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My background is in Philosophy (BA), Government and Institutional Development (MA), Health Care Ethics and Law (MA), Research Ethics (Advanced Certificate), and Political Science (PhD). I am docent in Philosophy since 2013 and meriterad lärare since 2019.
In my PhD thesis, which I defended in 2006, I analysed the concepts ‘dignity’ and ‘rights’ and the ways in which they have been used in the context of the prospects of human cloning and genetic engineering. I focused on two legislative documents, the Council of Europe’s Bioethics Convention and its Cloning Protocol. I traced the concepts to their purported philosophical roots and I highlighted tensions between the values that the drafters of the two documents endorsed and the provisions that they espoused. During my PhD studies, I obtained a Marie Curie fellowship at the University of Manchester.
Subsequent to obtaining my PhD, between 2006 - 2007, I worked on the EURECA project on delimiting the research concept, funded by the European Commission at the University of Manchester. Between 2007 and 2009, I was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Gothenburg, working on a project on the normative distinctions netween natural and assisted human reproduction. Between 2010 and 2012, I worked at Karolinska Institutet where I taught research ethics to PhD students. Between 2012 and 2013, I worked at Maastricht University, on a project on the ethics of research towards developing human gametes in vitro. Between 2012 and 2022, I was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Umeå University. Since 2020 I am Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Lund University.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Ethics
- Medical Ethics
- Philosophy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations the last five years
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Making grandchildren: Is there an interest in becoming a grandparent?
Cutas, D., 2026, In: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Syntetisk mänsklig DNA: Vad kan gå fel?
Cutas, D., 2026, Svensk filosofi.Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Popular science
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Synthetic DNA and mitochondrial donation: no need for donor eggs?
Villalba, A., Brassington, I., Smajdor, A. & Cutas, D., 2026, In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 52Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-viable embryos created with synthetic DNA
Villalba, A., Smajdor, A., Brassington, I. & Cutas, D., 2025 Mar 24, In: Trends in Biotechnology. 43, 9, p. 2093-2095Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Social Construction of Reproduction
Smajdor, A. & Cutas, D., 2025 Mar 21, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hypatia. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EDAP: Early diagnostics and prognostics of Alzheimer’s disease
Hansson, O. (Project coordinator), Nilsson, M. H. (Project coordinator), Johansson, M. (Researcher), Cutas, D. (Researcher), Gerdtham, U. (Researcher), Heyden, A. (Researcher), Snogerup-Linse, S. (Researcher), Mattsson-Carlgren, N. (Researcher), Palmqvist, S. (Researcher), Åström, K. (Researcher), van Westen, D. (Researcher) & Stomrud, E. (Researcher)
2021/09/01 → …
Project: Network
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ADN sintÉtico: Un análisis anticipatorio en reproducción asistida
Villalba, A. (Researcher), Smajdor, A. (Researcher) & Cutas, D. (Researcher)
2025/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
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Reproducing the family: an ethical analysis of intra-familial access to reproductive potential
Cutas, D. (PI), Smajdor, A. (Researcher) & Hens, K. (Researcher)
2021/07/01 → 2024/09/30
Project: Research
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Epigenetics, Experience and Responsibility: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders
Cutas, D. (Researcher), Hens, K. (PI) & Smajdor, A. (Researcher)
2019/01/01 → 2023/12/31
Project: Research
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Etiska aspekter på surrogatmödraskap
Cutas, D. (Invited speaker)
2026 Apr 16Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The Ethics of Research Co-Authorship
Cutas, D. (Speaker)
2025 Sept 3Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Is there an interest in becoming a grandparent?
Cutas, D. (Speaker)
2025 Jun 27Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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What is the claim to genetic knowledge a claim to?
Cutas, D. (Invited speaker) & Brake, E. (Invited speaker)
2025 May 30Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Individual versus familial interests: the case of intra-familial reproduction
Cutas, D. (Invited speaker)
2024 Dec 11Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation