Henk A. M. J. ten Have, MD, PhD

Biography

Henk ten Have is a physician and philosopher with a distinguished international career in bioethics, healthcare ethics, and the ethics of science and technology. He has held academic positions at Maastricht University and Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He also served as Director of UNESCO’s Division of Ethics of Science and Technology in Paris, where his work contributed to the international development and promotion of bioethical reflection. He subsequently served as Professor of Healthcare Ethics at the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, United States. Since 2021, he has been Research Professor at the Faculty of Bioethics of Universidad Anáhuac México.

Throughout his academic career, Professor ten Have has examined bioethical challenges from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, connecting healthcare ethics with philosophical, social, cultural, and global concerns. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including the recent books Bioethics, Healthcare and the Soul (2022), Bizarre Bioethics: Ghosts, Monsters and Pilgrims (2022), The COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Bioethics (2022), and Color, Healthcare, and Bioethics (2025). His most recent publication is Bioethics at Apocalyptic Times (2026).