk forskning. In Rune, N., Berge, S. & Bjorn, M. (Eds.) Etikk i praksis : Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics (pp. 77-98), 1. Tapir akademisk forlag.
- Wachtler, C., Lundin, S. & Troein, M. (2006). Humanities for medical students? A qualitative study of a medical humanities curriculum in a medical school program. BMC Medical Education 2006, 6. BioMed Central.
- Lundin, S. (2004). Utvidgad etikprövning - en utmaning för humanister och samhällsvetare. Axess. Axess Publishing AB.
- Lundin, S. & Idvall, M. (2003). Attitudes of Swedes to marginal donors and xenotransplantation. Journal of Medical Ethics, 29, 186-192. BMJ Publishing Group.
- Lundin, S. (2002). Creating identity with biotechnology: the xenotransplanted body as the norm. Public Understanding of Science, 11, 333-345. SAGE Publications.
- Åkesson, L., Lundin, S., Kristoffersson, U., Tibell, A., Frykman, I. & Fredriksson, C. (2000). Naturvetare och kulturforskare kan överbrygga ämnesgränser. Läkartidningen, 97, 350-351. Sveriges läkarförbund.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1999). GenEtnologi. Om tvärvetenskapens vedermödor och belöningar. In Jacobsson, R. (Ed.) Kulturella Perspektiv (pp. 23-32), Årgång 8. Föreningen Kulturella Perspektiv, Umeå universitet.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1996). Creating Life and Exploring Death. In Stoklund, B. (Ed.) Ethnologia Europaea (pp. 37-49), 26. Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1995). Att skapa liv och utforska död. In Jacobsson, R. (Ed.) Kulturella Perspektiv (pp. 24-41). Föreningen Kulturella Perspektiv, Umeå universitet.
Book chapters (14)
- Berglund, S. & Lundin, S. (2012). ‘I had to leave’. A cultural analysis of motives for commercial transplantations. In Svaneaus, F. & Gunnarson, M. (Eds.) The body as gift, resource and commodity (pp. 321-343). Södertörn Studies on Practical Knowledge.
- Lundin, S. (2012). Moral Accounting Stem Cell Researchers on the Individual and Society. In Liljefors, M., Lundin, S. & Wiszmeg, A. (Eds.) The Anatomized Body. The Cultural Life of Stem Cells, Genes and Neurons. Nordic Academic Press.
- Lundin, S. & Liljefors, M. (2012). Introduction. In Liljefors, M., Lundin, S. & Wiszmeg, A. (Eds.) The Atomized Body. The Cultural Life of Stem Cells, Genes and Neurons (pp. 15-40). Nordic Academic Press.
- Lundin, S. & Idvall, M. (2009). Riskpatienter med ansvar – att välja mellan en marginell och en fullgod donator. In Lindberg, K. & Blomberg, M. (Eds.) Mellan offentligt och privat. Elva berättelser om hälso- och sjukvården. Om styrning, praktik och intressen i hälso- och sjukvården. Santérus förlag.
- Lundin, S. (2007). Gamla kroppar och nya tekniker. In Jönsson, L. & Lundin, S. (Eds.) Åldrandets betydelser. Studentlitteratur.
- Lundin, S. & Jönsson, L. (2007). Åldrandets betydelser. In Jönsson, L. & Lundin, S. (Eds.) Åldrandets betydelser. Studentlitteratur.
- Lundin, S. (2006). Biomedizinische Normalität. Kulturella Perspektiven auf die Xenotransplantation. In Simone, E. & Silke, S. (Eds.) Körper als Mass? Biomedizinische Eingriffe und ihre Ausswirkungen auf Körper- und Identitätsverständnisse (pp. 99-116). Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart.
- Lundin, S. (2005). Investitionen in den Körper zahlen sich aus. In Beate, B., Silkde, G., Wolfgang, K. & Konrad, V. (Eds.) Ort. Arbeit. Körper. Ethnografie Europäischer Modernen (pp. 403-412). Waxmann Verlag.
- Lundin, S. (2004). Cultural Encounters. In Elster, J. & von Troil, H. (Eds.) How to best teach bioethics (pp. 104-110). Nordic Committee on Bioethics.
- Lundin, S. (2004). Etik som praxis. In Lundin, S. (Ed.) En ny kropp. Essäer om medicinska visioner och personliga val. Nordic Academic Press.
- Lundin, S. (2004). Kroppen värd att satsa på. In Vetenskapssocieteten, V. (Ed.) Årsbok 2004 (pp. 28-37). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Lundin, S. (2004). Moraliska räkenskaper. Stamcellsforskare om individ och samhälle. In Lundin, S. (Ed.) En ny kropp. Essäer om medicinska visioner och personliga val. Nordic Academic Press.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (2000). Genethnology. Biomedicine and Everyday Practise. In Gerholm, L., Carlström, A. & Ramberg, I. (Eds.) Embodying Culture. Perspectives on Transfomations of Gender (pp. 104-109). Mångkulturellt centrum, Stockholm.
- Åkesson, L. & Lundin, S. (1997). Genetics, Genetic Engineering, and Everyday Ethics. In Lundin, S. & Ideland, M. (Eds.) Gene Technology and the Public. An Interdisciplinary Perspective (pp. 11-19). Nordic Academic Press, Lund.
Conference papers (2)
- Griessler, E., Beynon-Jones, S., Biegelbauer, P., Brierley, M., Brown, N., Einsiedel, E., Hansen, J., Hansson, K., Jones, M., Kaleja, E., Loeber, A., Lundin, S., Pichelstorfer, A., Putnina, A. & Versteeg, W. (2012). Xenotransplantation as policy problem: Comparing public debate and policies in an international perspective. Xenotransplantation, 19, 15-15. John Wiley.
- Lundin, S. (2010). Organ trafficking. An ethnographic study on the selling of organs in Moldova and Israel. In Bos, M., van Busschbach, J. & Weimar, W. (Eds.) Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Expanding the European Platform.
Reports (1)
Newspaper articles (6)
- Bengtsson, B., Kaiserfeld, T., Lundin, S. & Nilsson, L. (2012). Lunds universitet vill prioritera humaniora och samhällsvetenskap. News Mill http://www.newsmill.se/node/44919.
- Hansson, K. & Lundin, S. (2012). Låt Lifegene bli ett mönsterprojekt. Skånska Dagbladet, 23-23.
- Lundin, S. (2011). The great organ bazar. Project Syndicate : a World of Ideas.
- Lundin, S. & Tibell, A. (2011). Svenskar kringgår lagen om organdonationer. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Lundin, S. (2010). Bortom empirin. Inför mötet med döden växte sig livet starkare. Sydsvenskan.
- Lundin, S. (2009). En handel i skuggorna. Sydsvenskan, B4.
Miscellaneous (2)
Supervision at Lund University (3)
Other tasks and qualifications
PRE- AND POSTDOCTORAL PERIODS OUTSIDE LUND UNIVERSITY (LU)
Institut europäische Ethnologie, Universität Hamburg
Ethnologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen
Department of Anthropology, Cambridge University
Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt Universität, Berlin
DISTINCTIONS
• 1998, Inga and John Hains Foundation for Research in Humanities
• 1998, The Royal King Gustav Adolf Academy
• 2004, The Academy of Letters, Lund University
• 2009, Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet, Lund Unversity
• 2012, The Roayal Swedish Academy of Sciences
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS OF IMPORTANCE
Centre for Gender Studies, Lund University (DISA)
Swedish Committee for Working Class History
Committee for Women Studies, Lund University
The Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board
Committee for Humanities and Medicine, Lund University
Nordic Committee on Bioethics/Nordic Council of Ministers
The Swedish Research Council Working Committee (Vetenskapsrådet)
Working Committee, Vårdalinstitutet
Scandinavian Excellens Project, Lund University
Mentor, The Mentor Program, Faculty of Humanities and Theology
Council for Research and Development at Lund University
The Swedish Research Council Working Committee (Vetenskapsrådet)
Joint Committee for the Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS)
The Swedish Research Council, Steering Committee for Social Science- and Humanities (Vetenskapsrådet/Ämnesrådet HS)
Steering Group for the Lund University Research Evaluation Project, ResQ-08
Member in The Pufendorf Institute, Lund University
Member/organizer of Sandblomdagen, Lund Universtity
Mentor, Academic Traineeship, Lund University
Member/national representative for DICG (Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group, Organ Trafficking)
APPOINTMENTS
Expert and reviewer: The Swedish Research Council, The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Östersjöstiftelsen, The Research Council of Norway, Calgary Institute for the Humanities/Canada, Public Understanding of Science Department of Communication Cornell University/Canada, Economic & Social Research Council/UK, The Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation/SE, Ebbe Koch Foundation/SE, Journal of Public Health, Ethnologia Europaea Journal of European Ethnology,
Dissertation opponent: Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
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