Research on care, ethics, pregnancy, birth and parenting, and self-sacrifice
Associate professor Care Ethics, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical & Health Humanities, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University, Madison (NJ, USA)
Director of Inge van Nistelrooij | Ethics & Care, Consultancy and Education
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Summary of qualifications of Inge van Nistelrooij (1967)
A longstanding expert in the field of care ethics, launched by her awarded MA-thesis on the ethics of care in 1995.
A facilitating ethicist in and chair of multi-disciplinary ethical deliberation and reflection.
Expert in research that connects concepts and practices, experiences and understandings of the self, in theoretical and empirical research.
An experienced consultant and trainer in ethics & ethics policy in care institutions, in organizational processes of change or in complex care situations.
An inspiring lecturer, trainer, advisor, writer and publicist.
Research interests: relational, narrative and dialogical theories of the self, maternal theory & birth narratives & birth practices, and institutional practices of care and ethical reflection that include patients & family, nonverbal inquiry, and learning communities.
Demonstrated experience in academic publishing, editing, reviewing, and acquisition of research funds.
Ability to perform well in complex analyses, multidisciplinary research groups, and under time pressure.
Jan. 2023 – present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical & Health Humanities, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University, Madison (NJ, USA)
Teaching the course ‘Spirituality in the childbirth year’ (special topics in Medical & Health Humanities) to graduate students with a multidisciplinary background (theology, nursing, philosophy, medicine): a combination of intensive and online course, synchronic and asynchronic.
Teaching the course ‘Maternity & Care’ (special topics in Medical & Health Humanities) to graduate students with a multidisciplinary background (theology, nursing, philosophy, medicine); a combination of intensive and online course.
Dec. 2013 – present: Associate (2020-present) / Assistent (2013-2020) Professor of Care Ethics, University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht, the Netherlands. (0,8 fte; starting May 2024: 0,2 fte)
Coordinator (together with colleague Merel Visse) of the Care-Ethical Research Consortium (CERC), an international network initialized by prof. dr. Joan Tronto and prof. dr. Carlo Leget. Click here for more information on CERC (until March 2024).
Cofounder and chair of the research network Concerning Maternity, that promotes academic research into the ethical and existential questions during (or previous to) pregnancy, child birth and childcare. For this, the network organizes symposia and meets regularly.
Teaching (Pre)master courses at the Master Care Ethics and Policy. Courses: Research Seminar (Premaster), Introduction Care Ethics (Master), Ethical Competencies in Care and Welfare Institutions (Master), Care Ethical Analyzing (Master). Teaching and chairing Graduate School sessions of the Care Ethics Research Network.
Supervising Premaster and Master theses in Care Ethics;
Supervisor of PhD trajectories in the field of care ethics:
PhD study (1st supervisor) on obstetric violence in the mother-midwife relationship and the ethical reframing of midwifery-led maternity care (defense Fall 2024);
PhD study (1st supervisor) on decision-making processes on unintended pregnancies’;
PhD study (1st supervisor) on existential questions concerning fertility, experienced during fertility treatment;
PhD study (2nd supervisor) on uncertainty as experienced by patients suffering from MS;
PhD study (2nd supervisor) on empathy in practices and care relations of humanistic spiritual care (defense June 2024);
PhD study (2nd supervisor) on identification beyond binary boundaries of people with different abilities.
Researching and publishing in peer-reviewed academic journals (see publications).
Editor of the Ethics of Care Book Series, Peeters Publishers, Leuven (2020-present).
Reviewing for academic journals such as Hypatia; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; BMC Medical Ethics; Nursing Ethics; International Journal of Care and Caring; and others.
Guest lecturer at Drew University, NJ, USA, for the Medical Humanities program in the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, with M. Visse PhD (2020-present).
Visiting professor at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule (PTHV), Vallendar, Germany, with prof dr Helen Kohlen (2016-2021).
Senior lecturer in the post-doctoral program ‘Ethics in the Health Care Sector’, Nijmegen: Radboud Academic Medical Center (2015-2021).
Member of the ethics committee of the Dutch Union of Nurses (V&VN) (2015-present).
Project leader of the publication of a two-volume book on Caring, Birthing, and Mothering at Peeters Publishers (Leuven, Belgium, Ethics of Care series); volume I, Reproductive Justice: Care Ethics and Beyond, co-edited with Rodante van der Waal (NL) & Veronica Mitchell (South-Africa), and volume II, Technology, Mothering and Care Ethics, edited by Amrita Banerjee (India) & Priya Sharma (India).
Project leader of a research project into the ethical evaluation and underpinnings of legal age limits for donor conceived children to receive information on and meet their donor (‘Zorgvuldige omgang met leeftijdsgrenzen in de Wdkb’, ‘Careful handling of age limitations in the Law on donor information in artificial insemination’). Result: advise to the Ministry of VWS (Health Care, Public Health and Sports). Collaborative research of University of Humanistic Studies (Care Ethics), legal organisation Pro Facto, and expert organisation Fiom. Funded by ZonMw, project number 854020003) (2021-2022).
Project leader of action research project ‘Collaborative attuning on good care: learning from and within changing practices’ in the Orthopedagogic Day Care Center’, in a ‘Community of Practices’ of parents, personal caregivers, managers, and staff of insurance and municipality offices, concerning the care for children with a developmental and/or multiple impairment (May 2021- Oct 2022).
Member of the expert group that advises on research into ‘cross domain’ care, i.e. three pilots in Dutch elderly care that provide care that transcends the distinct traditional care systems of informal, home, and institutionalized care. The research is carried out by research bureau Significant. The expert group consists of researchers and advisors from the Ministry of VWS (Health Care, Public Health & Sports), RIVM, Tilburg University, and University of Humanistic Studies (IvN) (2018-2021).
Daily management of research project into the experiences of young people with Mild Intellectual Disabilities (MID) who live in ordinary neighborhoods. Collaboration between municipality of Loon op Zand, Prisma (care organization for people with intellectual disabilities) and University of Humanistic Studies. Main author of final report. Project supervisor: Merel Visse PhD. (2017).
Editor in chief of the English website on care ethics: care-ethics.org and the Dutch website on care ethics: zorgethiek.nu (2015-2019).
Co-operating with colleagues in writing and submission processes for grant proposals.
Supervising and direct colleagues: prof. dr. Carlo Leget (chair), dr. Merel Visse, dr. Alistair Niemeijer, dr. Pieter Dronkers, prof. dr. Leo Visser, prof. dr. Laurens ten Kate, Marieke Potma MA, Marc Haufe MA, Rodante van der Waal ReMA, dr. Gustaaf Bos, Eva van Reenen MA, prof. dr. Joke van Saane (rector of university).
Sept. 2020 – March 2024: Professor by special appointment of Dialogical Self Theory (DST) (non-remunerated), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, established by the Foundation of the International Society for Dialogical Science (0,2 fte)
Research into the foundations of Dialogical Self Theory and enriching these with maternal experiences and self-understandings;
Contributing to teaching and research at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies in the field of philosophical hermeneutics and anthropology;
Contributing to education:
‘Fertility, Pregnancy & Loss’ in the Master’s program of ‘Health Care Humanities’ of Radboud University & Radboud Academic Medical Centre;
Birth care in perspective’ in the minor Medical Humanities of Radboud University & Radboud Academic Medical Centre;
Supervision of doctoral candidates:
First supervisor of the PhD project ‘Insights into how women navigate the crossroad of unwanted pregnancy using the Dialogical Self Theory’. PhD student Eline Dalmijn. Co-supervisor dr. Merel Visse (Drew University, NJ) (transferred to University of Humanistic Studies, April 2024).
Member of research team of the PhD project ‘Sense of Self in Persons with a Dementia Syndrome’ (NWO project), carried out by Tessa Rooker. Supervisor: Prof. dr. Hans Schilderman;
Supervision of research master students;
Contributing to the biannual international conferences of the Foundation of the International Society for Dialogical Science.
Inge van Nistelrooij during her inaugural speech in acceptance of chair by special appointment ‘Dialogical Self Theory’, 18 March 2022.
Sept 2008 – Aug 2013: PhD Student (external), KNR (National Secretariat of the Dutch Religious Institutes) in cooperation with the chair Ethics of Care and Policy, Tilburg University / University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht Supervised by prof. dr. F.J.H. Vosman.
Performing a multidisciplinary conceptual study into ‘self-sacrifice’ by the caregiver, drawing from literature, ethics of care, phenomenology, political theory, theology. Result: Inge van Nistelrooij, Sacrifice. A care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice, Leuven: Peeters, 2015 (Ethics of Care-series, Vol. 4) and other publications (see publications).
Member and frequent moderator of the research group ‘Care and contested coherence’.
Co-moderator of the group of junior researchers in three weekly educational and co-learning gatherings.
Member of the intra-academic research group in interdisciplinary and Interreligious field on ‘The New Fascination of Sacrifice. An Interdisciplinary and Interreligious Research Project’, resulting in a publication (see publication list).
Jan 2003 – Sept 2008: Staff member at Reliëf, Christian association of care institutions, Utrecht
Professional teacher, trainer, and advisor in (medical and care) ethics, ethics policy, moral deliberation, institutional identity, mostly in ‘in company’ training or advisory settings.
Teaching and coaching of multidisciplinary ethics committees and teams in hospitals, palliative care, elderly care, care for intellectually disabled persons, GP’s.
Publishing of articles and books on the ethics of care for care professionals (mainly non-academic).
Aug 2000 – Dec 2002 Staff member KNR, Conference of Dutch Religious Orders and Congregations, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Studying spiritual traditions for presentations in gatherings.
Supervising study groups of (female) religious, resulting in activities such as: a website on the balance between contemplation and action, publication of a booklet on new religious movements, conferences on religious community life and the spiritual heritage in the societal fields of education, care and welfare who published booklets and a (Dutch) website on action and contemplation.
Aug 1995 – Aug 2000 Staff member SRKK, Secretariat of the Roman-Catholic Bishop’s Conference
Secretary of two advisory committees; as such preparing and elaborating policy advice on societal questions such as poverty, peace, social justice, environmental issues, multicultural integration, the socio-political position of women and the debate on women and ministry; maintaining and extending the Catholic and ecumenical network.
Grant acquisition
Funding given by valorisation fund of Faculty Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, for podcastseries for education purposes (€ 3.400,-).
ZonMW research grant (€ 100.000,-) for the interdisciplinary research project ‘Zorgvuldigheid in omgang met leeftijdsgrenzen in de Wet donorgegevens kunstmatige bevruchting’ (‘Careful handling of age restrictions in the law concerning donor information artificial conception’, project number 854020003), collaboratively performed by Fiom, Pro Facto and University for Humanistic Studies.
Acquired research project (€ 30.000,-) by private care organisation.
Residency at the Brocher Foundation, Geneva Switzerland (1 month, April 2022), together with Veronica Mitchell PhD, Cape Town University, South-Africa.
Fellowship granted by the Catherina Halkes Trust (€ 4.500,-) for preparation of chapter on care ethics and feminist theology on ‘Maternity’ (‘The Fluidity of Becoming. The Maternal Body in Feminist Views of Care, Worship and Theology’, see publications) .
ZonMW-grant (€ 130.000,-) voor CARE-study: Controversies surrounding Autonomy and Responsibility: a care-Ethical study into the mother-midwife relation; a study into ‘Respectful Maternity Care’ (Project number 854011008). PhD-study of Rodante van der Waal.
University of Humanistic Studies starting grant (€ 5.000,-) for interdisciplinary research project ‘Concerning Maternity’ together with Joanna Wojtkowiak PhD. Collaborative project between Chair Humanistic Spiritual Counselor and Chair Care Ethics, restulted in 3 international conferences ‘Concerning Maternity’, Part I, II, and III, with (inter)national speakers prof dr Susan Crowther, prof dr Christina Schues, prof dr Mavis Kirkham, prof dr Stella Villarmea, dr Jonna Bornemark, Baharez Goodarzi PhD, prof dr Lisa Baraitser, Rodante van der Waal ReMA, Joanna Wojtkowiak PhD and Inge van Nistelrooij PhD. Result is the establishment of international research network ‘Concerning Maternity’.
Research grant from various funds for PhD Study (€ 287.000,-)
Education
2023: Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training, KnowBe4, Drew University, Madison NJ, US
2020: Course for new members of academic Boards of Examiners, ICLON, Leiden University
2019: Post-academic ‘Hermeneutic Phenomenology Methodology Course’, University of Central Lancashire, Preston (UK)
2014: Academic teaching diploma (BKO), qualification to teach Master and Graduate students
2008-2013: PhD study at Tilburg University / University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht, group Ethics of Care and Policy (see below, professional experience)
2009: Course ‘Academic Writing in English’ (Tilburg University)
1986-1995: Theology Doctorate (cum laude) at Tilburg Theological Faculty, specialization in Moral Theology. Thesis on Care Ethics from a philosophical and theological perspective, awarded with the Tilburg University Thesis Award and published as a book (see publication list)
1992-1993: Post graduate teaching diploma, qualification to teach theology / religion to senior secondary pupils and high school students
1980-1986: Atheneum A at Mgr. Zwijsen College (Veghel)
Publications
Click here to access the co-authored advice and research report ‘Zorgvuldigheid in de omgang met leeftijdsgrenzen in de Wet donorgegevens kunstmatige bevruchting’ (‘Careful handling of age restrictions donor information artificial conception’, ZonMw project number 854020003, program Ethics and Health). Collaborative research performed by Fiom, Pro Facto and University of Humanistic Studies. (published 1 February 2023, in Dutch).
Factsheet belonging to the advice and research report ‘Zorgvuldigheid in de omgang met leeftijdsgrenzen in de Wet donorgegevens kunstmatige bevruchting’, (‘Careful handling of age restrictions donor information artificial conception’, ZonMw project number 854020003, program Ethics & Health).
Click here for my recently completely revised Basisboek Zorgethiek (Handbook Care Ethics), with a preface by Carlo Leget and a Letter to the readers by Joan C. Tronto. Published May 2022.
And here is an article on why I considered a revised version necessary (in Dutch).
Co-edited volume ‘Care Ethics, Religion, and Spiritual Traditions’
Click here for the Open Access, free download of this book, that I co-edited with my wonderful colleagues Maurice Hamington and Maureen Sander-Staudt.
Care Ethics, Religion, and Spiritual Traditions (2022) is a collection of original essays that address the intersection between contemporary feminist care ethics and religious morality. Feminist care ethics is one of the most dynamic areas in modern theory. This relational approach to morality emphasizes context, emotion, and imagination over consequences, rules, and rights has only been around for about four decades, with its definition still being negotiated. Still, the respect for this approach is demonstrated by its widespread inclusion in moral discourse. Historically, care has been an overlooked concept in philosophy, but religion’s ambivalence toward care ethics is even more pronounced. On the one hand, caring is a fundamental value espoused by virtually all religions and spiritual traditions. Yet, on the other hand, deontological principles so essential to many religious moralities create clear categories of adjudication antithetical to feminist care ethics. Care Ethics, Religion, and Spiritual Traditions engages theorists from various disciplines in discussing the continuities, discontinuities, and applications of feminist care ethics, spiritual traditions, and religion. This collection includes contributions from Ruth E. Groenhout, Maurice Hamington, Adriana Jesenková, Luigina Mortari, Sarah Munawar, Inge van Nistelrooij, Kimberley D. Parzuchowski, Jamie Pitts, Martin Robb, Jason Rubenstein, Robert Michael Ruehl, Maureen Sander-Staudt, Steven Steyl, and Sarah Zager. The volume also includes a foreword by Catherine Keller.
Inaugural speech
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Het zelf als moeder. De Dialogical Self Theory vanuit zwangerschap, zorgpraktijken en baarzaam-zijn. (The self as mother. The Dialogical Self Theory from pregnancy, caring practices and ‘being able to bear’). Inaugural speech in acceptance of the chair as professor by special appointment ‘Dialogical Self Theory’, embedded in the Radboud University in Nijmegen, Faculty Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, department of Metaphysics and philosophical anthropology. 18 March 2022.
Dalmijn, E.W., Visse, M.A. & Van Nistelrooij, I. (2024), Decision-making in case of an unintended pregnancy: an overview of what is known about this complex process. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 45:1, https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2024.2321461
Bolt, S.H., Maas, A.J.B.M., Indekeu, A. & Van Nistelrooij, I. (2024), Legal age limits in accessing donor information: experiences of donor-conceived people, parents, sperm donors and counsellors, Reproductive BioMedicine Online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.103846
Van der Waal, R., Van Nistelrooij, I., Fox, D. & Newnham, E. (2024), Somatophilic Rationality for Reproductive Justice. On Technology, Biological Materialism, and Midwifery. Technophany. A Journal for Philosophy and Technology. https://doi.org/10.54195/technophany.13801
Book chapters
Van Nistelrooij, I. & Bredewold, F. (2024). “He is never ever going to pay off.” A relational care ethical response to ideas of ‘worthy mothering’ for a child with profound intellectual disability. In: Van Nistelrooij, I., Van der Waal, R. & Mitchell,V. Reproductive Justice: Care Ethics and beyond.(accepted)
2023
Articles
Van der Waal, R., Van Nistelrooij, I. & Leget, C. (2023), The Undercommons of Childbirth and Their Abolitionist Ethic of Care. A Study into Obstetric Violence Among Mothers, Midwives (in Training), and Doulas. Violence Against Women, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231205591
Van Dijke, J., Van Nistelrooij, I., Bos, P. & Duyndam, J. (2023), Engaging otherness: care ethics radical perspectives on empathy, Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-023-10152-0
Van Dijke, J., Duyndam, J., Van Nistelrooij, I., & Bos, P. (2023),'”Genuine and fundamentally human”: a qualitative study into Dutch humanist chaplains’ conceptualizations of empathy, Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, published online 27 Jan 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2023.2169535
Book chapters
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). Self-sacrifice in nursing: taboo or valuable reality? In: Martin Lipscomb (ed.), Nursing and Philosophy, New York: Routledge.
2022
Articles
Van Hassel, R., Van der Waal, R. & Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Mijn belichaamde kennis is van waarde. Een auto-etnografische, zorgethische analyse van epistemisch onrecht binnen de Nederlandse reproductieve zorg. [My embodied knowledge is valuable. An auto-ethnographic, care-ethical analysis of epistemic injustice in Dutch reproductive care]. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies (Journal of Genderstudies), 25(4):339-362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGN2022.4.004.HASS
Hamington, M., van Nistelrooij, I. & Sander-Staudt, M. (2022). Introduction. In: Van Nistelrooij, I., Sander-Staudt, M. & Hamington, M. (eds), Care Ethics, Religion and Spiritual Traditions, Leuven: Peeters. Click here for the pdf of this introduction.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). The Fluidity of Becoming. The Maternal Body in Feminist Views of Care, Worship and Theology. In: Van Nistelrooij, I., Sander-Staudt, M. & Hamington, M. (eds), Care Ethics, Religion and Spiritual Traditions, Leuven: Peeters. Click here for the pdf of this chapter.
2021
Articles
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). Maternal self-understanding: a dialogue between maternal theory and the dialogical self theory. In: C. Monereo, C. Weise, H. Hermans (Eds.), Dialogicality. Personal, local, and planetary dialogue in Education, Health, Citizenship, and Research. Published on Humanities Commons, see: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/gqxq-ng18 .
Van Nistelrooij, I. & Niemeijer, A. (2021). Living in an ‘ordinary’ neighborhood? A care-ethical exploration of the experiences of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities. Disability & Society, 1-24; see: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1946677
Van Nistelrooij, I. & Van der Waal, R. (2019), Moederschap en geboorte: relationaliteit als alternatieve ethische benadering (Maternity and birth: relationality as an alternative ethical approach’. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek, 29(2)53-57. Click here for online version on www.zorgethiek.nu (in Dutch).
Van Dijke, J.L.C., Van Nistelrooij, A.A.M., Bos, G. & Duyndam, J. (2018). Care ethics: an ethics of empathy?Nursing Ethics. doi: 10.1177/0969733018761172
Book chapters
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). Affective coexistence. Pity as a connection between emotion and ethical knowledge. In: Bourgault, S. & Pulcini, E.(eds), Emotions and Care: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Leuven: Peeters.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). Coesistenza affettiva: la pietà come connessione tra emozione e conoscenza etica. In: Pulcini, E. & Bourgault, S. (eds), Cura ed emozioni. Un’alleanza complessa Bologna: Società editrice Il Mulino
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2016). Self-sacrifice and Care Ethics. In J. Duyndam, A. Korte & M. Poorthuis (Eds.), Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity. From Nationalism and Nonviolence to Health Care and Harry Potter. Studies in theology and religion (pp. 270-287). Leiden: Brill
Editorial & article for Special Issue ‘Ricoeur and the ethics of care’
Van Nistelrooij, A.A.M., Schaafsma, E.P. & Tronto, J.C. (2014). Ricoeur and the ethics of care.Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 17(4)485-491. doi: 10.1007/s11019-014-9595-4
Van Nistelrooij, A.A.M. & Vosman, F.J.H. (2012). Conditions for Religious Discourse in Secularized Ethical Health Care. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 66 (3), 1-11.
Edited volume
Van Nistelrooij I., Van der Waal R. & Mitchell V. (eds.), Reproductive Justice: Care Ethics and Beyond, (in preparation, planned for publication in 2024).
Van Nistelrooij I., Sander-Staudt M. & Hamington, M. (eds) (2022), Care Ethics, Religion and Spiritual Traditions, Leuven: Peeters (published Open Access here).
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2024). De gewelddadige geschiedenis van zwangerschap en baring. Review of Ei, foetus, baby [Eg, fetus, baby] by Trudy Dehue (2023) in Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), (Journal for health care and ethics), 34(1)25. Overgenomen met toestemming op zorgethiek.nu met inleiding.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). De context van het moeder-worden. (The context of becoming a mother). Review of E. Steegers, A. Waelput, P.-H. Peeters (eds.) ‘Sociale Verloskunde. Het noodzakelijke samenspel tussen kwetsbare moeder, medische zorg en sociaal domein’ (‘Social Obstetrics. The necessary interplay of vulnerable mother, medical care and social domain’) (Houten: Bohn, Stafleu & Van Loghum, 2021) and Michael M. van Manen, ‘The Birth of Ethics. Phenomenological Reflections on Life’s Beginnings’ (New York, Routledge, 2021) in Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), (Journal for health care and ethics), 33(2)53-54.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021), Review of Gallagher A. ‘Slow Ethics and the Art of Care,’ Bingley (UK): Emerald Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 9781839091988, for Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), 31(2)58.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021), Review of C. Zufferey & F. Buchanan (2020), ‘Intersections of mothering. Feminist accounts’, New York, Routledge, for Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), 31(1)13.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019), Review of C. Gilligan & N. Snider (2019), ‘Why does patriarchy persist?’, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2018; for International Journal of Care and Caring, 4(1)125-126.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019), Review of H. Wildschut & I. Boesveld (eds.), ‘Integrale geboortezorg. Samen bevalt goed’, Houten: Bohn, Stafleu, Van Loghum, 2018; in Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), 29(2)60.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018), Review of Lewis Vaughn, Contemporary Moral Arguments. Readings in Ethical Issues (Second Edition), , Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013, in Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), 28(4)128.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). Review of De Sutter P & Delrue E. De maakbare baby. Een onbegrensd verlangen? Gent: Academia Press, 2017. 240 blz. ISBN 978-014-4343-2 in Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek (TGE), 28(2)63.
Scientific publications (non peer reviewed)
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2020). Voorwoord voor special issue over Ethiekondersteuning – zorgethische perspectieven (Introduction to a special issue on ethics support – care ethical perspectives). Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek, 20 (2) p.38. (Journal of Health Care and Ethics)
Van Nistelrooij, A.A.M. (2015). Het goede in de zorg: een kwestie van kiezen of van beamen? Speling : Tijdschrift voor Bezinning, 2015 (1), 45-51. Click here for the publisher’s site.
Van Nistelrooij, A.A.M. & Vosman, F.J.H. (2013). Religieuze taal in moreel beraad. Tijdschrift Geestelijke Verzorging, 16, 45-54.
Van Nistelrooy, Inge (1996). Martha en Maria revisited. Zorg als ethisch perspectief. Tilburg University Press. (Sold out; edited master’s thesis, awarded with Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmesprijs, Tilburg University’s emancipation award)
Popular publications for professionals
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Basisboek Zorgethiek. Over mensbeeld, moraal en ethische reflectie in de zorg (‘Handbook of Care Ethics. On anthropology, morality and ethical reflection in care’). Heeswijk: Berne / Utrecht: Universiteit voor Humanistiek / Woerden: Reliëf. Completely revised and updated version of 2008 book, with a letter to the readers by Joan C. Tronto. (2nd reprint)
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2009). Zorgen doe je samen. Over relaties in de zorg. (‘Caring is collaborative practice. On relations in care’) Heeswijk: Berne Media.
Van Nistelrooy, I. (2008). Basisboek Zorgethiek. Over menslievende zorg, moreel beraad en de motivatie van verpleegkundigen. (‘Handbook of Care Ethics. On loving care, moral deliberation, and nurses’ motivation’). Heeswijk: Berne Media. (11 reprints)
Journal contributions (interviews)
Interview in Philosophy Magazine (Filosofie Magazine) article by Femke van Hout, ‘De mens is een zorgend wezen’ (Humans are caring beings), 2024(5):26-29.
Online popular publications (in English)
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2017) Interview for Care Ethics Research Consortium
Online popular publications (in Dutch)
Ethicus Inge van Nistelrooij: “Geen excuses zonder eerst te luisteren” (Ethicist Inge van Nistelrooij: “No apologies without listening first”), 2022, interview on ‘De Bezieling. Hedendaags leven ontmoet christelijke spiritualiteit’ on the apologies made by prime minister Mark Rutte on the Dutch past of slavery and slave trade (available 20 December 2022)
I held my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) on Friday 18 March 2022 with which I officially accepted my chair as professor by special appointment ‘Dialogical Self Theory’. In the lecture I elaborate upon my research plans for this chair, that I focus upon ‘the self as mother’. (see publications)
Book launch ‘Handbook Care Ethics’ (‘Basisboek Zorgethiek’)
Last August I launched the completely revised version of Inge van Nistelrooij (2022), Basisboek Zorgethiek. Over mensbeeld, moraal en ethische reflectie in de zorg (‘Handbook of Care Ethics. On anthropology, morality and ethical reflection in care’); Heeswijk: Berne / Utrecht: Universiteit voor Humanistiek / Woerden: Reliëf. You can find it here.
Newspaper ‘Trouw’ interviewed me on this book. You can find the interview here (in Dutch). The photograph was made by (c) Werry Crone.
Podcasts & radio
Interview on NPO Radio 1 morning show ‘Spraakmakers’, 19 July 2022
Guest in radio show ‘Spraakmakers’ (NPO Radio 1), interviewed on my research into maternity, fueled by the debates on abortion.
Episode ‘Opoffering‘ (‘Sacrifice’) in the podcast series of Women Inc, by Xanne Visser and Sander Heithuis.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). A relational approach to the maternal self. Care ethics as liminal approach for understanding ‘mothers’. Key note lecture for the International Scientific Philosophical Conference ‘Philosophy as Transcending Borders’, of the Slovak Philosophical Association, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, 25-56 October 2023.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). Relational care ethics as alternative approach for respectful maternity care. Paper presentation for the EACME conference ‘Facing disruption, challenge to bioethics, human rights and democracy’, Warsaw University, 14-16 September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). Ethical potentials of the liminal spaces of pregnancy and birth. Paper presentation for the International Conference ‘Caring Places: Exploring the Topographies of Ethics and Care’, Aarhus University, 28-29 June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). Care as transformative dialectics. Practices of receiving and responding, pursuing and finding out, thinking and doing. Paper presentation at the conference ‘Care: An Interdisciplinary Perspective’, organized by Dr Ladan Rahbari, University of Amsterdam, funded by KNAW. April.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). ‘Re-imagining maternal relationality. A rethinking of reproductive care from a care ethics perspective.’ Lecture at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland, in the seminar series ‘Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: Pregnancy and Childbirth’. March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2023). Verwevenheid: een relationele benadering van reproductieve rechten. (Interwovenness: a relational approach of reproductive rights). Key note lecture at conference ‘Baas in eigen buik’ (‘Master in one’s own tummy’, Dutch motto of women’s reproductive rights movement) for Protestant Theological University and Rijksuniversity Groningen. March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Ouders in dialoog, dialoog in ouders. De innerlijke wereld van ouders met een kind met een beperking (Parents in dialogue, dialogue in parents. The inner world of parents of a child with an impairment). Key note lecture Conference ‘Chronic Sorrow, Remaining Grief’, Eindhoven. November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Humanizing Birth from a Care Ethics Prespective. Key note lecture Summer School ‘Humanizing Birth. Launching Critical Midwifery Studies’, University of Humanistic Studies / Utrecht University & Critical Midwifery Collective, 11-15 July 2022 (online).
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2022). Nodig maar ongewenst. Ambivalenties van troost en moederschap [Necessary yet unwanted. Ambivalences of comfort and motherhood]. Key note lecture on the conference ‘Troost, Lijden en Geluk’ [‘Comfort, Suffering and Happiness’], by Philosophy Magazine. June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). Liminal spaces of the maternal self. Dialogical Self Theory as challenging theoretical framework for understanding mothers. Lecture for the LOVA International Winter School Motherhood: the unfinished business of feminism? (Netherlands Association for Gender Studies and Feminist Anthropology). December.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). A dialogical space for the maternal self. Dialogical Self Theory as a challenging theoretical framework for understanding mothers. Faculty lecture for the faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies. December.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). Lieve deugd! Omgaan met geboortelijkheid (‘By Jove! Handling natality’). Lecture at the Symposium ‘By Jove! Ethics in the hospital’, of the Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch. July.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). The multiple maternal. An itinerary for maternal ontology and ethics, starting from DST. Lecture for the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy. Radboud University, Nijmegen. June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). Maternal self-understanding: a dialogue between maternal theory and the dialogical self theory. Paper presentation at the 11th International Conference on the Dialogical Self (online) organized by the International Society of Dialogical Science and the Research Group SINTE, Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de la Educació i Esport. Universitat Ramon LLull and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). ‘Care Ethics and the Politics of Maternity’. Paper presentation at the ‘Feminists Care for the Political: Theory, Practice and Advocacy’ Conference (online) organized by the Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2021). Silenced voices of self-sacrifice: the experiences of mothers caring for a child with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD). Paper presentation in the panel ‘Resisting negation: Building solidarity with the maternal’ at the Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC) Conference ‘‘Decentering ethics: Challenging privileges, building solidarities’, Ottawa, May (postponed due to Covid 19).
Van Nistelrooij, I. & Bredewold, F. (2020), Mothering a child with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD): the need to revalue self-sacrifice. Paper presentation at AtGender Conference ‘Caring in Uncaring Times’, London, May (cancelled due to Covid 19).
Van der Waal, R. & Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019), ‘Controversies surrounding Autonomy and Responsibility: a care-Ethical study into the mother-midwife relation: the CARE-study’. Paper presentation of research project at the conference ‘Rethinking Ethics in the 21st Century’, European Association of Centers of Medical Ethics (EACME), Oxford, UK, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019), ‘Midlife Motherhood’. Presentation research plan at Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Methodology Course, UCLAN, Preston (UK), July.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Liberating the Pregnant Body: disempowerment and disembodiment in maternity care’. Paper presentation at Global Carework Summit, Toronto (CA), June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Maternity and its implications for care ethics’. Public lecture for candidate students of Master’s program Care Ethics and Policy. Utrecht, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Maternity in care’; duo lecture together with Femmianne Bredewold PhD for a group of parents of children with impairments who depend upon life long professional care and their professional caregivers, at Prisma. Biezenmortel, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘A practical introduction in care ethics for nurses in paraplegia rehabilitation care’. Key note address at the nursing conference ‘Art of Living’, organized by national union of nurses in rehabilitation care, ‘De Hoogstraat’. Utrecht, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Zelfopoffering in de zorg? Een zorgethische blik op een omstreden concept’ (Self-sacrifice in care? A care ethical view on a contested concept). Lecture for the Humanistic Union, Utrecht Department. Utrecht, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Mothers’ derivative dependency as a socio-political moral category’. Key note address at the conference ‘Concerning Maternity Part III; Ethics, Care and Subjectivity’, organized by the research network ‘Concerning Maternity’, Utrecht, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2019). ‘Relational autonomy in care practices. A care ethical perspective on the role of partner and family.’ Key note address at the conference ‘Quelle place pour les proches dans le soin? Perspectives interdisciplinaires’, organized by the Swiss Network of Ethics of Care (SNEC), Lausanne, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). ‘Zingeving en spiritualiteit in maternity care vanuit zorgethisch perspectief’. Plenary opening lecture at the conference ‘Welcome to Motherland’, organized by FARA. Leuven, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). ‘Wat kan relationele zorgethiek betekenen voor bedrijfsmaatschappelijk werk?’ (How can relational care ethics inform corporate social work?) Workshop at the Congress ‘Het hart van BMW’ (The heart of corporate social work), Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (CHE), Ede, November
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). ‘Precarious maternity: a care ethical perspective’. Paper presentation at the Inaugural Conference of the Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC), Portland OR, USA, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2018). ‘Concerning Maternity: charting maternal experiences of birth’. Paper presentation at the EACME Conference. Amsterdam, September.
Nistelrooij, I. van & Leget, C. (2018). What is Care Ethics? Concepts and challenges for its implementation.Lecture and workshop at the Graduate school of the University of Zurich Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Zurich, Zwitserland, May.
Nistelrooij, I. van & Visse, M. (2018). Praktijken geanalyseerd door zorgethici. Spannend bewegen tussen praktijk en theorie . Workshop at the Conference of the Dutch Union of Bioethicists (NVBe), Amsterdam, April.
Nistelrooij, I. van (2018). Self-sacrifice in care (Zelfopoffering in de zorg).Key note lecture at in-service training for personnel and family members of residents (people with multiple impairments), Nieuw Woelwijck, Sappemeer, March.
Nistelrooij, I. van (2018). Participant in plenary panel on ‘Pregnancy‘ at the philosophical festival Drift ‘Buitenstebinnen’ (‘Outside in’), Universiteit van Amsterdam, February.
Nistelrooij, I. van & S. Rodenburg (2018), ‘Samen beslissen, altijd en iedereen? Hoe dragen naasten bij aan een visie op kwaliteit van leven?’ (Deciding together, always and with everybody? How do partners and relatives contribute to a view on quality of life?). Workshop at the congress ‘Samen beslissen met kwetsbare mensen: een uitdaging’ (Shared dicision making with vulnerable people: a challenge), Utrecht, January.
Van Nistelrooij, I. & M. Breed (2017). ‘Zelf denken, samen doen’. Key note address on care ethics and ethical reflection in care, Symposium in nursing home ‘Ruitersbos’. Breda, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2017). ‘Shared Decision Making vanuit zorgethisch perspectief’ (SDM from a care ethical perspective). Lecture for Patient Advisory Board of Radboud UMC. Nijmegen, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2017). ‘Institutional space for multi-perspective decision-making: what are the challenges?’ Paper presentation at International EACME conference. Barcelona, Spain, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2017). ‘Could Tronto’s Caring Democracy lead the way in The Netherlands?’ Plenary panel session with Joan C. Tronto, Carmen Domínguez-Alcon, Donna Baines, Luz Arango, Orly Benjamin and Hee Kang Kim at the Global Carework Summit, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (MA) USA, June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2017). ‘Zorg: doe-het-zelf of gedeelde smart?’ (Care ethics: do it yourself or shared sorrow?) Key note address for annual congress of Relief, association of Christian care institutions. Doorn, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2016). ‘What kind of institutions do we need for care-ethical case deliberation? Plans for an international research project’. Paper presentation at EACME conference. Leuven Belgium, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. & I. Vels, K. Honsbeek, S. Rodenburg, L. klein Tank & M. Tops (2016). ‘Leren door samen te doen: een praktijkervaring met zorgethische reflectie’. Presentation at NEON Congress (Netwerk Ethiek Ondersteuners Nederland; Network of Ethics Moderators Netherlands), Amersfoort, June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2016). Affective coexistence. Pity as a connection between emotion and ethical knowledge. Plenary lecture at the Workshop Cura ed emozioni/Care and Emotions, Department of Political and Social Science, University of Firenze, Italy, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2015). Care as an unpredictable practice: “What if…?” Response to key note by Prof. dr. Helen Kohlen at the UHS Graduate School Conference “Who is rendered responsible?”, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2015). Is self-sacrifice in care always wrong? A care-ethical reappraisal of a care-ethical taboo. Paper presentation at ICE International Ethics in Care Conference, Surrey, UK, July.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2015). What do we do with the partner and the family? A care-ethical view on shared decision making. Paper presentation at ICE International Ethics in Care Conference, Surrey, UK, July.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2015). Charitable Care. Key note address at the Conference on Charitable Care. Dongen, June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2015). Wederkerigheid en zelfopoffering in de zorgrelatie (Reciprocity and self-sacrifice in the care relation). Lecture in Masterclass Care Ethics of the Protestant Theological University and Reliëf. Amsterdam, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). Philosophical and theological sources for a care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice. Presentation and lecture on research project ‘Sacrifice’ at Conference of Dutch Religious Meeting on Religious Heritage. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). Wat moeten we met naasten en familie? (What about the loved ones and the family?) Workshop at the Prudentia Conference. Veldhoven, June.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). The role of meaning, sense and spirituality in a care-ethical view of self-sacrifice. Presentation and lecture at research network meeting Care and Contested Coherence (CCC). Utrecht, April.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). The use of literature in care-ethical research. Paper presentation at research network meeting Care and Contested Coherence (CCC). Utrecht, April.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). A care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice. Presentation at meeting of scientific staff, University of Humanistic Studies. Utrecht, April.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2014). Menslievende zorg. (Professional Loving Care). Lecture in Masterclass Care Ethics of the Protestant Theological University and Reliëf. Groningen, February.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2013). Terug naar de essentie. Een ethiek van de zorg (Back to the essence. An ethics of care). Lecture at Symposium ‘To do justice’, Berne. Heeswijk, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2013). Terug naar de essentie. Een ethiek van de zorg (Back to the essence. An ethics of care). Lecture for volunteers in hospice care Drenthe. Ruinen, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2012). Sacrifice. A care-ethical reappraisal of sacrifice and self-sacrifice as essential to care. Poster presentation and chair of group discussions at the Ethics of Care Conference of the European Network of Care Ethicists, Utrecht. (http://ethicsofcare.org/assets/VanNistelrooy2012.pdf)
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2012). De spanning tussen fragiliteit en autonomie als menselijke conditie (The tension between fragility and autonomy as human condition). Key note address at symposium ‘Zorgen om de zorg: sterke armen en legen handen?’ (Care for caring: strong arms and empty hands?) Hospitals Sittard & Heerlen. Sittard, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2011). Zelfopoffering en het broze subject (Self-sacrifice and the fragile subject). Paper presentation before the Academic Dutch-Flemish Ricoeur Study Group. Leiden University, February.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2008). Thuis zorgen voor stervenden. (Home care for the dying.) Key note address for annual symposium of the Association of Voluntary Palliative and Terminal Home Care. Kampen, September.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2008). Self-sacrifice and self-description in care relations. Paper presentation at Sacrifice, 17th European Conference of the European Society of Philosophy of Religion (ESPR). Oslo, August.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2007). Ruimte om te sterven? Key note address at the symposium ‘Dood-gewoon?’ of Hospice Gouda. Gouda, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2007). Zingeving in de mantelzorg (Spirituality in informal care). Key note address at the symposium ‘De onverslijtbare mantel’ (‘The imperishable cloak’) of the Amsterdam Protestant Diacony. Amsterdam, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2007). Ethiek om te doen! (Ethics: you can do it!) Key note address on symposium of Cello, organization for care for people with mental impairments. Rosmalen, January.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2006). Identiteit en traditie (Identity and tradition). Key note address on symposium ‘Identiteitsgebonden zorg’ (Identity-rooted care) of nursing home LuciVer. Wijchen, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2006). Presentation and chairing of two mornings, including two plenary key note lectures on nursing in a nursing home for religious sisters, dedicated to ethical and spiritual reflection for residents, personnel and board members, Voorschoten, March.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2004). ‘Supermarkt of samen-leven? Over zorg als product of zorg als relatie.’ (‘Supermarket or community? On care as a product or care as a relation’) Key note address on symposium: “Verzakelijking van de zorg: een vloek of een zegen?” (‘Reification of care or care as a relation’) for a lustrum of a home for people with intellectual disabilities, location De Sterre, Foundation Tragel, Clinge, October.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2003). Ethiek op de agenda: Minder hard, meer hart. (Ethics on the agenda: less hard, more heart.) Key note address at the Ethics symposium Elkerliek Ziekenhuis. Helmond, November.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2002). ‘De waarden van de zorg, is dat mijn zorg?’ (‘The values of care, is that my concern?’) Key note address at the conference ‘Waarde-georiënteerde zorg’ (‘Value oriented care’) of an institution for care for people with intellectual disabilities, ’s Heeren Loo, Amersfoort, May.
Van Nistelrooij, I. (2001): key note lecture (in French) on the theme of the international conference “Uiteenspattende instellingen – uiteenspattend pastoraat?” (“Institutions éclatées – Pastorale éclatée”), organized by for the Francophone union of spiritual counselors in the care for people with an intellectual disability (Colloque Eucuménique de Pastorale Specialisée). I was invited to focus upon what a care ethical view on care could offer for the ongoing deinstitutionalization and socialization of this care. A thorough preparation was enabled by studying and subsequent discussing key documentation with the organizers. Zenderen, March.
Training
Training ‘Ethics’ of the professional ethics group of the Centre of Consultation and Expertise (CCE), Utrecht. April 2023.
TV appearance
3 December 2012 in “Schepper & Co” (NCRV, national television) on the Electronic Patient File (EPD)
Online video
Brief video in which I describe my residency at Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland (April 2022).
Inge van Nistelrooij 