Stefan van Geelen

Short-term Researcher, the General Fellowship Programme, SCAS

Associate Professor of Philosophy in Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht

Coordinator, the Interdisciplinary MSc Program 'Medical Humanities', Utrecht University

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Stefan van Geelen is a co-founder of The New Utrecht School External link, opens in new window., an inter-institutional platform of the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University and the Utrecht School of the Arts. The New Utrecht School aims to prepare a new generation of professionals for the complex challenges of the 21st century – for example the climate crisis in relation to the health of humans and the planet – by structurally connecting research, education, art, public engagement and healthcare in a quest to find innovative solutions for societal problems. His research and teaching focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the Medical Humanities. At the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, he will work on the question what the institutes for advanced study were intended for, where they currently stand, and in what direction further development is possible.