Lydia’s dissertation explores whether allocation of scarce healthcare resources based on personal responsibility can be considered discriminatory. While there is broad consensus that such decisions ought not to be discriminatory, a pressing question remains: does differential treatment of patients who bear responsibility for their own condition constitute wrongful discrimination? The dissertation advances two novel arguments demonstrating that responsibility-sensitive policies need not entail disrespect or discrimination.

Furthermore, Tsiakiri employs survey experiments conducted in Denmark and the United Kingdom to understand public attitudes towards these issues. The findings indicate that individuals are less inclined to regard such practices as wrongful discrimination when those denied access to treatment or social benefits are themselves accountable for their circumstances. 

The Assessment committee consisted of:
Professor Eli Feiring, Oslo University   

Professor Ben Davies, University of Sheffield

Associate professor Viki Lyngby Hvid, Aarhus University

Main supervisor: Associate professor Andreas Brøgger Albertsen
Co-supervisor: Associate professor Troels Bøggild

If you are interested in reading more, much of Lydia's work has already been published:

Link to the dissertation:
https://politica.dk/fileadmin/politica/Dokumenter/Afhandlinger/lydia_tsiakiri.pdf

Tsiakiri, L. (2025). Why a responsibility sensitive healthcare system is not disrespectful. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 28, 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10262-x

Albertsen, A., & Tsiakiri, L. (2023). Equality of Opportunity for Health: Personal Responsibility and Distributive Justice. In M. Sardoč (Ed.), Handbook of Equality of Opportunity. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52269-2_86-1

Tsiakiri, L. (in press) Responsibility-Sensitive Healthcare Policies and Golden Opportunities: (Harmfully) Discriminatory or Not? (link to accepted manuscript). Journal of Medicine and Philosophy