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Steffen Kjær Johansen

Ph.D., M.Sc.Eng. (Technical Physics), MA (Philosophy), GDBA (Finance), Head of Experts in Transformative Teams

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Research areas

Navigational Epistemics: Judgement, Uncertainty, and Competent Action
This research area forms the core of my work and investigates how epistemic judgement, justification, and responsibility emerge in practice, especially in situations where uncertainty cannot be eliminated and method‑first reasoning is insufficient. The remaining research areas represent different empirical, technological, and institutional domains in which this framework is developed and applied.

Research areas

Distributed Judgement and Value Formation in Collaborative Practices
Studying how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams navigate uncertainty, negotiate epistemic authority, and arrive at defensible action and value formation in complex, real‑world problem contexts.

Epistemology of Practice, Reflexivity, and Sociotechnical Knowledge
Examining epistemic practices, justificatory frameworks, and reflexive mechanisms that enable reliable, trustworthy, and responsible knowledge formation in applied and sociotechnical settings, including model‑ and AI‑mediated environments.

Universities as Epistemic Institutions in Democratic Societies
Analysing the university’s societal role as an epistemic institution, with particular attention to judgement formation, expertise, public legitimacy, and democratic responsibility under conditions of uncertainty and contested knowledge.

Education/Academic qualification

Philosophy, Master of Arts, Our University: The fifth power of state, University of Southern Denmark

Award Date: 28. Feb 2018

Finance, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Academic Spin-Off Ventures, Copenhagen Business School

Award Date: 12. Dec 2005

Ph.D., All-Optical Signal Processing in Quadratic Nonlinear Materials, Technical University of Denmark

Award Date: 11. Nov 2002

Technical Physics, Master of Science in Engineering, Beam Propagation and Self-Focusing in χ(2) Materials, Technical University of Denmark

Award Date: 13. Sept 1999

Italian, Certificate in Business Language, Copenhagen Business School

Award Date: 11. Jun 1998

Current external positions

Freelance consultant

1. Jan 200730. Nov 2012

Postdoc, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology

21. Jun 200531. Dec 2006

Consultant, Teknologisk Institut

1. Apr 200431. Dec 2004

Postdoc, Le Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis / CNRS.

1. Sept 200231. Aug 2003

Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark

1. Sept 199931. Aug 2002

Keywords

  • The Concept of Knowledge
  • In my work, the concept of knowledge is approached from the perspective of action and practice rather than as an abstract epistemological problem. I am particularly concerned with when available knowledge and methods are sufficient to justify action, and when judgement and responsibility must take over because knowledge is underdetermined. The focus is therefore on knowledge as something that enables—or fails to enable—competent action in concrete educational and professional contexts.
  • Interdisciplinary
  • In my research, interdisciplinarity refers to work in problem situations where no single disciplinary framework is sufficient to justify action. I am particularly interested in settings that are effectively transdisciplinary, where disciplinary knowledge serves as a resource rather than as an authoritative starting point, and where judgement, negotiation, and responsibility play a central role in coordinating diverse forms of expertise.
  • Higher Education
  • In my research, interdisciplinarity refers to work in problem situations where no single disciplinary framework is sufficient to justify action. I am particularly interested in settings that are effectively transdisciplinary, where disciplinary knowledge serves as a resource rather than as an authoritative starting point, and where judgement, negotiation, and responsibility play a central role in coordinating diverse forms of expertise.
  • Moral Justification
  • In my research, moral justification concerns how actions are rendered defensible in situations where certainty cannot be achieved and where methods or rules alone do not determine what ought to be done. The focus is on responsibility, legitimacy, and justification in practice, rather than on the comparison of normative moral theories or abstract ethical principles.

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